Among the most eloquent, most tireless and most passionate voices of the post-colonial Arab world, Said was both objective and revolutionary, both demanding and understanding - his plight for Palestine as full of idealism as disappointments.
The ancient Maya were meticulous historians and master storytellers. Artist-scribes wove their tales in an intricate script that took 500 years to decipher.
The Mayan civilization was among the most advanced in the ancient world. In Tikal especially, a dynastic rule lasted 2,000 years, the first water filtration system in the Americas was invented, and observers could predict a solar eclipse with the naked eye alone.
"Vico said the only things we really understand are the things we have made ourselves." - Remembering Richard Serra (Nov. 2, 1938 - March 26, 2024)
This city of 3,000 temples is only a remnant of Myanmar's golden age. But it's still, as Marco Polo described it, "One of the finest sights in the world."
Kusama saw hallucinations from the age of ten, suffered nervous breakdowns beginning in her 20s, and has had a lifelong fear of sex. She’s channeled all of it into her art.
Everything is autobiographical, Lucian Freud said. What we make, why it’s made, who we're drawn to, why we can't forget.
Sometimes our lives weave such drama that fiction can’t compare. And the true story of Zelda and Scott surpasses the greatness and sadness of Gatsby.
As ground zero for minimalism and abstraction, The Black Square is hailed as the "most famous, most enigmatic and most frightening painting known to man."
I first came across Orozco in a 2012 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 article. I loved the paintings so much, I clipped the pages and saved them. But they didn’t prepare me for this - his famed muralles, 57 in all, that left me in awe.
