A Show of Horses and Men

The compelling portraits French-Algerian artist Mohamed Bourouissa shot of black men in Philadelphia provide food for thought.

Louisa Rutten • December 08, 2016 • 1 comment

Rock Art in Panna - What does it mean to the people who live there?

Rock art is widely found in caves and along shady parts of the rocky Vindhya hills of Central India, where the Panna Tiger Reserve is located. These are truly beautiful paintings, but what is their significance to the present local community?

Shekhar Kolipaka • July 01, 2015 • 6 comments

New Moroccan cinema reflects diversity in society

Until March 19th, EYE shows the work of contemporary Moroccan film makers. They present non-exotic and diverse images of their own society; fictitious stories that contain cutting-edge social analyses.

Janine Prins • March 05, 2014

Notes on Utopia: An Exhibition

'Utopia, Visions of a New World' is the current exhibition in De Lankenhal Museum. An Utopia is often defined as an ideal that comes to break with the past to move towards the future. What’s new then about this particular Utopia in exhibit?

Andrea Cerda-Pereira • December 16, 2013

Glamour ladies

Rethinking modernity by studying 20th century Asian divas.

Bart Barendregt • June 25, 2013

Is the UNESCO Office in Paris falling to pieces? Musings on Picasso

In 1958 Pablo Picasso painted a mural for the UNESCO office, but after its installation he refused to sign it. Is this unfinished, soulless work of art perhaps emblematic for the state the organization is in?

Marlous van den Akker • June 10, 2013 • 1 comment

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