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about 7 months ago (02/09/2024)
From a satellite orbiting Earth for seven years in celebration of Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., the first Black astronaut, to a pulsing neon human skeleton that illuminates Rosalind Franklin’s contributions to the field of science, Tavares Strachan embraces technology and experimental processes to reframe historic narratives...
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about 7 months ago (02/09/2024)
Who Made Who? On the Creative Collaboration of Man Ray and Kiki de Montparnasse ‹ Literary Hub Craft and Criticism Fiction and Poetry News and Culture Lit Hub Radio Reading Lists Book Marks CrimeReads About Log In Literary Hub Craft and Criticism Literary Criticism Craft and Advice In Conversation On Translation Fiction and Poetry Short Story From the Novel Poem News and Culture History Science Politics Biography Memoir Food Technology Bookstores and Libraries Film and TV Travel Music Art and Photography The Hub Style Design Sports Freeman’s The Virtual Book Channel Lit Hub Radio Behind the Mic Beyond the Page The Cosmic Library The Critic and Her Publics Emergence Magazine Fiction/Non/Fiction First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing Future Fables The History of Literature I’m a Writer But Just the Right Book Keen On The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan New Books Network Read Smart Talk Easy Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast Write-minded Reading Lists The Best of the Decade Book Marks Best Reviewed Books BookMarks Daily Giveaway CrimeReads True Crime The Daily Thrill CrimeReads Daily Giveaway Log In Via W...
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about 7 months ago (02/07/2024)
Opinion | Year of the Dragon: origins of the mythical beast’s name and imagery, from a fiery beast to an Asian symbol of strength | South China Morning Post Advertisement Advertisement A large dragon features in this 1853 work by Japanese artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi...
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about 7 months ago (02/03/2024)
After one of China’s most famous 20th-century artists left his homeland, his life was a mystery...
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about 7 months ago (02/01/2024)
Opinion | This Chinese ballet pushing Communist propaganda may seem ironic – but it’s incredible | South China Morning Post Advertisement Advertisement Dancers from the National Ballet of China perform “The Red Detachment of Women” at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in January...
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about 7 months ago (01/27/2024)
Book extract: historian sheds new light on Marco Polo’s China travels, which have often been doubted | South China Morning Post Book extract: historian sheds new light on Marco Polo’s China travels, which have often been doubted History Tall tales of the East told by Marco Polo have had their sceptics, but author Christopher Harding highlights details that make the explorer harder to doubt Christopher Harding + FOLLOW Published: 6:15pm, 27 Jan, 2024 Why you can trust SCMP Extracted from The Light of Asia: A History of Western Fascination with the East by Christopher Harding, published by Allen Lane, January 2024 *** “Honoured emperors and kings, dukes and marquesses, counts, knights and townspeople, and all who want to know about the various races of mankind and the peculiarities of the various regions of the world, take this book and have it read to you! “Here you will find all the greatest wonders and chief curiosities of Greater Armenia and Persia, of the Tartars and India, and of many other lands...
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about 8 months ago (01/09/2024)
Permanent Newness: Surrealism at 100 ‹ Literary Hub Craft and Criticism Fiction and Poetry News and Culture Lit Hub Radio Reading Lists Book Marks CrimeReads About Log In Literary Hub Craft and Criticism Literary Criticism Craft and Advice In Conversation On Translation Fiction and Poetry Short Story From the Novel Poem News and Culture History Science Politics Biography Memoir Food Technology Bookstores and Libraries Film and TV Travel Music Art and Photography The Hub Style Design Sports Freeman’s The Virtual Book Channel Lit Hub Radio Behind the Mic Beyond the Page The Cosmic Library The Critic and Her Publics Emergence Magazine Fiction/Non/Fiction First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing Future Fables The History of Literature I’m a Writer But Just the Right Book Keen On The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan New Books Network Read Smart Talk Easy Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast Write-minded Reading Lists The Best of the Decade Book Marks Best Reviewed Books BookMarks Daily Giveaway CrimeReads True Crime The Daily Thrill CrimeReads Daily Giveaway Log In Via Yale University Press Permanent Newness: Surrealism at 100 Mark Polizzotti on the Legacy of One of the 20th Century’s Most Innovative Artistic Movements By Mark Polizzotti January 9, 2024 Does Surrealism still matter? Has it ever mattered? The question is hardly new, and has been debated practically since the movement was launched....
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about 9 months ago (12/17/2023)
Opinion | How a Russian artist and his daughter bonded over their shared love for Macau | South China Morning Post Advertisement Advertisement George Smirnoff with Irene in Kowloon, Hong Kong, in 1941...
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about 9 months ago (12/16/2023)
In her short lifetime, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) collected an incredibly vast archive of photographs...
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about 9 months ago (12/12/2023)
Between January and March in Christian communities around the world, incredible personas emerge for Carnival in the form of mythological creatures, folkloric emblems, and historical figures...
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about 9 months ago (12/10/2023)
Opinion | How the word ‘hostage’ used to mean something quite different to its modern definition, as the Israel-Gaza war rumbles on | South China Morning Post Advertisement Advertisement Hostages who were abducted by Hamas gunmen during the October 7 attack on Israel are handed over by militants to the International Red Cross in an unknown location in the Gaza Strip on November 30, 2023...
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about 9 months ago (12/10/2023)
The Grim History of Rome’s Oldest Building Skip to content The Carcer as it appears today, stripped of most of the religious decoration inserted in the 17th and 18th centuries...
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about 9 months ago (12/04/2023)
She made gods for 70 years: meet the matriarch of Singapore’s last handcrafted Taoist deity producer | South China Morning Post Advertisement Advertisement Asia travel + FOLLOW Get more with my NEWS A personalised news feed of stories that matter to you Learn more Tan Chwee Lian is the matriarch behind Say Tian Hng, Singapore’s last Taoist idol business...
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about 9 months ago (12/01/2023)
Opinion | How shoddy building construction prompted Hong Kong’s love of glazed ceramic tiles | South China Morning Post Advertisement Advertisement A worker cleans the dust-pink glazed ceramic tiles on the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui...
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about 9 months ago (12/01/2023)
As 3 historic Hong Kong urban villages face demolition, can anything save them from destruction? | South China Morning Post As 3 historic Hong Kong urban villages face demolition, can anything save them from destruction? History Ngau Chi Wan, Chuk Yuen and Cha Kwo Ling are set to be replaced by homogenous residential blocks, despite the efforts of historians, architects and academics Martin Williams + FOLLOW Published: 7:15am, 2 Dec, 2023 Why you can trust SCMP Along a narrow path through a centuries-old village sits a grey-brick house with granite blocks around the doorway....
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about 10 months ago (11/20/2023)
The Pyschedelic Life and Art of David Edward Byrd ‹ Literary Hub Craft and Criticism Fiction and Poetry News and Culture Lit Hub Radio Reading Lists Book Marks CrimeReads About Log In Literary Hub Craft and Criticism Literary Criticism Craft and Advice In Conversation On Translation Fiction and Poetry Short Story From the Novel Poem News and Culture The Virtual Book Channel Film and TV Music Art and Photography Food Travel Style Design Science Technology History Biography Memoir Bookstores and Libraries Freeman’s Sports The Hub Lit Hub Radio Behind the Mic Beyond the Page The Cosmic Library Emergence Magazine Fiction/Non/Fiction First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing Just the Right Book Keen On Literary Disco The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan The Maris Review New Books Network Open Form Otherppl with Brad Listi So Many Damn Books Thresholds Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast WMFA Reading Lists The Best of the Decade Book Marks Best Reviewed Books BookMarks Daily Giveaway CrimeReads True Crime The Daily Thrill CrimeReads Daily Giveaway Log In The Pyschedelic Life and Art of David Edward Byrd It All Began With a Trip to the Bathroom By Robert von Goeben November 20, 2023 It’s odd to think that this history of artist David Edward Byrd started with a trip to the bathroom… but it did...
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about 13 months ago (08/16/2023)
Mozambican photographer uses pictures to highlight country’s colonial past - France 24 Skip to main content Mozambican photographer uses pictures to highlight country’s colonial past Issued on: 16/08/2023 - 11:51 Modified: 16/08/2023 - 12:03 01:31 A Mozambican photographer uses pictures to highlight the country’s colonial past...
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about 22 months ago (11/03/2022)
In Search of Singapore’s Early Opera History | ArtsEquator Skip to content Corey Koh began with a simple question about the early days of opera in Singapore...
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about 24 months ago (09/12/2022)
Beyond the Imagination Trajectories of Former Colonies | ArtsEquator Skip to content Dwiki Aprinaldi critiques the influences of colonial history that still seep through the film industry in Southeast Asia...
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about 50 months ago (08/11/2020)
Imperial Creatures: Singapore beyond 'great men' history | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Courtesy of NUS Press August 11, 2020 Singapore’s bicentennial year in 2019 sparked great discussion and debate about the legacies of imperialism and colonialism, which continues till today, in step with larger conversations happening globally around decolonisation, indigeneity and civil rights...