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May 17, 2026 at 20:21 3148
Helen Frankenthaler at Kunstmuseum Basel

We live in the age of gender studies, in which too many art historians and curators attempt to “discover”, “rediscover”, or “reassess” seemingly forgotten or overlooked female artists. In many cases, these female artists are rightly overshadowed by better male artists—not because men are better artists, but simply because there were so many more male artists than female...

Nov 03, 2022 at 21:09 1900
Netanyahu’s comeback

On April 6, 2022 the Knesset member Idit Silman (*1980) left the ruling coalition majority for religion-related decisions and actions by the government. As a consequence, then Prime...

Nov 02, 2022 at 20:22 3148
Picasso. The Women in His Life

The English book Picasso. The Women in His Life: A Tribute (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de) sketches the life of ten women in the life of the famous Spanish artist. Pablo...

Oct 14, 2022 at 15:11 1453
Liz Truss sacked Kwasi Kwarteng

When Liz Truss became the Conservatives party leader we described her financial program as “voodoo economics” (lower taxes while increasing spending). The markets quickly came...

Aug 27, 2022 at 07:10 2610
Newton, Riviera

From from June 18 until November 13, 2022, the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (NMNM), in collaboration with the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin, presents 280 photographs by Helmut...

Aug 02, 2022 at 14:59 2368
Meret Oppenheim — My Album

Edited by Lisa Wenger and Martina Corgnati, the autobiographical album From Childhood until 1943 and the handwritten My Biography (1970-71) by the artist herself are united in the new,...

Jul 07, 2022 at 11:57 1669
Boris Johnson resigns

A sigh of relief in Westminster: Boris Johnson resigns. Wednesday evening, the prime minister was still resolved to fight on and sacked Michael Gove. But Gove was not alone to tell the...

Jul 03, 2022 at 19:02 4038
The future of Hong Kong looks grim

After the First Opium War from 1839 to 1842, Hong Kong became a British colony. Other nearby territories changed hands after the Second Opium War in 1860. In 1898, the British Empire forced...