Inherent in these works is the suspicion that the game used to be more culturally significant, a stronger means of common experience, more straightforward with greater characters: Is this just a fluke of collective memory?
Do We Have to Return Evil for Evil?
Some of the greatest minds in human history have advocated non-retaliation. Why has this never become a cultural value?
Some of the greatest minds in human history have advocated non-retaliation. Why has this never become a cultural value?
Can You Recognize These Colors?
Japanese artist Sakuho Ito calls attention to the underlying and often denied causes of pollution and climate change.
Japanese artist Sakuho Ito calls attention to the underlying and often denied causes of pollution and climate change.
‘Wish You Were Here’ by Maurizio Cattelan in Shenzhen, China
Cattelan both mocks and embraces the capacity of the art world to create stars and make money, but what exactly is his message?
Cattelan both mocks and embraces the capacity of the art world to create stars and make money, but what exactly is his message?
‘The Beast’ by Ruth Ewan at Collective in Edinburgh
Destroying the environment, playing the philanthropist card.
Destroying the environment, playing the philanthropist card.
George Tice at Joseph Bellows Gallery
Joseph Bellows Gallery in La Jolla, California shows the lifework of one of America’s best but underappreciated post-World War II photographers.
Joseph Bellows Gallery in La Jolla, California shows the lifework of one of America’s best but underappreciated post-World War II photographers.
The Good Man’s Guide to Withstanding a Mother Insult
Or Philip K. Dick, John Rawls, Will Smith, Zidane and the Good Man’s Moral Nightmare
In Philip K. Dick’s novel A Maze of Death, doomed space travelers while away their time living through bizarre adventure scenarios in an advanced virtual reality system. Everything seems real, with their actual circumstances and previous virtual trips temporarily forgotten. Only after emerging from the system can the travelers realize their actual situation again and…
In Praise of ‘Passive’ Learning by Active, Humane Teachers
Is there a better model than what is called active learning, based on the passion, goodness and integrity of the individual teacher, and the desire to help elevate the life experience and self-development of others?
Is there a better model than what is called active learning, based on the passion, goodness and integrity of the individual teacher, and the desire to help elevate the life experience and self-development of others?
Contemplating Sermons in the Stones
The type of landscape painting that Darthea Cross does has a history behind it which might be subtitled “from allegory to entropy.”
The type of landscape painting that Darthea Cross does has a history behind it which might be subtitled “from allegory to entropy.”
Black Power in Print – The Museum of Fine Arts Boston
An online exhibit helps us realize what it took for African Americans to gain access to America's art museums.
An online exhibit helps us realize what it took for African Americans to gain access to America’s art museums.
Some Notorious Dirty Movies as a Measure of How Far We Are From Equitable and Humane Sexual Relationships
A look at sex in some of the most notorious films from the progressive 60s onward to see whether changing views on sexual relationships have popped up in our porn.
A look at sex in some of the most notorious films from the progressive 60s onward to see whether changing views on sexual relationships have popped up in our porn.
The ‘Again’ Moment We Missed
Public Art in New York by Seongmin Ahn
Public Art in New York by Seongmin Ahn
Rewriting the Musée des Beaux Arts
One of the “greatest” poems in the English language, found in virtually every poetry anthology, is based on shoddy interpretations.
One of the “greatest” poems in the English language, found in virtually every poetry anthology, is based on shoddy interpretations.
We Are Still Children of the ’60s
In a new show at the Dayton Art Institute, Changing Times: Art of the 1960s, several pieces from the permanent collection are used to take a look at just how radical and dynamic the changes in art were in the 1960s.
In a new show at the Dayton Art Institute, Changing Times: Art of the 1960s, several pieces from the permanent collection are used to take a look at just how radical and dynamic the changes in art were in the 1960s.
Why Hasn’t America Worked for Everyone?
The American paradox: even with “freedom” and equal protection under the law, social and economic injustice were not only still possible but rife.
The American paradox: even with “freedom” and equal protection under the law, social and economic injustice were not only still possible but rife.