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The Guardian
06-08-2025
- The Guardian
A double hat and a Tbilisi monument: photos of the day
Cars are positioned in the staging area during the Southern California Timing Association's Speed Week on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The event has resumed after a driver was killed after losing control of his car during a speed-record attempt. Photograph: Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Tudor Lakatos, who goes by the stage name Elvis Rromano, gets ready for his performance with the Taraful Frunzelor band. Photograph: Vadim Ghirdă/AP People take part in a tribute to artist Frida Kahlo with 24 Mexican dancers and a 10-piece mariachi band to mark the launch of Billingham international folklore festival of world dance, which celebrating its 60th anniversary year. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA A stranded stray dog stands on the roof of a submerged house along the banks of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh after heavy monsoon rains Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP A western pygmy marmoset at an enclosure in the city's zoo. The pygmy marmoset ( Callithrix pygmaea ), which is found in the northwestern Amazon rainforest, is the world's smallest higher primate and can leap as far as five metres. Photograph: Slávek Růta/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Stuffed toys are displayed below a balloon game at the Ventura county fair. The fair is held each August at Seaside Park and includes an agricultural show, carnival rides, food booths, and nightly concerts. Photograph: Allison Dinner/EPA Smoke rises from a wildfire in the Aude prefecture just north or the Spanish border. Almost 2,000 firefighters are tackling the fire, which tore through an area the size of Paris overnight. Photograph: Olivier Chassignole/AFP/Getty Images People visit the Chronicles of Georgia, a monument consisting of 16 massive columns on Keeni Hill. Designed by the Georgian-Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli, construction of the monument began in 1985. The upper sections of the columns depict kings, queens, and national heroes from Georgian history. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A student takes part in a Hiroshima Day peace rally to mark the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the city. Photograph: Divyakant Solanki/EPA Rafael Lisboa of Portugal in action during a basketball match against Spain at the José María Martín Carpena sporting arena. Photograph: Joaquin Corchero/AFP7/Shutterstock Naghma al-Aidi, a four-year-old Palestinian girl is cuddled by her mother as they shelter in a tent at the Nuseirat refugee camp. Children and elderly people are the most vulnerable as Gaza famine deepens, experts warn as aid agencies and others report evidence of worsening starvation, particularly among the under-fives. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A view of anti-drone nets installed over a road in the frontline town in the Donetsk region as the the US envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin hold talks in Moscow Photograph: Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters A Karen elephant keeper plays with a calf at the Elephant Freedom Village. Karen elephant keepers work to preserve traditional hill tribe methods of human coexistence with animals. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images An officer of Penitentiary N13 looks outside as supporters of the banned pro-Russia Șor party stage a protest opposite the prison. On Tuesday, a Moldovan court sentenced the leader of the autonomous Gagauzia region, Evghenia Guțul, to seven years in prison for funnelling Russian funds to the party between 2019 and 2022 Photograph: Dumitru Doru/EPA The Glen Rosa, a car and passenger ferry, is inspected at a dry dock operated by the ship repair and maintenance company Dales Marine. Delivery of the vessel has been put back until next April to June, nearly eight years after it was originally due Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA A girl drinks water from a hand pump at in a district of Badakhshan province. Afghanistan, is facing its fourth drought in five years Photograph: AFP/Getty Images An person arrived for the Anne Sofie Madsen show during the city's fashion week Photograph:
The Guardian
23-07-2025
- The Guardian
A police graduation and Israelis protest over starvation in Gaza: photos of the day
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Time Out
17-06-2025
- Time Out
A brand-new Frida Kahlo museum is coming to Mexico City
Mexico City is already the ultimate pilgrimage destination for fans of Frida Kahlo's raw, thought-provoking and world-famous paintings, but a brand-new venue dedicated to this legendary artist is set to open in the city in the autumn. Casa Roja, which is scheduled to open on September 27, will house the brand-new Museo Casa Kahlo, located in the Mexican capital's Coyoacán area, not too far from Casa Azul. While the latter is Kahlo's birthplace and opened as a museum way back in 1958 through a trust established by her husband and artist Diego Rivera, Museo Casa Kahlo is the first institution to be run by descendants of the iconic Mexican painter. The property used to belong to her parents and then to her younger sister, Cristina. It has remained in the family for decades, and Kahlo's grandniece, Mara Romeo Kahlo, has allowed researchers and public figures such as Salma Hayek into the house's archive. This is the first time it will open as a public museum. So, what can we expect? Well, Museo Casa Kahlo will incorporate Kahlo's dolls, clothing, jewellery, personal letters, photographs and lots of other objects and documents to provide visitors with an up-close and personal insight into the artists' childhood. The photography of Kahlo's father, Guillermo, will also be on display, and the museum will include space for rotating exhibitions showcasing artwork by Mexican, Latin American and women artists. Adán García Fajardo, the Museum of Memory and Tolerance's current academic director, will lead Museo Casa Kahlo and it will be overseen by the newly-founded Fundación Kahlo, a New York-based non-profit. 'This is a dream long held by our family,' Mara Romeo Kahlo said in a statement, according to The Art Newspaper. 'Frida's legacy belongs to the world, but it begins here – on this land, in these homes and in the culture that shaped her.' Elsewhere in Coyoacán, you'll find street murals and life-size bronze statues of Frida Kahlo, so make sure you venture past some of those on your way to the museums. Oh, and have a look at the very best things to do in Mexico City.
