Before the talks, which will also canvas regional security more broadly, the prime minister said the region faced a "very real challenge in terms of terrorism".
Both Monet, on his visit to Norway, and Gauguin, who traveled in Denmark, evoked the region on canvas; many of their works are part of "Impressionism and the North," which runs through Jan . 19at the National Museum, on Sodra Blasieholmshamnen, (46-8) 51 95 43 00; www.nationalmuseum.se.se
Instructs the canvas to redraw the given region of pixels within both of its layers.
Since the 1950's, this has been the place where migrants from the poverty-stricken Brazilian northeast gather on Sundays to sell and trade tools and medicines, or to dance to forró, the loud, accordion-driven music of their native region, under stifling canvas awnings.
We see it from the inside, as a dank, dark hovel whose rafters can be made out in the shadowy upper regions of the canvas.
Setting up your order takes all of a few seconds; upload your photo, crop it to the region you like, pick a canvas size, and you're set.
It also allows quick navigation by means of a highlighted area that shows the region currently visible on the main canvas in the context of the whole genome.
This is the first project by Leeds Canvas, an arts consortium chosen three years ago as the Yorkshire region winner of a commission for Artists Taking the Lead.
Steve Dearden, associate producer for Leeds Canvas, explains: Initially the arts council invited proposals for a large piece of public art in all the English regions.
("I'm your canvas, your — bare — canvas").
