Hope, II, Gustav Klimt, 1907–08.
The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass),(detail), (1915–1923) , Marcel Duchamp
Battle Scene from the ShahnamehWHY THE IRAN “STRATEGY” HAS FAILED
James Nachtwey's Kunar Valley, Afghanistan (1986)NOTES FROM THE PREVIOUS AFGHAN WAR
Mary Cassatt’s Mother and Child (1880). Collection of the Wichita Art Museum.THE WAR MIND: THE PARASITE THAT CAPTURED HUMAN NATURE
Alexander Kosolapov, Lenin and Coca-Cola, 1982. A classic work of Soviet "Sots Art" juxtaposing the profile of Vladimir Lenin with American consumer branding, reflecting the ideological crossover of East and West. (Courtesy of the artist / Sotsart.com)THE LONG COLD WAR
NEVER NOT PROLIFIC
Valley Ranch (2001), Wayne Thiebaud
A FLEETING WISP
Spring Fresco (c. 1600 BCE), Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini).
THE SHINING AND THE DARK
Igor Mitoraj, Tindaro Screpolato (Tyndareus Cracked) (1997).
LES POÈTES MAUDITS
J.M.W. Turner, Light and Colour (Goethe's Theory) — The Morning after the Deluge (1843).
ONENESS, NOT NUMBER
Barnett Newman, Onement I (1948)
THE MIND SERIES
Yayoi Kusama Retrospective. Museum Ludwig, Cologne. © YAYOI KUSAMA
Angels of the Maelstrom at Pace Gallery, Tokyo, by Robert Longo
Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day (1877)MANIFESTING THE FLANEUR: TEACHING HENRY JAMES AND HIS MOVEMENT INTO MODERNISM
Lawrence Lek’s NOX: Confessions of a Machine. Sadie Coles HQ, London.THE INFINITY OF THE BRAIN AND THE VOID OF THE MACHINE
Anish Kapoor’s At the Edge of the World (1998). Lisson Gallery © Anish Kapoor.THE LIBRARY, THE CEMETERY, AND THE BIRTH OF THE SUPERREADER
David Hammons, African American Flag, 1990. MACBA – Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona.IF YOU SEE THE TRANSLATOR, DON’T SHOOT
THE LATEST
René Magritte, La reproduction interdite (Not to be reproduced), 1937.MORE RETHINKING MAGRITTE – THE UNCANNINESS OF THE Z-AXIS
THE ROUNDTABLE
FROM THE ARCHIVE
The Image of Christ Not Made by Hands. A fresco from the Church of Saints Constantine and Helena in Ohrid, Macedonia. Dating from the late 14th to early 15th century.REBECCA WEST AND THE LOST WORLD OF YUGOSLAVIA
Just Plain Forever (2019) by Duke RileyHOW WE GOT HERE: CONSUMER CAPITALISM AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
Workshop of Joachim Beuckelaer (c. 1533 – c. 1570/4). Kitchen maid preparing meat with Christ in the House of Mary and Martha beyond. Estate of Francesco P. Zuccari.MAKE THE KITCHEN MAID KING
POETRY
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Churchill with Chamberlain, circa March 24, 1935.THE COINCIDENCE OF OPPOSITES: WINSTON CHURCHILL AND NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
KAFKA SERIES
ART
RUSSIA SERIES
FROM THE ARCHIVES | 2024
FROM THE ARCHIVES | 2024
MYTH & TECH
Meiro Koizumi's Prometheus Bound at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, KanazawaPROMETHEUS: A SYMPOSIUM
The widely acclaimed blockbuster film Oppenheimer opens with this caption: "Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity." The film, based on Oppenheimer's biography American Prometheus, is only the latest popular retelling of the ancient Greek myth. The essays, published in The Montreal Review, are the result of a faculty-student workshop held at Virginia Tech in October 2023 to share research and foster conversation about contemporary uses of the myth of Prometheus.
ESSAYS
ART & STYLE
Jocelyn Hobbie, Sun Facing, 2022, oil painting, 18 x 18 inches. Image courtesy Fredericks & Freiser, NYON BALANCE
CONVERSATIONS
FICTION & POETRY
BOOKS & REVIEWS
Simone de Beauvoir, Paris, France, 1952. (Gisele Freund/Researchers History/Getty Images)“WHO SHALL I TAKE AS MY EXAMPLE? WHO SHALL I LEARN FROM?” NINA BERBEROVA AND SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
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