Fantastical Creations in a Psychiatric Hospital for Over 50 Years. Now They’ve Found a Home in the Art World
In the course of 56 years living in a psychiatric hospital in the small city of Risskov, Denmark, a self-taught artist born Louis Marcussen (1894–1985) christened themselves anew as Ovartaci. The moniker translates roughly to Chief Loon, and was a winking
The Martinican bèlè dance – a celebration of land, spirit and liberation
On May 22 each year, when the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique observes Emancipation Day, drums beat from sunrise until the break of dawn the next day. Participants at open-air, starlit gatherings dance, sing, play drums and feast for ancestors who fought
The First Broadway Theater to Bear a Black Woman’s Name Will Honor Lena Horne
Broadway theaters have always been named for giants of the stage—including, to name a few, Eugene O’Neill, George and Ira Gershwin, and Neil Simon. Historically, however, few Black artists have received this honor. Now, in a historic first, a Broadway theater will be named for
Hagia Sophia Past and Future
The announcement, by the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that Hagia Sophia was to be “reconverted” from a museum into a mosque was followed immediately by an outpouring of dismay and an upswell of enthusiasm. As it happens, this split
Shabby Victorian Metropolis
Dave Glass studied photojournalism at City College of San Francisco, in what he calls “a blue-collar photography program,” in 1969 and 1970. He grew up in the Western Addition, a central district encompassing the row of Victorians nicknamed the Painted
ANNA FÖRSTERLING
Country: Germany Birth: 1995 Anna Försterling is a German photographer specializing in artistic nude and portrait photography. She was born in 1995 and grew up in Saxony, near Dresden. She successfully completed her training as a photographer from 2014 to 2017 and
New Edvard Munch Exhibition Will Unveil a Dozen Works Never Before Seen in Britain
A show opening today at the Courtauld Institute in London will display nearly a dozen paintings by Edvard Munch that have never been seen by the British public. The exhibition traces the Norwegian painter’s development from the 1880s through 18 key
Κυκλοφόρησε το νέο βιβλίο του Γιώργου Γιαντά “Ο κύβος του Ρούμπικ” από τις εκδόσεις Υδροπλάνο
Γιώργος Γιαντάς Ο κύβος του Ρούμπικ Σελίδες: 306, Τιμή: 13,90 ευρώ, ISBN: 978-618-207-136-6 Μαλακό εξώφυλλο, 2022 Εκδόσεις Υδροπλάνο Τζίμης άνθρωπος της νύχτας. Η δικηγόρος Βίκη Βερεντζή. Η τρανς Βανέσα. Ο αστυνόμος Κορκολάτος. Ο πολιτικός Δημοσθένης Ριζόπουλος. Ο επιχειρηματίας Καμαρανίδης. Πρόσωπα που με περίεργο τρόπο συνδέονται
Κυκλοφορεί το νέο βιβλίο της Βίκυς Σγουρέλλη “Εφη-βία: Είμαι η Σάρα” από τις εκδόσεις Books with Shoes
με τη μητέρα της. Ο αναγνώστης καλείται να επιλέξει το τέλος της Σάρας. Γιατί ποτέ δεν έχουμε μια μόνο επιλογή. Το βιβλίο αυτό είναι ένας υποσυνείδητος οδηγός ψυχικής ενδυνάμωσης εφήβων κοριτσιών και αγοριών σε μια εποχή που η ενσυναίσθηση πρέπει να
Cézannes Erben und das Kunstmuseum Bern erzielen eine historische Einigung über einen mysteriösen Cézanne in der Gurlitt-Fundgrube
Wie genau das Gemälde La Montagne Sainte-Victoire von Paul Cézanne aus dem Jahr 1897 in die Sammlung des NS-Kunsthändlers Hildebrand Gurlitt gelangte, ist unklar. Aber es tat es, und dieser problematische Bruch in der nachvollziehbaren Geschichte des Werks hat das
