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by Antonia Gabassi BERLIN .- Theres an interesting story behind the curation of the latest exhibition at the Galerie Kornfeld, in the resurgent City West region of the German capital. The show is called The Day I Never Met You, and it is a billed as being a conversation between the contemporary British artist Alexander Adams, and the late Georgian painter Natela Iankoshvili, whose estate is represented by the gallery. On first viewing one might assume that the painters were chosen because of their differences, rather than their similarities. Adams has renounced colour, painting in black, white and many shades of grey. Iankoshvili who died in 2007 loved applying broad brush-stokes of vibrant greens, yellows and blues on black-primed canvases. But when you look closely into the art and the artists, the similarities abound. Both apply themselves to landscapes and . More ....
Shrinking Elephants Once Called Sicily Home nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ancient Elephants Quickly Shrank Into Dwarfs on the Island of Sicily, DNA Suggests Share Filed to:axel barlow cenozoiccharles darwincycladesdodecanesedwarf elephantelephantsinsular dwarfismmammalspalaeoloxodonpleistocene extinctionsprehistoric cyprusquaternarystraight tusked elephant Reconstruction of an almost complete dwarf elephant skeleton found in the Puntali cave. (Photo: Archives of the Gemmellaro Geological Museum) Tens of thousands of years ago, so-called dwarf elephants inhabited the island of Sicily off the coast of Italy. Apparently, it didn’t take long for these elephants to shrink after their arrival on the island. New research suggests that the 9 tonne behemoths that originally came to Sicily slimmed down quickly, losing as much as 180 kg on average with each generation. ....
Extinct dwarf elephant shrank by 85% in 'intriguing' evolution on Sicily eveningtelegraph.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eveningtelegraph.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dwarf elephant evolved from one of the largest ever land mammals, study says dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.