From today's featured articleThe 1969 Curaçao uprising was a series of riots from 30 May to 1 June on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, then part of the Netherlands Antilles, a semi-independent country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. A protest rally during a strike by oil workers turned violent, leading to widespread looting and destruction in the center of Curaçao's capital, Willemstad, as well as two deaths and hundreds of arrests. The protesters achieved their demands for higher wages and the government's resignation. The uprising's leaders gained seats in parliamentary elections in September. A commission investigating the riots put the blame on economic issues, racial tensions, and police and government misconduct. The uprising prompted the Dutch government to undertake new efforts to fully decolonize the remnants of its colonial empire. Suriname, another constituent country of the Netherlands, became independent in 1975, but leaders of the Antilles resisted independence out of fear of economic repercussions. (Full article...)
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Profile Portrait of a Young Lady is a 1465 half-length portrait in oil on poplar, commonly attributed to Italian artist Antonio del Pollaiuolo. A minority of scholars attribute the portrait to another Italian artist, Piero della Francesca. Wilhelm von Bode attributed the painting to Domenico Veneziano; it has also been alternatively attributed to Alesso Baldovinetti. The emphatic use of line and the clarity of the contrasting colour surfaces in the work are typical features of the Florentine School. The anonymous woman is depicted in a brocade dress, with her posture suggesting that she is sitting in the marble embrasure of a window or balcony. The painting is now in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Painting credit: Antonio del Pollaiuolo (attributed)
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