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MoMA Apologizes for Kicking Out Black Artist From Installation The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has apologized to British-Ghanaian multidisciplinary artist Heather Agyepong after security asked her to leave an exhibition. The artist posted about her experience visiting the installation Black Power Naps on Twitter on Saturday, March 25, calling out the irony that she was asked to leave an installation created to encourage Black people to rest. According to Agyepong’s post, the conflict began when she noticed a White woman loudly laughing in the MoMA Education Department’s second-floor Creativity Lab. Agyepong says she approached the woman and said, “I think this space is centered around Black People.” The woman reportedly started screaming that Agyepong “was aggressive” and “should be kicked out” before complaining to a security guard who forced Agyepong to…

Art Collector Myriam Ullens killed On Wednesday, 29 of March, Myriam Ullen age 70 was shot dead outside her home in the south of Brussels. The reports say she had already passed by the time EMDs arrived at the scene. The alleged shooter is said to be her stepson Nicholas, who shot her while she was in the car with her husband. The both of them had been in a protracted dispute over inheritance, according to report.Myriam and her husband Guy are considered very important and influential art collectors especially of chinese art works. They started collecting mostly chinese scroll paintings with almost 2000 works in their collection, but they eventually shifted to contemporary art. In 2007 they established the Ullens Center for contemporary Art in Beijing and they are both…

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History and Architecture of the Tabatabaee Home The House of Tabatabaee is located in the city of Kashan, in the Soltan Amir Ahmad Allay near a tomb with the same name. Build in 1834-35 (Qajar era), it belongs in the historical mansions of Kashan, and it is considered the “Bride” of the traditional houses. Kashan is within the highly urbanized Isfahan metropolitan country of Iran (1). The remainder of the vernacular urban fabric of Kashan dates to developments during the Seljuk (early 9th to late 10th century i.e., 1037-1194) and Safavid eras (early 16th to mid-18th century i.e., 1501–1736). More recent buildings date back to the 19th century (Qajar era). That architectural fabric then began to decline in the 20th century Pahlavi era. Buildings are made with masonry mud or…