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‘Deny’ by Utaha • 詩羽
‘Deny’ by Utaha • 詩羽
A potent, heartfelt mini-movie that speaks to teenage loneliness and empowerment.
Remy Dean
Aug 2
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Heroic Proportions: Michelangelo’s ‘David’
Heroic Proportions: Michelangelo’s ‘David’
The return to colossal sculpture presented a paradigm of masculine beauty…
Remy Dean
Jul 30
What Does this Brueghel Painting Really Mean?
What Does this Brueghel Painting Really Mean?
A new interpretation of the famous painting of ‘The Fight Between Carnival and Lent’
Samuel Belleville-Douelle
Jul 23
A Realist in an Age of Imagination: Charles Ethan Porter
A Realist in an Age of Imagination: Charles Ethan Porter
The talented nineteenth-century painter from Connecticut who took a big gamble to perfect his craft
Kerry Dooley Young
Jul 17
El Anatsui: All That Glisters…
El Anatsui: All That Glisters…
Considering the history and heritage that exalts ephemera into distinctive contemporary art out of Africa
Kim Vertue
Jul 11
Octobriana: Myths from the Underground
Octobriana: Myths from the Underground
Covert artist cells, political dadaism, art theft, and a dissident Communist icon.
Ed Holland
Jul 3
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