Monthly Archives: October 2015

Culture of oppression: Moscow gallery forced to close after benefit for political prisoners

Posted on October 30, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

The Marat Guelman Gallery, a nexus of the Moscow art scene since before the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, has been evicted following an October 18th art auction to benefit twelve anti-Putin protesters imprisoned since 2012. Gallery … Continue reading →

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Happy little trees on demand: Bob Ross on YouTube

Posted on October 26, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

From January 1983 to May 1994 the face of oil-painting pedagogy was surmounted by a ginger ‘fro, and the voice of the same was as calm and soothing as bottled Zen. Bob Ross came to PBS to share The Joy … Continue reading →

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Rage against Renoir

Posted on October 19, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

You just don’t see many arts-related popular movements these days, least of all ones that inspire partisans to man the barricades. But there’s one a-brew right now, replete with picket lines forming outside New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and … Continue reading →

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Babylonian tree-hugger: The lost verses of Gilgamesh

Posted on October 4, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

Gilgamesh of Uruk, great king and itinerant seeker, priest of Kullab and bosom-friend of Enkidu, we thought we knew ye. Well, we should have figured. The Epic of Gilgamesh, history’s first great narrative poem and mankind’s inaugural piece of literature, … Continue reading →

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