Abstract Artists and Old Friends
Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam & William T Williams -- all of them are key figures in the history of abstraction....
Month: April 2022
Breaking the Ramadan Fast in Anchorage, Alaska
Gathering for Ramadan for the First Time Since the Pandemic Began: Last week, Maleika Jones was still waiting for a...
The British Empire Was Much Worse Than You Realize
The world’s biggest colonial power prided itself on being a liberal democracy. But liberal imperialism gained resilience from its ability...
‘Picasso Picassofied People’ in Guernica
Peter Conrad at The Guardian: This ingenious final volume of an epic biography illuminates the imagery in the artist’s work...
The YouTube Village of Bangladesh (Video)
Professionally shot videos of elderly villagers preparing, cooking, and serving food to hundreds of people are uploaded to YouTube and...
‘The United States Can Do Whatever the Hell it Wants’
Reading Arundhati Roy politically: Some of this ideology one can take; much of it one may leave aside. But that...
Russia Praises India’s Stance on Ukraine
Russia's foreign minister on Friday praised India's refusal to condemn the Ukraine invasion, saying Moscow and Delhi would find ways...
Kashmir Files Is Vile Indian Propaganda
The propaganda movie, Kashmir Files is out in cinemas all over the world and in the United States. Kashmir Files...
The AI Historian: A New Tool to Decipher Ancient Texts
The origins of ancient inscriptions are often shrouded in mystery. Writing carved into stone millennia ago can be hard to...
