Image title: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1887 Source: The Met Collection “ We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We’re connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness are at an all-time high. We Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ The energy of the mind is the essence of life. ” — Aristotle The Graphic Revolutionaries of Zimbabwe’s Post-Independence Posters Introduction: Ink, Independence, and Identity In the heady days following Read more…
Image title: Night-Shining White Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper Date: ca. 750 Source: The Met Collection “ When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. ” — John F. Kennedy Ink as Rebellion: Underground Chinese Brush Painting Read more…
Image title: Rothschild lamp Medium: Bronze, on a later wood base Date: ca. 1510–20 Source: The Met Collection “ People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. ” — Eleanor Roosevelt ‘This Is Not a God’: Deconstructing Colonial Museum Displays Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world. ” Read more…
Image title: Heroic Landscape with Rainbow Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1824 Source: The Met Collection “ When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself. ” — The Buddha After Eden: Eco-Criticism in Contemporary Landscape Painting Introduction – The Green Read more…
Image title: A Vase of Flowers Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1716 Source: The Met Collection “ Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ” — Seneca the Younger ‘Sculpt Me an Algorithm’: 3D Printing Meets Classical Proportion Systems Introduction: Old Ratios, New Realities In a luminous Read more…
Image title: Deity figure Medium: Pyroxene jadeite Date: 200–600 CE Source: The Met Collection “ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ” — Pablo Picasso Mythology Rewired: How Sci-Fi Artists are Redrawing Ancient Gods Introduction: The Fusion of Read more…
Image title: Charity Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1630 Source: The Met Collection “ In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. ” — William Blake Political Flesh: Sculpting Revolution in Postcolonial Africa Introduction: The Chisel of Sovereignty In the turbulent wake of Africa’s decolonization, Read more…
Image title: The Musicians Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1597 Source: The Met Collection “ There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ” — Edith Wharton The Mirror Cracked: Self-Portraiture from Caravaggio to Cindy Sherman Introduction: Reflections Across Read more…