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Going to the Frida Kahlo exhibition current at Tate Modern in London is like entering the shrine of a secular saint. The rooms are thronged. People peer closely at the paintings, many of them very small. They seem afraid to talk much above a whisper. There are a number of reasons for this reaction. One is Hayden Herrera’s highly readable biography of the artist, first published in 1983, and now established as a classic feminist text. Another is the feminist movement’s general need for heroines, which has had a similar effect on the posthumous reputation of Georgia O’Keeffe. A third, probably the most powerful, reason is Kahlo’s own personality, which combined self-assertion, defiance and masochism in almost equal proportions. In this respect Kahlo can be compared with a slightly later generation of English-language poets, male and female. Prominent among them are Robert Lowell, John Berryman, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton.

Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close (born July 5, 1940) is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photo-realist. He developed his own highly resolved heads (his preferred term to portraits), which were worked on a massive scale. Despite suffering a disabling spinal aneurysm in 1988, the artist has continued to forge a monumental body of work in a variety of media: paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs, of potent and original effect.

Edward Lucie-Smith examines Hans Holbein's famous series of prints, The Dance of Death, together with associated works, such as various artistic variations on the theme of Death and the Maiden. In addition, Lucie-Smith looks at some famous images made on the theme of war, notably the prints of Jacques Callot and the bitter social studies of Goya y Lucientes.

Georgia O’Keeffe is a slightly odd case in the story of American art. She became famous very early, thanks to the efforts of her patron, lover, and eventual husband Alfred Stieglitz. Having been a leading figure in the New York art world, she eventually withdrew from that to become the central presence in a new kind of regionalism, focused not on the Midwest but New Mexico and, in particular, on the art scene in and around Santa Fe.

An introductory essay by Edward Lucie-Smith, "The Enigma of Jasper Johns", explores the art, analysing its development from the 1950s to the exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise, that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings.

How do we expect public art to function in a contemporary society? By public art, we mean art that to some extent at least ambushes us. We encounter it as we go about our everyday lives, not in some special art-dedicated space. In other words, certainly not in a museum. However, Aida Mahmudova notes, in her introduction to this public art project for Baku organized by Yarat! Contemporary Art Space, conditions for public art are now very different from the way in which art of this kind operated previously.

John Millais is the most paradoxical of Britain’s major Victorian artists. Already recognized in his teens as prodigiously gifted, he chose to risk everything by becoming a founder-member of the Pre-Raphaelites, a revolutionary group of neo-primitive painters who, despite the support offered to them by John Ruskin, the most influential critic of the day, risked being treated as outcasts by the ruling artistic establishment.

One theme that echoes throughout this book is that God had been preparing me for a personal encounter with Him. I recounted how things were during my childhood years. Through a series of circumstances, He set the stage and laid the foundation so He can in the future shape me into whatever form He wishes. In almost all of these testimonies, it’s clear that He (El Shaddai) wanted me to understand what I can be through Him. He guided me through endless crucibles, all for the purpose of allowing me to see His greatness and His ability to transform my life.

Wenn die Vergangenheit mit der Gegenwart verschmilzt... Die Londoner Privatdetektei Walker, Wright & Ferguson übernimmt einen neuen Fall: Eine junge Frau meldet ihren Verlobten Jacob als vermisst; er ist am Vorabend nicht von seiner Joggingrunde zurückgekehrt. Es stellt sich heraus, dass Jacob der Sohn eines Millionärs ist, und so ist es keine Überraschung, als eine Lösegeldforderung eingeht. Jacobs Vater ist gewillt, die geforderte Summe zu beschaffen, doch dann melden sich die vermeintlichen Entführer nicht mehr. Die drei Detektivinnen begeben sich auf einen Wettlauf gegen die Zeit.

What if you were there? Scott Edward Smith brings you up close and personal journeys with Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Wallis Simpson and more of your favorite historical and screen icons in these intimate, one person performances of fictionalized audio dramas. NOTE: Language in this content may be inappropriate for some listeners.

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DER HOCHSPANNENDE AUFTAKT DER "WALKER, WRIGHT & FERGUSON" KRIMIREIHE. "Die Kunst des Bösen" – Eine düstere Symphonie der Verderbnis, in der das Böse sein künstlerisches Wesen enthüllt. Isla Wright, die sich mit Gelegenheitsjobs mehr schlecht als recht über Wasser hält, kann wieder einmal ihre Miete nicht bezahlen. Da kommt ihr das Angebot ihrer Freundinnen Ems und Ab gerade recht: Isla steigt in die gemeinsame Privatdetektei ein. Von nun an ermitteln sie unter dem Namen Walker, Wright & Ferguson.