arts and culture
‘The Cultivators’: African American art and history, a superb exhibition in Malibu
January 31, 2022If you are anywhere near Los Angeles, or plan to be from now until March 27, you will find a couple of hours no better spent than with a visit to Pepperdine University’s Frederick R. Weisman...
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‘The Thirtieth of January’: Crime and tragedy commemorated in a historical painting
January 28, 2022When Robert Ballagh found a growing need to make a statement on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, he felt drawn to paintings that had impacted him in the past.
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‘Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom’: Learning life’s meaning in the remote Himalayas
January 25, 2022What Lunana lacks in modern technical amenities it more than makes up for with majestic, mountainous scenery .
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Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives
January 24, 2022Sidney Poitier was the rare performer who really did change lives, who embodied possibilities once absent from the movies.
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Novelist Thomas Mann gets a novel treatment in Colm Tóibín’s ‘The Magician’
January 24, 2022Tóibín creates the world of Mann very well and does justice to his times.
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