15 July 2021 | Health
STAY HOME: The education ministry has urged parents to keep their children busy at home and off the streets.
PHOTOS: KENYA KAMBOWE
Kenya Kambowe
RUNDU
Over 2 000 learners tested positive for Covid-19 this month alone, and youth - who are supposed to be at home during this time - have taken to roaming the streets and begging for money at the entrance of shops, while others have been put to work as hawkers.
There seems to be little to no supervision of learners in Rundu, who are currently on a winter break until 26 July.
Driving along the B8 road in the town, children of school-going age can be seen manning makeshift stalls selling various items, and despite the Covid-19 regulations, most go maskless and forgo sanitising and washing their hands.
Masterpiece by Jan Matejko makes a rare visit to the National Gallery
Jan Matejko, The Astronomer Copernicus. Conversations with God, 1873. Oil on canvas, 226 × 315 cm Frame: 293 ×382 × 24 cm. The Jagiellonian University Museum, Kraków (MUJ 2715851/I) Photo by Grzegorz Zygier.
LONDON
.- An iconic painting of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, by the most famous Polish painter of the 19th century, Jan Matejko, is making a rare visit to the National Gallery, the first time it will ever have been seen in the UK.
The 10-foot wide painting, which rarely leaves its home in the Senate Chamber of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, is part of a new exhibition introducing visitors to the work of Jan Matejko (18381893). Despite being largely unknown outside his homeland, this highly original and distinctive artist is widely regarded as the national painter of Poland.
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Immersive digital experience at National Gallery allows visitors to step into Jan Gossaert s Adoration
Artists impression of Sensing the Unseen: Step into Gossaerts Adoration Image by Vasilija Abramovic.
LONDON
.- A new immersive digital experience inspired by Jan Gossaert s 16th-century masterpiece The Adoration of the Kings is on view at the National Gallery over the Christmas period. Sensing the Unseen: Step into Gossaerts Adoration shows one of the Gallerys most popular pictures as never before and is designed to allow for digital immersion while maintaining social distancing.
As visitors view the painting, the voice of one of its depicted characters, King Balthasar, speaks to them before light and sound lead them into individual pods to experience an interactive version of the painting.