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Yangon has a pleasant charm and gentle energy, with vast gardens and riverside walks, the grandeur of centuries-old monuments such as the Shwedegon Pagoda, a fast-growing cultural scene of art galleries and music performances, and a melting pot population of all Myanmar's tribes as well as industrious overseas Indians and Chinese, who make up 5% of the nation's population.
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Joe Macca's "Two-Man Show" at Marylhurst University's "Art Gym, " on the other hand, is an example of a less felicitous side of Portland's art scene, common to mid-size art worlds: a schizophrenia in which participants want to both play the art game as it's contested in New York or Miami and thumb their noses at it at the same time.
WSJ: Our Next Art Capital: Portland? | By Peter Plagens
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The art scene has picked up to such an extent that last March also witnessed the launch of the country's first art guide (appropriately titled "Saudi Art Guide"), available online and in app form.
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