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Dubois registers a second successive stoppage victory over Wardley, just five months after climbing off the canvas twice to dethrone his British rival in a thrilling 11-round contest in Manchester.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The frame of "Young Woman at the Well" was slightly damaged, while "the canvas of 'Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano' had a tear," Bessone said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Directed by Bob Saget and Neil Berkeley, this Netflix documentary offers an affectionate look at the performer, who died in 2024 and who pursued his true passion on canvas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“I said if there’s a screw lying on the ground, take it, if there’s a canvas tent, take it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Six long, thin objects on the trailers, covered by canvas.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Moving between Hodges’ five paintings at the Getty and the 17th century works that inspired them in the next room, it’s clear the contemporary canvases are neither copies nor straightforward homages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
This particularly productive decade is the focus of Voena’s presentation that shows the Italian artist working with reclaimed advertising posters to create abstract décollage canvases that evolved to also include realist elements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Although his canvases typically sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, when he completed a large mural for the Palestinian Museum, his requested fee was only a fig tree to be planted in the garden.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Early in 2024, taggers began turning Oceanwide Plaza’s skyscrapers into canvases for graffiti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Jamie looks through my canvases and my old sketchbooks.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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