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Yinka Shonibare’s art as an expression of hybrid identity

Article

Fleur Aarts

06/02/2019

10 minutes to read

Yinka Shonibare plays with his hybrid identity as a British-Nigerian artist. In this analysis of 'The Swing', his layered cultural identity shines through.

picture of the Depot Museum Boijmans van Beuningen

The Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Depot

Paper

Maud Schoonen

08/02/2019

12 minutes to read

This paper investigates if the new Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Depot is a transparent museum or merely provides the illusion of transparency.

Shia LaBeouf’s metamodern subversions of authenticity

Paper

Ruben Bastiaanse

30/11/2018

20 minutes to read

How to interpret Shia LaBeouf's performance art in light of his affiliation to Metamodernism?

First male beauty blogger (age 17) becomes a Cover Boy

How to -movies and virality: Male beauty bloggers

Paper

Nataliia Vdovychenko

01/11/2018

18 minutes to read

Male beauty bloggers are a new internet sensation with millions of followers, viral videos and inspiring life stories. How did they become so successful?

Een terugblik op de Sovjet-Unie door de ogen van dichter Boris Ryzhy

Article

Lotte Adams - Van Dongen

21/02/2018

6 minutes to read

Naar aanleiding van het jubileumjaar van de Russische Revolutie schreef ik een artikel waar aan de hand van poëzie de actuele ontwikkelingen van Rusland worden besproken.

Someone in New York finally put me on a panel …

Column

Kevin Doyle

05/07/2017

8 minutes to read

Kevin Doyle sees a vast consolidation and compression of human experience into more and more narrow and predictable terms. The unique language and vocabulary that innovative forms of the arts provide us can be an antidote, according to him.

When do the critics of Zuma cross the line? Should rape be used as a political statement?

Article

Nastassja Wessels

27/09/2017

8 minutes to read

Where do we draw the line between morality and political agendas in the depiction of rape in artistic expression? How van Alphen's 'Holocaust effect' can help artists distinguish between empathizing and victimizing through art.

5 groundbreaking music video directors you should know

Article

Fay Georgaki

14/06/2017

4 minutes to read

Which groundbreaking music video directers should you know? These guys either go big or go home, so read this article to get to know them.