topic: art

Hasija's Story
April 30, 2015
“10 soldiers came into my home who had previously burned down my grandparents’ house while they were inside with my 3-year-old sister. They...
Art
Has the magic gone out of Africa's largest film festival?
April 15, 2015
I enjoyed attending this year’s Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision...
blog
Stuart Hall's Colonial Redux
April 11, 2015
In a group exhibition at Toronto’s Power Plant art gallery, perspectives on Western imperialism and their uncomfortable legacies come to...
blog
A Beautiful Death
April 10, 2015
From a political and philosophical perspective, there is still much to flesh out conceptually on the importance of theatre, especially...
blog
Revisiting Charlie Hebdo: Students in Pakistan Respond
April 10, 2015
When people in the US and Europe think of Peshawar, Pakistan, they perceive it as a hub of religiosity and extremism. Such a perception is...
blog
On the Closing of Sada for Iraqi Art
April 6, 2015
Sada was founded nearly five years ago to support young, college-level art students in Baghdad. This generation of artists is living in a...
Reviews
On Classification and the Brain: Image Blockade (2015)
April 2, 2015
"We who came out of Unit 8200, men and women reservists past and present, declare that we refuse to take part in activities against...
blog
5 Questions for John Vick, the curator of Represent
March 31, 2015
The Represent exhibition, on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art since January 10th, was developed by organizing curator John Vick...
Art
Cambodia: The Legacy of Silence
March 17, 2015
Cambodia—synonymous with paradoxical ideas: ‘Pearl of the East,’ ‘war,’ ‘Kingdom of Wonder,’ ‘genocide,’ and ‘Land of Smiles’—where deep...