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October 12, 2026

Fatima Zahra El Mansouri Is Appointed as Morocco’s First Female Prime Minister in Historic Election

Embed from Getty Images Morocco has appointed its first female prime minister following a parliamentary election victory by the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM). King Mohammed VI selected Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, a lawyer and longtime Marrakesh politician, to lead the country’s next government. Her appointment marks a milestone for women’s political representation, but she faces immediate challenges involving economic pressures, coalition negotiations, and the monarchy’s influence.

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October 12, 2026

Monet’s Painting of a Normandy Landscape Heads To Auction, Expected To Fetch Nearly $20 Million

Few artists captured the fleeting effects of light quite like Claude Monet. Now, nearly 100 years after the famed painter’s death in Giverny in 1926, his painting Bord des falaises à Pourville (or Cliffside at Pourville), is heading to auction at Christie’s. The celebrated work, which Monet painted in the seaside town of Pourville in Normandy, France, is expected to sell for €11 million to €15 million ($12.67 million to $17.27 million).

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October 10, 2026

Ha Chong-Hyun Painting Retrospective Spans 60 Years of Material Experimentation

For six decades, Korean artist Ha Chong-Hyun has pushed painting beyond the boundaries of the canvas. Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum brings together more than 50 works spanning the 1960s through 2025, tracing the artist’s ongoing experimentation with paint, fabric, industrial materials, and physical process. Together, the works reveal how Ha has continually redefined what a painting can be.

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