Archive — Page 14

Quino: Humour, Humanity and the Gaze of Mafalda

The life and legacy of Quino, the Argentine cartoonist who created Mafalda and transformed everyday contradictions into universal graphic humour.

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Edward Hopper: Light, Architecture and Modern Solitude

The life, paintings and legacy of Edward Hopper, whose silent interiors and urban scenes made solitude visible in modern American art.

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Pablo Picasso: Reinvention, Cubism and the Power of Guernica

The life, achievements and contradictions of Pablo Picasso, from the Blue Period and Cubism to Guernica and his immense influence on modern art.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Literature, Abolition and a Contested Legacy

The life and legacy of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin and a powerful literary voice in the American struggle over slavery.

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Paul Gauguin: Colour, Myth and the Colonial Gaze

The life, artistic innovations and colonial controversies of Paul Gauguin, a central yet deeply contested figure of Post-Impressionism.

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Felipe Pinglo: Poetry and Social Conscience in the Peruvian Waltz

The life and legacy of Felipe Pinglo Alva, composer of El plebeyo and a foundational voice of Peruvian criollo music.

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Kukuli Velarde: Identity, Ceramics and Critical Memory

The career of Kukuli Velarde, a Peruvian artist whose ceramics, painting and performance confront identity, gender and colonial representation.

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Wifredo Lam: Caribbean Modernism, Exile and Resistance

The life and legacy of Wifredo Lam, the Cuban painter who joined international modernism with Afro-Cuban history, ritual and anticolonial resistance.

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The Civilization of the Spectacle: Culture in an Age of Entertainment

A critical reading of Mario Vargas Llosa's 2012 essay about entertainment, cultural authority, journalism, politics and the value of demanding art.

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