Russia s most famous museum, the Hermitage, is second only to the Louvre in its collection of French art.

The two really bad ideas that are hovering in the modern world that inhibit our capacity to draw strength from art The first idea is that art should be for art's sake a ridiculous idea an idea that art should live in a hermetic bubble and should not try to do anything with this troubled world.

In addition to being the world s leading executioner, China has one of its largest prison populations.

Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world.

Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world.

Today, the global picture is different.

He's one of the longest serving political prisoners in the world.

A pandemic is a worldwide epidemic.

JR's TED Prize wish Use art to turn the world inside out

Now art is something that in the secular world, we think very highly of. We think art is really, really important.

The leaders of the world s two largest economies are changing. So is the world itself.

China will soon be the world s biggest trading power.

Most global CEOs know this.

The Internet joins the elite of the world.

That s one quarter of all amphetamines seized in the world.

It is the world s highest river, and also one of the fastest flowing.

Having vaulted past Germany to become the world s biggest exporter, China now is set to displace Japan as the world's second largest economy.

This amounts to 1.7 of the world s agricultural land.

American productivity is among the highest in the world.

And they responded in an impressive and globally coordinated fashion.

It was supposed to have promoted risk sharing globally.

There are nearly 100 million speakers of these languages in the world.

In 2013, the Center for World University Rankings ranked the Sapienza University of Rome 62nd in the world and the top in Italy in its World University Rankings .

They span the globe but cluster in art capitals like New York, London, Los Angeles, and Berlin.

That is equally true for Asia, the world s fastest growing region.

Music Simon Frith describes three art worlds present in the music industry the art music world, folk music world, and commercial music world.

In her analysis of the net art world (referring to network aided art or net art Amy Alexander states net.art had a movement, at the very least it had coherence, and although it aimed to subvert the art world, eventually its own sort of art world formed around it.

BRUSSELS Two years ago, governments saved the necks of the world s financial markets.

The moment the cores get to mid level, we finish the art museum we put all the mechanical equipment in it and then we jack it up into the air.

This is probably the biggest threat to sharks worldwide it is the finning of sharks.

Nevertheless, Africa is the site of many of the world s worst conflicts.

Many Europeans see themselves as champions of global fair play.

This requires that Europe's proposal be universally understood and embraced.

This crisis has demonstrated that the destinies of countries around the world are linked.

Ultimately, private funds should be regulated globally.

In the past 50 years, consumption of sugar has also doubled worldwide.

Soil Soil erosion is fast becoming one of the worlds greatest problems.

Fifteen of the world s 20 biggest trade fairs (measured by indoor exhibition space) are held in Germany, and the country tops the list in world commodity exports.

The traditions of Korean art, crafts, and cuisine have already spread around the world.

Education in this world disappoints me.

The perception that mentally ill people are dangerous is global.

The United Nations regions are used widely for divisional purposes globally.

Nevertheless, slower growth or possibly a recession in the world s largest economy inevitably has global consequences. There will be a global slowdown.

In the early 1990 s, the average level of world inflation exceeded 30 now it is less than 4 .

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