Category: History & Culture
English readers can now easily access current Japanese writing
Monkey, Japan's newest English literary magazine, debuted in October. The journal promotes contemporary Japanese literature translated into English and includes some of the most well-known ... Read More
Ali Banisadr and the art of ‘visual thinking’
The first solo museum exhibition in the US for Iranian-American artist Ali Banisadr is called MATRIX 185, and it is now on display at the ... Read More
To better their communities, two Tanzanian artists resort to opposition politics.
In the final 24 hours before October 28 general election voters cast their ballots, two prominent Tanzanian artists are stepping up their campaigns for parliamentary ... Read More
Fans of Nepali literature celebrate Dashain with new novels as a way to escape COVID-19.
Vijaya Dashami, another name for Dashain, is one of the biggest Hindu holidays observed in Nepal. It's a period when people leave heavily populated cities ... Read More
The world’s first open-access art museum storage facility welcomes visitors.
This weekend, Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen will open to the public, allowing guests to peruse the museum's collection of 151,000 pieces and observe portions of ... Read More
The Problem with War Films: “1917”
1917 is a film that is so self-consciously overwrought and virtuosic that it may be the only thing to give it an Academy Award for ... Read More
‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee to publish second novel
The new novel Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee's first for 55 years, shows Scout as an adult woman and, in the author's eyes, is ... Read More