The Persian Poet and Mystic: Hafez
The fourteenth-century poet, Hafez, was a catalyst for change and impacted mystics, Sufis, and poets everywhere.
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Eugenia Ivanova
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- 5 min
Minimalism in Japanese Art and Architecture: Roots and Significance
Japanese minimalism, inspiring poets, artists and designers, is a unique system of of worldview that has evolved over the centuries.
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Screenwriting 101: The History of Screenwriting
This history of screenwriting is not extensively studied despite its key role in cinema.
Martin Chef
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Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology: Naturalism in the American countryside
Throughout the ages, many writers have endeavored to portray reality through their works and through the prism of different aesthetics,...
Gina Darwin-Gitonga
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- 8 min
Performance and Visual Art 101: Curating Performance
As the visual arts world expands, curating experiential works and experimental processes requires new curatorial strategies.
Eugenia Ivanova
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Moscow Romantic Conceptualism 101: The Celebration of Solitude
Pivovarov, speaking about his viewers, agrees that they were people who were “hungry, not in physical sense but in a cultural sense”.
Anny Polyzogopoulou
- Jan 29
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British Gothic Literature 101: The Sublime
This article aspires to define the essence of the sublime and delve into the religious interpretations related to it.
Eugenia Ivanova
- Jan 22
- 7 min
Illusion and Eternity in Pieter Janssens Elinga’s “Room in a Dutch House”
The work reveals the original talent of the artist with their subtle coloristic vision, the delicacy and accuracy in conveying the mood.
Martin Chef
- Jan 22
- 6 min
A. Spiegelman's Maus: Memory and Post-Memory
Remembering the Holocaust and the atrocities of the Second World War, even 80 year later, is a particularly difficult ordeal, and still...
Gina Darwin-Gitonga
- Jan 16
- 6 min
Performance and Visual Art 101: Participation and Social Practice
In a new age, the 21st century museum has to meet the demands of socially motivated practice.
Athaaya Handoko
- Jan 16
- 6 min
Celebrity Worship Through the Psychosociological Lens
Celebrity worship is unhealthy. This has been proven by several studies and it can be detrimental to a person's mental health.
Gina Darwin-Gitonga
- Jan 11
- 8 min
debbie tucker green & Epistemic Liberation
debbie tucker green brings a refreshing face to theatre. She challenges the status quo of her genre, and transcends literary limitations.
Gina Darwin-Gitonga
- Dec 19, 2022
- 8 min
Performance and Visual Art 101: Object or Experience
As contemporary art adopts social practice over aesthetics, it challenges the status of form in an economy based on social commerce.
Eugenia Ivanova
- Dec 18, 2022
- 5 min
Moscow Romantic Conceptualism 101: The Reality of Absurd
Foreword Moscow Romantic Conceptualism was a major Soviet underground art movement and the echoes of its influence still manifest...
Martin Chef
- Dec 18, 2022
- 7 min
A. Moore’s The Saga of The Swamp Thing: Beyond the Nature vs Culture binarity
According to Global Footprint Network, in 2022 the Earth Overshoot Day fell on July 28. The current economic model based on the resources...
Gina Darwin-Gitonga
- Dec 12, 2022
- 7 min
Theatre and Animals: Can Animals Act?
Live animals may perform on cue or enter stage-left, but can they act? Uncover the philosophy behind animals performing on stage.
Sara Manente
- Dec 12, 2022
- 5 min
Textile Art: Unravelling Women’s Legacy
The recognition of textile practices as art is essential to unveil women's overlooked contributions to art and culture.
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Dec 4, 2022
- 4 min
Romantic and Victorian Legacy and the Pre-Raphaelites
The aim of this article is to explore writers John Keats and Alfred Tennyson as two of the most important influences of the Pre-Raphaelites
Gina Darwin-Gitonga
- Nov 28, 2022
- 7 min
Tate Britain: National Identity on Display
Tate Britain's permanent exhibition comes under scrutiny. What messages does it create of place-based and national identity?
Gina Darwin-Gitonga
- Nov 22, 2022
- 8 min
Performance and Visual Art 101: Object or Action
Explore how performance through action painting, creates performative modes of enacting events from the past into the present tense.
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