Tag: art
Hearing Queer
Hearing Queer is the radioshow all about queer stories and experiences. Lukas Mayr and Maude...
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The invisible limits to climate activism
Throwing soup at paintings, biking around airplanes, and gluing themselves to tables. Climate activists have been taking their actions to another level lately. All for one goal; to make people more aware of climate change, and start the conversation. But how far would they go to spread this message?
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Haus Schwarzenberg, a ‘taste’ of the 90s in a new Berlin
Berlin has changed. The ‘post-wall’ bliss of the 90s is gradually fading away, as gentrification...
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The Mona Lisa of street art
Still sweating from my bike ride, I start walking along the seemingly unending East Side Gallery....
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The 15 minutes of fame of female artists are over after graduation. A story of gender inequality in the arts.
Walking into any art academy in The Netherlands one would be struck by the high number of female students roaming the hallways or setting up their latest pieces on the walls. But looking beyond a façade of gender equality and diversity the cracks start to appear.
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Returning colonial art: “We are not the rubbish bin”
Implementing the guidelines of a government appointed committee would make the Netherlands a...
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Could art be a solution to much more than we think?
In our society most people see art as either the product of a profession or the product of a hobby. Is it possible that art could be the product of something else, something that goes beyond a profession or a hobby?
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There’s no perfect way to grieve – but creativity might help
26th of November 2019: The worst day of my life. My dad passed away after he had been sick for...
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More than a muse: redefining the role of women in art
“For women it’s really hard to keep a position in in the art world, or to keep a position in art history or history itself, and how it is written.” The last decade has seen a rising debate regarding women’s representation in art. There is yet another issue lying at the other end of the spectrum of female representation in art.
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Marcia Castillo: “Since an early age, children with functional diversity suffer the hostile look of society”
For Gabriela, Sundays have been different for the last 6 years. She follows the ritual of any dancer, something that she would never have imagined, as she had been forbidden from because of her cerebral palsy.
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Álvaro Fonseca: “I plan to work until my tattoo machine becomes an extension of my hand”
After spending the night drawing and detailing sketches, Alvaro goes to sleep at five in the...
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