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Ghost Goes Hollywood: A Band, a “Ghovie,” and Fan-Love

Jun 78 min read

Ghost Goes Hollywood: A Band, a “Ghovie,” and Fan-Love

An experience, that is: affecting multiple senses rather than “just listening to music.” A memorable, self-contained happening, with some of

Making Ends Meet as a Portrait Artist in Nigeria

kennethonwurah75

May 223 min read

Making Ends Meet as a Portrait Artist in Nigeria

Solomon Sarki is a portrait and realist artist with love for pastel and charcoal paintings.

Catriona Miller

May 144 min read

Women Artists by Themselves

As a major exhibition of women artists opens in London, we look at female self-portraits and what they say about the painters who made them.

Behind Ransom Papi’s Creative Process and Novel Music Enterprise

kennethonwurah75

May 54 min read

Behind Ransom Papi’s Creative Process and Novel Music Enterprise

Meet Ransom Papi, a Nigeria-based performing artist specializing in alternative music, afro highlife, and rhythm and blues (R&B) music.

Creativity in Spades: A Conversation with Metal Artists Adams Crafty Creations

Sarah Hajkowski

Apr 214 min read

Creativity in Spades: A Conversation with Metal Artists Adams Crafty Creations

An interview with Western North Carolina metal artists Adams Crafty Creations.

rabhelanimguni

Mar 143 min read

Essay: The art of forgetfulness

Peace dies when we turn down the volume of our solidarity with the oppressed.

Singer-Songwriter Izie on the Story Behind Her Latest Single 'Juju'

Peculiar Ibhawoh

Mar 43 min read

Singer-Songwriter Izie on the Story Behind Her Latest Single 'Juju'

In the vibrant heart of Lagos, Nigeria, singer-songwriter Izie aims to captivate audiences with her latest single 'Juju'. Born and based...

How Artists Gave the Three Wise Men a Makeover

Catriona Miller

Dec 14, 20234 min read

How Artists Gave the Three Wise Men a Makeover

No-one can resist a party and everyone loves a bit of bling, especially at Christmas. This is how paintings of the Wise Men went wild.

rabhelanimguni

Dec 12, 20234 min read

The Complicity of Silence and Indifference: Is the Age of Idols over?

Art is about reality but our idols' silence on the Israel-Palestine conflict does not reflect that reality.

Catriona Miller

Nov 26, 20235 min read

Art: Seeing the Past in Black and White

Why do we persist in seeing the past as a place of grey and sepia, black and white?

Why Frans Hals' ‘The Laughing Cavalier’ is No Joke

Catriona Miller

Nov 12, 20234 min read

Why Frans Hals' ‘The Laughing Cavalier’ is No Joke

Tae a fresh look at Frans Hals' most famous painting 'The Laughing Cavalier'

Essay: Pop Music and the Ecstasy of Boundless Desire

Anwesha Dutta

Nov 11, 20238 min read

Essay: Pop Music and the Ecstasy of Boundless Desire

by Anwesha Dutta There’s a certain kind of feeling that comes over us when we listen to a good pop song. Heads begin to roll, bodies...

Delhi Opulence: A DAG Exhibition on the Delhi Durbars and the Tapestry of Delhi

Devanshi Panda

Nov 2, 20233 min read

Delhi Opulence: A DAG Exhibition on the Delhi Durbars and the Tapestry of Delhi

In late September, The Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) opened its doors to an excellently curated exhibition of the three Delhi durbars.

Richard Adeola On Queer Expression through Painting

Olanrewaju Oluwafemi Damzy

Oct 30, 20234 min read

Richard Adeola On Queer Expression through Painting

Richard Adeola is a Nigerian artist and painter who focuses on exploring Queer expression through art.

Ola Musique on Afro Soul Gospel and Reinventing Gospel Sounds

kennethonwurah75

Sep 21, 20234 min read

Ola Musique on Afro Soul Gospel and Reinventing Gospel Sounds

Ola Musique is a musician based in Abuja Nigeria, known for infusing pidgin English into a gospel genre called Afro-soul gospel.

Back in Time, to the Beginning: A Tribute to Taylor Swift and a New Age

Xiao Faria da Cunha

Sep 12, 20235 min read

Back in Time, to the Beginning: A Tribute to Taylor Swift and a New Age

A creative essay and tribute to Taylor Swift, her re-recordings, and presence in girlhoods around the world

Afraid Of His Visions: HR Giger at the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery

Olivia McNeilis

Sep 11, 20235 min read

Afraid Of His Visions: HR Giger at the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery

As the world faces existential crises, this nightmarish retrospective of the Swiss-born artist feels all too timely.

Aleena Sharif on Art and Expressing Her Own Experiences through Paint

Dea Fejzullahu

Sep 11, 20234 min read

Aleena Sharif on Art and Expressing Her Own Experiences through Paint

Dea Fejzullahu interviews Aleena Sharif, an artist from Karachi, Pakistan known for representing the female body through her craft.

Boygenius and co. astound at Gunnersbury Park.

Callum Foulds

Aug 24, 20233 min read

Boygenius and co. astound at Gunnersbury Park.

Callum Foulds reviews Boygenius, Soak, Ethel Cain, and Muna at Gunnersbury park.

Devanshi Panda

Aug 13, 20233 min read

Play Review: Ismat Apa Ke Naam

The Shah family of actors inaugurate the Delhi Theatre Festival with their witty and hilarious 'Ismat Apa ke Naam'.

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