{"id":33493,"date":"2026-06-05T00:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=33493"},"modified":"2026-06-05T00:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:32:46","slug":"bombastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=33493","title":{"rendered":"bombastic…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Bombastic is the title and description of Court Painter’s recent exhibition.It also could describe his irascible temperament and celebrity brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an aside :(Stockholm, 27 April 2026) World military expenditure reached $2887 billion in 2025, an increase of 2.9 per cent in real terms over 2024. Military spending declined in the United States but rose by 14 per cent in Europe and by 8.1 per cent in Asia and Oceania. The top three military spenders\u2014the USA, China and Russia\u2014spent a combined total of $1480 billion, or 51 per cent of the global total, according to new data published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-Court Painter seen holding a sparkler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-Installation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-Installation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-Installation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-The Press Attach\u00e9 to Court Painter is seen holding a purchase from the gallery gift shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-Court Painter in his studio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-Court Painter in his studio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bombastic is the title and description of Court Painter’s recent exhibition.It also could describe his irascible temperament and celebrity brand. As an aside :(Stockholm, 27 April 2026) World military expenditure reached $2887 billion in 2025, an increase of 2.9 per cent in real terms over 2024. Military spending declined in the United States but rose … Continue reading “bombastic…”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33493"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33511,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33493\/revisions\/33511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}