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Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma in New Delhi in 2006. Born in Jammu on January 13, 1938, he is believed to be the first musician to have played Indian classical music on the santoor.
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The old Stephen’s building in Kashmere Gate, also an example of Indo-Saracenic architecture designed by Swinton Jacob, housed St. Stephen's College from 1891 to 1941, The building currently currently houses the office of the Chief Electoral Officer.
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It took three long years for craftsmen from Agra and West Bengal to build the house which comprises of four bedroom. a kitchen, a library and a meditation room.
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A supposed shoe of Marie-Antoinette, torn from the hands of an insurgent during the capture of the Tuileries on August 10, 1792, is displayed at the Carnavalet-History of Paris Museum, located in the Marais district, during a press visit after four years of renovations in Paris, France, May 20, 2021.
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Satyajit Ray at Howrah Station with a recorder. Ray, (May 2, 1921-April 23, 1992) who was a renowned filmmaker, writer, illustrator, graphic designer and music composer, started his career in advertising and found inspiration for his first film, Pather Panchali, while illustrating the children's version of the novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.
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In this 1922 photo provided by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation from the Ernest Hemingway Collection Ernest Hemingway stands with his first wife Hadley Hemingway in Chamby, Switzerland.
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Belhussein Abdelsalam, a Charlie Chaplin impersonator applies makeup as he prepares to start a new day of work, in Rabat, Morocco, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. When 58-year-old Moroccan Belhussein Abdelsalam was arrested and lost his job three decades ago, he saw Charlie Chaplin on television and in that moment decided upon a new career: impersonating the British actor and silent movie maker remembered for his Little Tramp character. the television and decided in that moment upon a new career: Impersonating the American Silent Movie star.
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A gallery employee works in front of Angeles Agrela paintings at the 14th edition of Art Dubai at Dubai International Financial Centre, DIFC, which features 50 galleries from 31 countries with a focus on modern and contemporary art, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Father Samuel Aghoyan, the Armenian superior at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre holds candles to illuminate crosses etched into the ancient stone wall of the Saint Helena chapel inside the church which is revered in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus' crucifixion and burial, during his interview with Reuters, in Jerusalem's Old City February 24, 2021.
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Mumbai: Models ramp walk for designer Masaba Gupta's show in collaboration with boAt during FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week, in Mumbai, Friday, March 19, 2021.
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A couple flies a kite in Drapetsona suburb of Piraeus, near Athens, on Sunday, March 14, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic, which hit Cyprus, and Greece especially hard this winter, threatened to ground the kite-flying, an essential part of the celebration of Clean Monday, the first day of Lent.
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This digital collage, titled Everydays: The First 5,000 Days, by American artist Beeple, also known as Mike Winkelmann, a pioneer of the exploding virtual art market, sold for a record $69.3 million, Christie's announced on March 11.
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Elton Dimrochi holding Elpida Skourou, dancers of the Greek National Opera Ballet, perform during a rehearsal of "Despo-Greek Dances" Opera and dance performance in Athens, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Dozens of museum exhibitions, theater productions, discussion panels and historical re-enactments were planned in Greece for this year to commemorate the bicentennial of the 1821-1832 Greek War of Independence. But due to the coronavirus pandemic, mezzo-soprano Artemis Bogri and her fellow singers stepped onstage in an empty theater to perform the Greek National Opera’s new production of “Despo,” one of the events marking 200 years since the war that resulted in Greece’s independence from the Ottoman Empire and rebirth as a nation.
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A staff of teamLab checks a digital artwork titled as Levitation during a demonstration of TikTok teamLab Reconnect, digital artwork combined with sauna, ahead of its opening to the public this month in Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2021.
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The San Jose Church stands in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The second oldest Spanish church in the Americas is reopening following a massive reconstruction that took nearly two decades to complete.
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Ganvie: An aerial view shows a giant landart fresco by French-Swiss artist Saype, painted for the 10th step of his worldwide 'Beyond Walls' project in Ganvie, village on stilts, Benin, on Wednesday March 3, 2021. Five frescoes were created using approximately 700 liters of biodegradable pigments made out of charcoal, chalk, water and milk proteins.
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Grand British Portraiture ranging from 1740 to 1790 at the Frick Collection's new museum location on Madison Avenue in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The Frick Madison is designed as a one-way tour through the collection (visitors move counterclockwise), as opposed to a more free-flowing space where people can wander forward and back. As a result, the curatorial staff paid close attention to transitions from room to room, carefully staging every view.
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Japanese manga artist Kamentotsu, who goes by his pen name and wears a mask in media appearances, draws his four-panel strip comic 'Koguma's Cake Shop' at his workspace in Tokyo, Japan October 8, 2020. Picture taken October 8, 2020.
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A Hindu Holy man lies in front of an image of Hindu Goddess of learning Saraswati, at Sangam, the sacred confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during Magh Mela festival, in Prayagraj, India Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.
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This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Olivia Colman, left, and Anthony Hopkins in a scene from "The Father." “The Father,” which opens in theaters Friday, is Zeller’s directorial debut but he’s a well-known French playwright and author who’s here adapting his own play, one that’s been put on around the world.
The ninth annual Prototype festivals opens Friday night with the world premiere of “Modulation,” a self-guided digital work for distanced times by 13 composers exploring isolation, identity, and fear.