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The copy is the original In China and Japan, temples may be rebuilt and ancient warriors cast again. There is nothing sacred about the ‘original’ Byung-Chul Han AEON08 March, 2018 Byung-Chul Han is professor of philosophy and cultural studies at the Berlin University of the Arts. His latest book is Shanzai: Deconstruction in Chinese (2017), translated by Philippa Hurd. aeo..

Essays Illustrating Carnival: Remembering the Overlooked Artists Behind Early Mardi Gras For more than 150 years the city of New Orleans has been known for the theatricality and extravagance of its Mardi Gras celebrations. Allison C. Meier looks at the wonderfully ornate float and costume designs from Carnival’s “Golden Age” and the group of New Orleans artists who creat..

Sex on the canvas: Picasso’s most erotic year laid bare The year 1932 saw Picasso at the height of his fame and painting his most explicitly sexual work, fuelled by his torrid affair with his young model, Marie-Thérèse Walter Lara Marlowe Paris Correspondent Irish Times, Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 05:00 Reclining Nude, Musée national Picasso, Paris AddThis Sharing Butt..

Michelangelo’s Majestic Humanity The Met’s new exhibition presents Michelangelo not as a demigod, but as a student, a thinker, a teacher, and a friend. Thomas Micchelli HYPERALLERGICNovember 11, 2017 Michelangelo Buonarroti, “Cartoon with a Group of Soldiers for the Crucifixion of Saint Peter” (1542–46), black chalk and charcoal, 8 feet, 7 9/16 inches × 61 7/16 ..

Moralism and the ArtsIan Buruma,Project Syndicate, Feb 6, 2018 It is hard to imagine admiring art that espouses child abuse, racial hatred, or torture. But just as we should not condemn a work of art because of the artist’s private behavior, we should also be careful about applying norms of social respectability to artistic expression. NEW YORK – Chuck Close is an Amer..

Charles I – King And Collector at Royal Academy review: A show fit for a kingReviewed by Matthew Collings The Easel Art Journalism,Tuesday 23 January 2018 09:30 It is hard to be measured about this show. I was reeling when I left. Charles I: King and Collector is a tremendously well-presented and toughly thought-out presentation of 140 works that represent only a fraction..

Useful Only for Scrap PaperCharles HopeLondon Review of Books, 8 February 2018 Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer Metropolitan Museum, New York, until 12 February A few days before his death in Rome in 1564 Michelangelo is said to have destroyed all the drawings in his house. He had done something similar on at least three previous occasions. But despite his efforts mo..

As artists fall into disgrace, must their art be consigned to oblivion? By Charles MNulty Los Angeles Times, Jan 11, 2018 | 12:00 PM George Orwell, left, Woody Allen and Pauline Kael: Can the work stand separate from the attitudes or actions, however objectionable or abhorrent? (From left, Evan Agostini / Invision; AP; AP) The other day while paging through a collection of Geor..

[서소문사진관] 에로틱하거나 혹은 정치적.. 옛 그림 속의 개 [중앙일보] 입력 2017.12.27 06:00 수정 2017.12.27 23:48 최정동 기자 사진 크게보기수렵도(부분), 고구려 무용총 주실 서벽, 5세기 후반, 중국 집안 대한민국 국민이라면 누구나 아는 그림이다. 오랜 세월 교과서에 빠짐없이 실렸기 때문..

Happy Birthday, Leonardo!by memolition · December, 2017 On April 15th, 1452 Leonardo da Vinci was born. True renaissance man, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. Did you know that Leonardo was the first to explain why the sky is blue? Also, because of his vegetarianism, Leona..