Counter Arts

The origin of art and more?

From one ‘truth-teller’ to another, you will be missed, Ananda. Thank you for everything.

Creating tactile art for everyone

On the cost of worship and the charisma of collapse

It’s not hard, and it can make you rich

The ‘Life of Chuck’ and ‘Haunting of Hill House’ director started strong with this eerie melodrama

The story behind LA’s iconic donut signs

The movement based on the use of light was one of the most important of the Baroque and significantly influenced later periods.

How to torch your own reputation

Sly Stone and America’s Eternal Civil War

How the new installment respects and reinvents its franchise

Originally set to star Meryl Streep, this deeply felt drama gives Jessica Lange a luminous role that will speak to anyone who’s felt the…

A brief discussion of the metamodernism in ‘The Odyssey’ by Homer

The strange steps of romance

Pent up creative energy can be a blessing in disguise, but learning to appreciate the down time is difficult

Plato’s antidotes to tyranny and difficult times

The (maybe?) grand finale to the greatest blockbuster franchise of this generation neatly summarises the best and worst that its series has…

There’s no legacy when change is the only law

I first saw Frances Ha in my early twenties — and she resonated with me in a way I didn’t fully understand at the time. Over the years, I…

What can Korean drama tell us about bad people

Awakening myself to the work of a master storyteller

The actor’s revival of ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ failed to understand why a CNN live cast was bound to miss the mark.

The unfolding of India’s LGBT movement