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
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