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26 Jun 2014

Reflections on the 2014 FIFA World Cup

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2014 FIFA World Cup Official Logo During certain periods, in certain societies, says Barthes, the theatre had a major social functi...
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25 Jun 2014

Pessimism (In Affirmation of the Oncoming Train)

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Still from Broken Down Film (1985), by Osamu Tezuka  For details visit: michaelspornanimation.com Arguably, pessimism is no...

Black Holes

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Watercolour by Dan Bransfield thebolditalic.com  Twinkle, twinkle little mother how I loved you like no other - shining like a ...
24 Jun 2014

Kidney Stones of the Soul

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Thomas Hirschhorn: Resistance-Subjecter (2011)  Gladstone Gallery, NY and Brussels According to folk psychologist James Hillman,...
21 Jun 2014

These are a Few of My Favourite Things: Pop Singles (Top 40)

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I have spoken elsewhere on the political and philosophical importance of lists, but we should not overlook the pleasure aspect: qu...
20 Jun 2014

Who's That Girl?

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Paul MacCarthy: That Girl (T.G. Awake) , 2012-13 Photo: Copyright © Hauser and Wirth, 2014 If any artwork has ever solicited (a...
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19 Jun 2014

The Little Dancer: Armed and Dangerous

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Yinka Shonibare MBE: Girl Ballerina (2007)    Photo © Yinka Shonibare MBE / Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, NY  and Stephen Friedman ...
10 Jun 2014

Edwige Fenech (Queen of Italian Cinema)

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According to her fans - of whom there are many, including Quentin Tarantino - Edwige Fenech is la piu bella donna del mondo a...

On the Militant Virginity of Joan of Arc

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A very beautiful digital painting of Joan of Arc  by Mathie Ustern on deviant-art.com   Beginning with True Love Waits in 1993 ...
4 Jun 2014

Like a Virgin: Madame B. and Lady C.

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Illustration of Gustave Flaubert and Mme. Bovary from online arts and culture magazine Salon http://www.salon.com/2005/08/21/flaub...