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  • Street art mural of a girl wearing a helmet with magical creatures, 2016, by Herakut (Jasmin Siddiqui, or Hera, and Falk Lehmann, or Akut), on the wall of the Ecole Publique Primo Levi, at the junction of the Rue Rene Goscinny and Rue Olivier Messiaen, next to the Jardins Grands Moulins Abbe Pierre, in the Paris Rive Gauche district of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The 13th arrondissement hosts the Musee a Ciel Ouvert, an open air street art exhibition, running since 2015. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street art mural, Mona Lisa La Joconde, by Okuda, on an apartment block on the Villa d'Este, a pedestrian street in the Chinese quarter of the quartier de la Gare, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was painted as part of the Musee a Ciel Ouvert, an open air street art exhibition in the 13th arrondissement, running since 2015. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large street art mural, 22m high, by Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, in charcoal, a portrait of his wife Ana, on the Rue National, in the quartier de la Gare, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mural was created as part of the Musee a Ciel Ouvert, an open air street art exhibition in the 13th arrondissement, running since 2015. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large street art mural of a gecko, leaves and dripping water, at Les Olympiades, a development of apartment blocks, offices and shops built around a large pedestrianised esplanade, designed by Michel Holley and Andre Martinat and built 1969-77, in the Chinese quarter in the quartier de la Gare, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mural was painted as part of the Musee a Ciel Ouvert, an open air street art exhibition in the 13th arrondissement, running since 2015. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large street art mural, 22m high, by Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, in charcoal, a portrait of his wife Ana, on the Rue National, in the quartier de la Gare, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mural was created as part of the Musee a Ciel Ouvert, an open air street art exhibition in the 13th arrondissement, running since 2015. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large street art mural, 22m high, by Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, in charcoal, a portrait of his wife Ana, on the Rue National, in the quartier de la Gare, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mural was created as part of the Musee a Ciel Ouvert, an open air street art exhibition in the 13th arrondissement, running since 2015. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apartment blocks on the Villa d'Este, a pedestrian street in the Chinese quartier of the quarter de la Gare, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. On the right is a street art mural, Mona Lisa La Joconde, by Okuda. It was painted as part of the Musee a Ciel Ouvert, an open air street art exhibition in the 13th arrondissement, running since 2015. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street art in Santa Barbara, created in 2015 for the Hoy Santa Barbara Street Art Festival, in Santa Barbara, Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Santa Barbara was originally the place where slaves were brought in and out of Santo Domingo, and is now a residential district away from the tourist centre. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street art in Santa Barbara, created in 2015 for the Hoy Santa Barbara Street Art Festival, in Santa Barbara, Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Santa Barbara was originally the place where slaves were brought in and out of Santo Domingo, and is now a residential district away from the tourist centre. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Red Doll, a street art fresco, October 2014, by Vinie and Reaone, on the Rue des Grands Moulins, in the Paris Rive Gauche development in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kashinkids (left), 2017, street art by Kashink, of 4 children with multiple eyes, painted with children from the Rue du Clos school, on the Rue Albert Marquet, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. Kashink is a female street artist of slavic and hispanic roots, known for her huge bold bright works featuring figures with multiple eyes or Mexican skulls, usually with a political or militant message. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with a painting from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • "Le Triomphe de l'Art", 1894, Léon Bonnat, painting of the ceiling of the Salon des Arts (Arts Room) in the Salon des Arcades (Arcades Room), Hôtel de Ville, 16th century and rebuilt in the 19th century by Ballu and Deperthes, Place de Grève, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • "Le Triomphe de l'Art", 1894, Léon Bonnat, painting of the ceiling of the Salon des Arts (Arts Room) in the Salon des Arcades (Arcades Room), Hôtel de Ville, 16th century and rebuilt in the 19th century by Ballu and Deperthes, Place de Grève, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lliures, feministes i rebels, street art by 8M, a feminist organisation who marched on 8th March, International Women's Day, and whose motto is to be free, alive, feminist, combative and rebellious, in the Barri Gotic or Gothic Quarter of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The mural was made in collaboration with local residents. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tootsa katsina by Viets Lomahaftewa, Hopi, Shung-opavi artist, made 1952 from wood, paint and feathers, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. The Tootsa katsina is a hummingbird katsina (seen here with the bird on his head) who sings prayers for moisture and dances quickly to encourage rain. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bandolier Bag, c. 1865-75, by an Ute craftsman, made from glass beads, cotton, wool and buffalo hide, bought by the Native Art Acquisition Fund, 1947, at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Bandolier bags are large, heavily beaded pouches with a slit at the top and a beaded strap worn diagonally over the shoulder. Traditionally, porcupine quills would have been used before glass beads were introduced. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Headquarters of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Catalonia, in La Nau Gaudi, or the Gaudi Warehouse of the Mataronense Workers' Cooperative, a bleaching warehouse for a yarn factory, designed in 1878 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Mataro, Catalonia, Spain. The building, built for the textile cooperative La Obrera Mataronense, uses wooden parabolic arches. Outside is the toilet block. Gaudi had originally planned homes, an assembly hall and a factory in an extended socialist project, although his plans were uncompleted. The building was restored in 2008. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Headquarters of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Catalonia, in La Nau Gaudi, or the Gaudi Warehouse of the Mataronense Workers' Cooperative, a bleaching warehouse for a yarn factory, designed in 1878 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Mataro, Catalonia, Spain. The building, built for the textile cooperative La Obrera Mataronense, uses wooden parabolic arches. Outside is the toilet block. Gaudi had originally planned homes, an assembly hall and a factory in an extended socialist project, although his plans were uncompleted. The building was restored in 2008. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lliures, feministes i rebels, street art by 8M, a feminist organisation who marched on 8th March, International Women's Day, and whose motto is to be free, alive, feminist, combative and rebellious, in the Barri Gotic or Gothic Quarter of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The mural was made in collaboration with local residents. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street art portrait of Pablo Picasso, who lived in Ceret 1911-12, by FAS, 2017, in the village of Ceret, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. FAS completed a series of several portraits of artists around the streets of Ceret, in acrylic paint, which will weather and disappear over time. Ceret is the capital of the historical Catalan comarca of Vallespir. Ceret developed under the Kingdom of Majorca, and was fortified with defensive town walls with 2 gates, the Porte de France and the Porte d'Espagne. In the early 20th century, several artists lived and worked here, including Chagall, Dali, Matisse and Picasso. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street art portrait of Pablo Picasso, who lived in Ceret 1911-12, by FAS, 2017, in the village of Ceret, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. FAS completed a series of several portraits of artists around the streets of Ceret, in acrylic paint, which will weather and disappear over time. Ceret is the capital of the historical Catalan comarca of Vallespir. Ceret developed under the Kingdom of Majorca, and was fortified with defensive town walls with 2 gates, the Porte de France and the Porte d'Espagne. In the early 20th century, several artists lived and worked here, including Chagall, Dali, Matisse and Picasso. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Deer, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three figures, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wild goat and deer, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wild goat, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunting scene with men firing bows and arrows at wild goat, and a wounded goat, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 'Bicorp Man', a man climbing lianas to collect honey from wild bees, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 'Bicorp Man', a man climbing lianas to collect honey from wild bees, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the  Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • We Are Still Here, social street art, mural depicting many raised hands and highlighting issues such as poverty, homelessness, austerity and mental health, by Artists for Justice and Peace, at St John's Church, Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland. The street paintings at the church are regularly changed and encourage passers by to stop and consider social issues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tootsa katsina, by Viets Lomahaftewa, Hopi Shung-opavi artist, made 1952 from wood, paint and feathers, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. The Tootsa katsina is a hummingbird katsina who sings prayers for moisture and dances quickly to encourage rain. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hopi figure, Si’okatsina’putsqatihu, made c. 1885 from wood, paint and feather, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Installation art project by Claude l'Eveque entitled 'Mort en Ete' or 'Death in Summer', in the grand dormitory of Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. This exhibition was coproduced by 'Le Voyage a Nantes' and was displayed during Summer 2012. Visitors were encouraged to lie down in the boats and bask in the red light. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Contemporary art exhibition in the Salle d'Exposition or exhibition hall in the Chateau de Caladroy, Belesta, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Originally an 11th century fortress protecting the border of the Kingdom of Majorca, today the estate is a casino, olive grove and vineyard, producing olive oils, Cotes du Roussillon Villages and Vin Doux Nature. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Contemporary art exhibition in the Salle d'Exposition or exhibition hall in the Chateau de Caladroy, Belesta, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Originally an 11th century fortress protecting the border of the Kingdom of Majorca, today the estate is a casino, olive grove and vineyard, producing olive oils, Cotes du Roussillon Villages and Vin Doux Nature. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco apartment building at 6 Rue Edmond Bartissol, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The building has a striking art deco cornice around the roofline, metalwork balconies and curved window recesses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Windows of an art deco style house, built directly on the town ramparts, on the Rue Pierre Ronsard, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of many of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Windows of an art deco style house, built directly on the town ramparts, on the Rue Pierre Ronsard, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of many of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco style house owned by the Mairie de Perpignan, built directly on the town ramparts, on the Rue Michel de Montaigne, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of many of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco style apartment building on the junction of Rue du Castillet and Rue Edmond Bartissol, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to an Art Deco house, designed by Ferid Muchir, 1940, at 6 rue Jean Racine, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco apartment block at the junction between the Rue des Troix Journees and Rue de l'Argenterie, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Immeuble Sabatier, built in 1939 in art deco style, by Julien Charpeil, at 10 Rue de la Barre, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. This reinforced concrete building features bow windows, oriel windows, a decorative pergola, and clean lined balconies and cornices. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Union des Commerces building, built 1925 in art deco style, by Joseph Berthier and Raoul Castan, at 9 Rue Edmond Bartisol, at the junction with Rue Jeanne d'Arc, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco apartment block with curved facade and balconies at 15 Boulevard Wilson, on the junction with Rue Elie Delcros, 1936, by Louis Tilhac, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco apartment block with curved facade and balconies at 15 Boulevard Wilson, on the junction with Rue Elie Delcros, 1936, by Louis Tilhac, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco mansion, 1940, by Alfred Joffre, at 17 Boulevard Wilson, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco apartment block with curved facade and balconies, at 22 Boulevard Wilson, on the junction with Rue Ramon LLull, 1935-36, by Henri Savoyen, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco houses (right) on a street in the centre of Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art Deco apartment building with brick facade, oculus windows and balcony, at 33 Avenue des Baleares, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maison Galinier, an art deco building designed by Ferid Muchir, 1906-80, in 1938, at 56 Avenue des Baleares, on the corner with the Rue des Jotglars, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figures and zigzag lines, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunting scene with men and wild goats, prehistoric rock painting, c. 8000 - 6000 BC, at the Cuevas de la Arana, Bicorp, Valencia, Spain. The Cuevas de la Arana are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wupamo katsina doll, made c. 1910 by a Hopi artist from wood, paint, feathers and string, anonymous gift in the name of Julia Johnson, in the collection of Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. Wupamo katsina are guards, one of the Mongwi or Chief Katsinam. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sakwa Hu katsina, made by Tom Callateta, Hopi artist, in the 1980s, from wood, paint, fur, shells, cloth and feather, from the Elizabeth P Landry Collection, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. Sakwa Hu is a guard, often seen carrying whips. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chief Blue Horse, painting, c. 1898, oil on canvas, by Eldridge Ayer Burbank, 1858-1949, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Chief Blue Horse or Sunka Wakan To, 1822-1908, was leader of the Wsgluhe Band of Oglala Lakota, warrior, statesman and educator, one of the first Oglala Lakota United States Army Indian Scouts and signatory of the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trade Canoe for Don Quixote, 2004, acrylic, pencil, charcoal and oil on canvas, by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, b. 1940, American artist of Salish, Kootenai, Cree and Shoshone descent, from the William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, by exchange, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The image represents a traditional indian trade canoe filled with images of war from many cultures. The artist aims to enlighten the larger community about Indian affairs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medicine Bird, crouching Indian holding a macaw, painting, oil on canvas, c. 1944, by Gerard Curtis Delano, 1890-1972, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The macaw was considered a sacred bird, a 'bird of the sun', and only high ranking shamans could use it. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eagle of Delight, or Hayne Hudjihini, 1795-1822, 1 of the 5 wives of Chief Shaumonekusse of the Otoe tribe in present-day Nebraska, painting, c. 1822, oil on canvas, by Charles Bird King, 1785-1862, American artist, from the William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. This painting was commissioned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs after Eagle of Delight accompanied her husband and other Indian chiefs to Washington DC to meet with President James Monroe. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mon-Chonsia or White Plume, a Native American chief from present-day Kansas, hand-coloured lithograph, 1836, by Cephas G Childs, 1793-1871, American artist, after an original painting by Charles Bird King, 1785-1862, American artist, as copied by Henry Inma, from the collection of Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Mon-Chonsia formed part of a delegation to Washington DC in 1821-22 asking for peace on the Western borders. White Plume wears earrings of wampum and hair pipes, trade objects made from shell. The lithograph was published in History of the Indian Tribes of North America, published 1844. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cutting Scene, Mandan O-Kee-pa Ceremony, painting, oil on canvas, 1832, by George Catlin, 1796-1872, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The young Mandan Indians were willing participants in the O-Kee-pa, a sacred ceremony held to ensure their community’s prosperity. The men were suspended by splints inserted into their chest and back muscles (a procedure that, although painful, didn’t cause lasting injury). These men would have considered it a great honour to take part in the O-Kee-pa, at the end of which they were recognized as warriors of courage and fortitude. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eagle of Delight, or Hayne Hudjihini, 1795-1822, 1 of the 5 wives of Chief Shaumonekusse of the Otoe tribe in present-day Nebraska, hand-coloured lithograph, 1833, by Cephas G Childs, 1793-1871, American artist, after an original painting by Charles Bird King, 1785-1862, American artist, from the William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The original painting was commissioned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs after Eagle of Delight accompanied her husband and other Indian chiefs to Washington DC to meet with President James Monroe. The lithograph was published in History of the Indian Tribes of North America, published 1844. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blackfoot Indian on Horseback, hand-coloured aquatint and etching, 1835-45, by Karl Bodmer, 1809-93, Swiss artist, from the collection of Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Blackfoot or Siksika is depicted riding a horse, carrying a gun, wearing moccasins, leggings, hide clothing, and feathers in his hair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of The Scalplock, painting, oil on canvas, by Alfred Jacob Miller, 1810-74, American artist, from the William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. This style of painting created a lasting impression of Native Americans, depicted wearing feather headdresses and ready to scalp their enemies. The figure is with his horse, holding a gun over his shoulder and the scalp in his right hand. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Defiant to Your Gods, acrylic paint on wood panel, 2015, by Gregg Deal, Paiute American artist, b. 1975, from the collection of Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The painting shows a young Native American girl standing defiantly amid stereotypes of her culture from American popular culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Fourth World, painting, 2012, acrylic on canvas, by Kent Monkman, b. 1965, Cree Canadian artist, member of the Fish River Band, from the collection of Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The painting depicts a buffalo hunt, with waterfall in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Scalplock, painting, oil on canvas, by Alfred Jacob Miller, 1810-74, American artist, from the William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. This style of painting created a lasting impression of Native Americans, depicted wearing feather headdresses and ready to scalp their enemies. The figure is with his horse, holding a gun over his shoulder and the scalp in his right hand. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Indian chief, detail of bronze bust, 1885, by Theodore Baur, 1835- after 1902, from the collection of the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The chief wears a feather headdress and braids in his hair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Indian chief, bronze bust, 1885, by Theodore Baur, 1835- after 1902, from the collection of the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The chief wears a feather headdress and braids in his hair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Yellow Eagle, Mandan chief, painting, 1879, oil on canvas, by Henry H Cross, 1837-1918, American artist, from the collection of Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Native American chief wears a feather headdress and ceremonial necklaces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cheyenne, bronze sculpture, 1901-3, of a Cheyenne Indian charging on his stallion, holding a spear, by Frederic Remington, 1861-1909, from the collection of the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chief of the Multnomah Tribe, bronze sculpture, 1905, by Hermon Atkins MacNeil, 1866-1947, from the collection of the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The chief wears a feather headdress and has shield, bow and arrows on his back. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apache Land, painting, c. 1931, oil on canvas, by Laverne Nelson Black, 1887-1938, American artist, from the collection of Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Apache indian is holding a gun and standing beside 2 horses in a landscape. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • In the Enemy’s Country, painting, detail, oil on canvas, 1921, by Charles Marion Russell, American, 1864-1926, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The painting depicts Kootenai Indians crossing territory controlled by hostile Blackfeet. In a attempt to pass for buffalo, the hunters walk alongside horses draped with buffalo robes (notice how more distant figures start to look like buffalo). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Desert clouds, painting, after 1930, oil on canvas, by Edgar Alwin Payne, 1881-1947, American artist, from the Roath Collection of Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The painting depicts and American landscape with tabletop mountains and Native Americans approaching on horseback under a huge cloudscape. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • In the Enemy’s Country, painting, oil on canvas, 1921, by Charles Marion Russell, American, 1864-1926, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The painting depicts Kootenai Indians crossing territory controlled by hostile Blackfeet. In a attempt to pass for buffalo, the hunters walk alongside horses draped with buffalo robes (notice how more distant figures start to look like buffalo). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Watchful Fox or Kee-o-kuk, Chief of the Tribe with Tinseled Buck no. 4,520, detail, painting, acrylic on canvas, 2008, by Kent Moneyman, Cree artist, born 1965, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Watchful Fox or Kee-o-kuk, Chief of the Tribe with Tinseled Buck no. 4,520, painting, acrylic on canvas, 2008, by Kent Moneyman, Cree artist, born 1965, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Knows Her Medicine, Crow Indian, painting, acrylic on canvas, 1981, by Kevin Red Star, Crow artist, b. 1943, in the William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from Trade Canoe for Don Quixote, 2004, acrylic, pencil, charcoal,d oil on canvas, by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, b. 1940, American artist of Salish, Kootenai, Cree and Shoshone descent, from the William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, by exchange, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The image represents a traditional indian trade canoe filled with images of war from many cultures. The artist aims to enlighten the larger community about Indian affairs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from Trade Canoe for Don Quixote, 2004, acrylic, pencil, charcoal,d oil on canvas, by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, b. 1940, American artist of Salish, Kootenai, Cree and Shoshone descent, from the William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, by exchange, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The image represents a traditional indian trade canoe filled with images of war from many cultures. The artist aims to enlighten the larger community about Indian affairs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kwew katsina, by Hopi artist, made 1910-20 from wood and paint, anonymous gift in the name of Julia Johnson, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. The kwew or knew'u katsina is a wolf katsina. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mask, c. 1850, by a Haida artist, made from wood, rope and abalone shell, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Native Americans on the North West Coast use masks in feasts called potlatches, held to celebrate clan status. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman statue of Fortuna, goddess of good fortune, found in the commanding officer’s bath at Birdoswald Roman Fort, Hadrian's Wall, at the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. This seated statue of the goddess Fortuna is 1 of the most sophisticated works of art from the Wall. She is usually shown with a horn of plenty or cornucopia full of food and flowers and a ship’s rudder, although here we see only the remains of the rudder. Carlisle sits at the Western end of Hadrian's Wall. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Icon of the Archangel Michael, 14th century, Byzantine, originally from the Church of St Mary in Mborje, now in the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce, Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of corner tower on an Art Nouveau style building, 19th century, Riga, Latvia. Riga, capital city of Latvia, founded in 1201 at the mouth of the Dauvaga River, is an important trading centre, having been a member of the Hanseatic League, and is also well known for its 19th century wooden buildings and Art Nouveau architecture. As Latvia is former Soviet state it has a mixed Russian and Latvian population. The historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of female sculpture and decorative window surrounds, Art Nouveau building, 19th century, Riga, Latvia. Riga, capital city of Latvia, founded in 1201 at the mouth of the Dauvaga River, is an important trading centre, having been a member of the Hanseatic League, and is also well known for its 19th century wooden buildings and Art Nouveau architecture. As Latvia is former Soviet state it has a mixed Russian and Latvian population. The historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Tootsa katsina by Viets Lomahaftewa, Hopi, Shung-opavi artist, made 1952 from wood, paint and feathers, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. The Tootsa katsina is a hummingbird katsina (seen here with the bird on his head) who sings prayers for moisture and dances quickly to encourage rain. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Four-faced Hamat’sa Mask, c. 1938, by George Walkus, Canadian, c. 1890-1950, made from wood, paint, string and cedar bark, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Native Americans on the North West Coast use masks in feasts called potlatches, held to celebrate clan status. This mask represents a bird monster called Galokwudzuwis, or Crooked Beak, and is worn by a member of the Hamat’sa Society. Above the crooked beak is the head of a crane, while two raven heads project from the back of the mask. By pulling strings, parts of the mask move to create sound and movement during the dance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art Deco style building, La Equitativa, Fundacion Rosillo, 1955, Passeig de Gracia (Paseo de Gracia), 44, Barcelona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art Deco style apartment building with curved balconies, on the corner of Rue Thiers and Cours Jean-Baptiste Langlet, built 1924 for M Courbet in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Art deco entrance door to apartment block at 11 rue des Remparts la Real, built 1933, by Ferid Muchir and Alfred Joffre, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The architects have used geometric shapes in stained wood and metalwork. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large scale street art graffiti mural on the hull of the barge Grande Fantaisie, by the street artist Marko 93, at the Quai de l'Oise on the Canal de l'Ourcq in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mural depicts the dancer Sarah Guem beckoning a panther. The Canal de l'Ourcq is a 108.1km waterway begun in 1802 between Port-aux-Perches and the Canal Saint-Martin via the Bassin de la Villette or La Villette Basin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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