Vasco Szinetar “I know totalitarianisms, they remove you from history”
The Venezuelan photographer and artist explores diaspora and memory in his exhibition “Cuerpo de exilio” at Casa Sefarad The photographer and visual artist Vasco Szinetar. Seriously acute The pictures of Vasco Sinetar They are evidence of the back and forth: portraits of writers, filmmakers, politicians and personalities that he captured with his 35 millimeter camera. […]
150 Years of Impressionism: Painting’s Outcasts Who Changed Art History | Culture
It happened 150 years ago, on April 15, 1874. In the former workshop of the photographer Nadar, in the heart of Paris, the first exhibition of the Impressionists opened its doors, although they weren’t called that yet. In reality they were pariahs of painting. Their names were Monet, Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, Cézanne, Sisley and Morisot, […]
“Whore”: Dominique Lagoorgette examines the history of a word and a stigma
The term “whore” is omnipresent in everyday language: sometimes a misogynistic or sexist insult, sometimes a misused term to provoke shame, sometimes an interjection “Whore!” (which in the mouths of some speakers almost serves as a substitute for a comma!) But what is the history of this word? This linguistic study by Dominique Lagoorgette decodes […]
The events and personalities that shook history on April 4th
April 4th in history is one of those days when there are numerous happy and tragic events and when personalities have marked the history of humanity through their talent. We will discuss Maya Angelou, Maryse Condé, Martin Luther King, Senegalese independence, the World Trade Center and lots of music from Africa and its diasporas. To […]
Is it correct to use “facha” and “rot”? Fuentes Aragonés, new member of the Royal Academy of History, spoke
The professor, who has extensive experience in researching totalitarianism and nationalism, analyzes the future of current politics in ABC and addresses topics such as amnesty Juan Francisco Fuentes Aragones ABC April 1, 2024 Updated at 9:02 a.m. Juan Francisco Fuentes Aragones He is an old acquaintance at the Faculty of Information Sciences at the Complutense […]
Julie Mehretu: History maps in a Venetian palace
In room 13 of the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, a huge painting by the artist hangs under an ornate ceiling Julie Mehretu (Adis Ababa, 1970) entitled Damascus. It is a complex large-format work (almost six by two and a half meters) consisting of six structures that together show an architectural view of the city of […]
This person is the most nominated person in Oscars history who is still alive
With a total of 54 nominations, this film industry personality is the most nominated person still alive in Oscar history. She remains in the running for a new award in 2024. It’s not a record, but that doesn’t make it any less of a legend. A major figure in the Hollywood industry has accumulated nearly […]
Goodbye to Akira Toriyama, the cartoonist who changed the history of manga – Corriere.it
From CULTURE EDITORIAL The author of Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball has died at the age of 68. His style influenced all subsequent generations and video game developers. The inspiration to draw as a child after watching 101 Dalmatians. In his unfortunately short life, he changed the history of manga. The news of the death […]
Die gesundheitliche Kluft zwischen Frauen ist während ihrer Berufsjahre besonders groß – Lernen von McKinsey, dem Weltwirtschaftsforum und AARP im Women’s History Month
Es gibt ein geschlechtsspezifisches Gesundheitsgefälle, das Frauen im erwerbsfähigen Alter besonders hart trifft – und sich negativ auf ihre eigene körperliche und finanzielle Gesundheit sowie auf die der Gemeinschaft und des Landes, in dem sie lebt, auswirkt. Da der März der Monat der Frauengeschichte ist, haben wir eine Fülle von Berichten zu prüfen – darunter […]
The Prince of Sansevero and his chapel between history and legend
AGI – For science, these are artificial pigments that faithfully reproduce the chemical structure of lapis lazuli. The alchemy, which borders on magic, refers to the bright blue traces that the phoenix leaves behind on its path and that time preserves. For the Masonry It is the principle of palingenesis, the death and resurrection of […]