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A Training Program for Refugees to Work in the Arts
Sama for All, founded by Souad Nanaa, is a nonprofit that trains displaced people for employment in French museums and cultural organizations.
Christine Ro
Christine Ro writes about culture and other topics from London. She's relentlessly lowbrow.
Art
The Challenges of Displaying Manga in a Museum Context
Perhaps unsurprisingly, considering the exhibition’s generic name, in trying to be everything to everyone, it’s hard for Manga to satisfy anyone.
Art
Dazzlingly Morbid, Hand-Painted Film Posters from 1980s Ghana
The often surreal or disturbing posters were commissioned by mobile video clubs to advertise roving screenings.
News
350 Anti-Oil Protestors Take Over British Museum in Its Largest Protest Ever
On February 16, for a protest organized by BP or not BP?, over 350 activists gathered to urge the British Museum to cut financial ties with British oil company BP.
Books
A Potent, Personal Comic on Women’s Work and Anger
In This Woman's Work, Julie Delporte reflects on the limitations of being a woman.
Art
Stark and Moving Illustrations of Refugee Journeys
Journeys Drawn: Illustration from the Refugee Crisis tells the stories of some of the estimated 68.5 million people who have been forcibly displaced worldwide.
News
A BP Oil Protest Spills Through the British Museum’s Protest Exhibition
BP or not BP? gathered in opposition of oil giant BP’s financial stake at the British Museum, accusing the company of bolstering its political positioning through its arts investments.
Books
A Photographer Focuses on Transhumanism
Showcasing transformational changes in the ways we view our bodies and the possibilities for hybridizing them, Matthieu Gasfou's H+: Transhumanism(s) is both a historical document and a possible warning for the future.
Books
A Harrowing Memoir Illustrates Modern-Day Slavery on Sea and Land
A testimony of human rights abuses occurring in Southeast Asia is charted in The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea: A Graphic Memoir of Modern Slavery.
Art
Picture Yourself at the Museum of Selfies
Selfies — which have been critiqued as symbols of narcissism and celebrated as examples of defiant self-representation — are now receiving the museum treatment.
Art
The Mesmerizing Mundane Objects of Ordinary North Korean Life
With North Korea so often discussed only in terms of extremes, this exhibit's focus on the mundane is what makes it so fascinating.
Books
Gaudy Gore and Artful Architecture in a Gaudí Graphic Novel
The book follows a fictional murderer through the iconic architectural creations of Antoni Gaudí.