Domination

• NEW YORK, March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In the latest edition of the highly regarded Network Diagnostics report from RECMA (Research Company Evaluating the Media Agency Industry), Omnicom Media Group agency OMD Worldwide has been named the best performing global media network overall, marking the seventh consecutive edition over the past three years in which OMD had topped the Diagnostics report.
•  Continuing that theme in the latest report, RECMA describes OMD as "confirming its leadership, far ahead of its direct competitors."
• Breaking down the KPIs, OMD earned #1 rankings for competitiveness in new business pitches, client profile, and digital, data & analytics and content expertise.
• Once again ranked #1 in EMEA, OMD's "dominance continues" as it widened its lead over the #2 ranked network in the region.

• His work and theories on art profoundly influenced the School of Paris, the American Abstract Expressionists, as well as the expressionist painters working in Australia.
• This is a precious gem of a show that celebrates the transformative power of art – its ability to transcend the material realm and to nourish us spiritually.

Russian imagery, spiritual realm and colour auras

• He expressed a profound belief in Russian Orthodoxy as the sole true faith.
• Building on the heritage of spiritualism inherent in Russian Orthodox icons and the inventive whimsical narratives in Russian folk art, Kandinsky also explored the spiritual realm and colour auras integral to theosophy.
• He wrote the single most influential essay in 20th-century art, On the spiritual in art, in 1911.

Speaking directly to the soul

• Kandinsky invites the viewer to take a walk in the painting and explore an enchanted landscape.
• A mistrust of science was linked to a mistrust of the physical world observed through the senses and the desire to explore a spiritual reality that bypasses empirical observation and speaks directly to the soul.
• The eye is the hammer, while the soul is a piano of many strings […] [harmony rests] on the principle of innermost necessity.
• The eye is the hammer, while the soul is a piano of many strings […] [harmony rests] on the principle of innermost necessity.
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Sasha Grishin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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• Omnicom Media Group Agency Takes Top Slot in RECMA Diagnostics Report for Sixth Consecutive Edition, Widens Its Lead in the Marketplace
  NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In the latest edition of the highly regarded Network Diagnostics report from RECMA (Research Company Evaluating the Media Agency Industry), Omnicom Media Group agency OMD Worldwide has  been named the best performing global media network overall, marking   the sixth consecutive edition over the past three years in which OMD had topped the Diagnostics report.
• As revealed in the report, OMD has widened its lead over its nearest competitor to an historic level, resulting in a score differential between OMD and the second ranked agency that exceeds the  spread between the second and eighth ranked agencies -  a performance that led RECMA to declare that "OMD has no director competitor today"  among global media agency networks, describing the network as "one strong leader ahead of an eight- agency pack."
• A breakdown of the global ranking shows OMD ranks as the best performing agency in North America, EMEA, Central East Europe and the Nordics; and is Dominant in 10 markets, including Australia, Germany, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, Peru, Sweden, Turkey, the UK, and the USA.
• The RECMA Network Diagnostics Report marks the latest in a streak of wins and accolades for OMD in 2023, including being  named global media AOR for Under Armour and Van's , and media AOR for Beiersdorf in North America and Europe;  topping  the June 2023 RECMA Competitiveness in Pitches Report ; and earning its sixth consecutive #1 rankings from both the RECMA 2022 Billings Report and the COMvergence 2022 Billings Report,  both published in July.