Dmitry Shorin - darling of the silovaki

Dmitry Shorin is a young Saint-Petersburg artist who has an exhibition opening today at the Marble Palace in St Petersburg of the Russian State Museum.

He was born in Omsk in 1971 and initially studied at the Omsky Technological University , folowed by four years at the Textile Institute, St. Petersburg. He won a prize in the St. Petersburg Camel exhibition and has initiated joint projects with other artists in St. Petersburg. He has held solo exhibitions in Russia and Belgium.

As the centre of gravity moves toward St Petersburg fluttering around Putin and his silovaki Shorin achieves notable status with the oligarchs by these bright, clean images. The image above was promoted by Red Bull in their Hangar 7 exhibition of modern artists ..."Fly By"

Anne Frank - image hi-jacked to highlight the conditions in Gaza for Palestinians.

The Hague-based Centre For Information and Documentation on Israel P.O. Box 116462502 AP Den HaagTHE NETHERLANDS tel: + 31-(0)70-3646862fax: + 31-(0)70-3653372 e-mail: cidi@cidi.nl ) called on cinemas, cafes and other businesses to ban a postcard showing a mixed image of Anne Frank wearing a red and white kefiyah, the postcard has been distributed for the past two weeks free of charge across the Netherlands by T-shirt and postcard maker Boomerang.

Boomerang continue to distribute the image ....De Telegraaf,

Boomerang’s chief editor, Pascale Bosboom, told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that the artist responsible for the image - who is known only as T. - combined the two symbols “to create an idealistic image in which both states exist alongside one another in peace.”

Many people have queried the diaries of Anne Frank - the authenticity of which does not appear to be in doubt.