Masterpiece Story: The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault
Théodore Géricault completed The Raft of the Medusa when he was 27, and the work has become an icon of French Romanticism. It is a direct precursor...
Clinton Pittman 27 June 2022
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Home and Migration in the Artworks of Zarina Hashmi
Zarina Hashmi (1937–2020), was an Indian-American artist and printmaker based in New York City. She was known by her professional name, Zarina.
Anuradha Sroha 20 June 2022
Disney Figures in Art That Make You Think Twice
Who doesn’t like Disney characters? They are cute, sweet, and adorable. They also represent an ideal image and simplify our world view.
Michel Rutten 23 May 2022
Masterpiece Story: Season’s Greetings by Banksy
What if a children’s game turned into a frightening nightmare? And what would you think if the cause was… you? In Port Talbot, UK, Banksy...
Camilla de Laurentis 20 May 2022
Moving Dialogues Between Art History and The Syrian War
And yet another war. The only thing that I can do about it, apart from donating to humanitarian aid organizations, pressuring my government to take...
Magda Michalska 14 March 2022
Why Political Actionism Is So Popular in Russia
The sources of Russian political actionism are in the unofficial art of the 1960s. Nonconformism emerged in a country where kitschy socialist realism...
Diana Sadretdinova 7 March 2022
The Women Who Changed Art Forever: A Novel Graphic about Feminist Art
The Women Who Changed Art Forever is a graphic novel written by Valentina Grande with the illustrations of Eva Rossetti. It’s a visual journey...
Arianna Richetti 25 November 2021
Contemporary Chronicles: A Conversation About 9/11
South Asia Institute, or SAI, located in the museum district in downtown Chicago on Michigan Avenue, cultivates the art and culture of South Asia and...
Guest Profile 22 November 2021
CHEAP: When Art Meets Activism – Interview with the Co-founder Sara Manfredi
“Art” and “activism” surely are not enough words to describe what CHEAP is. CHEAP is an innovative Italian street poster art...
Arianna Richetti 18 September 2021
Petticoats, Pennies, and Politics: A Short History of the Suffragette Penny
Have you ever found one of those old brown British pennies? In an antique shop or in one of Grandma’s old handbags? Just a small, flat copper disc?...
Candy Bedworth 12 December 2020
Beirut’s Art Scene: Before the Blast and Now
It was only three years ago, after a long civil war, that Beirut’s art scene began to find its feet. Despite ever-present political corruption,...
Abreeza Thomas 10 September 2020
Monuments Now: In Search of New Monuments
Exhibition review of "Monuments Now" at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, New York.
Jennifer S. Musawwir 21 August 2020
