Beirut Photos by Rola Khayyat
My interest in the intersection between art and war developed out of a personal experience, which continued to shape and inform my academic and artistic sensibility.
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Film trailers, music videos, photo galleries
The Eco-Critical Photographer: An Interview With Subhankar Banerjee
Banerjee’s photographs ask us to reframe the way we look at our environment, by focusing on one eco-system--the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge--and the indigenous tribes, native animals and geological structures that populate it.
Art Women: A Guide to Museum Women
If, as a practical matter, The Curator spends most of her energy enhancing her reputation among the cosmopolitan museum set -- well, so much the better! After all, you don't expect her to stick around this hick town for long, do you?
The Activist Artist: An Interview With Wendy Testu
San Francisco-based artist and teacher Wendy Testu discusses her latest project: a labor of love that galvanizes one community around its social and environmental history.
Interview with Photographer William L. Wacker
Artist and wanderlust William Wacker shares images and impressions gathered during his recent tour of Asia, why he needs to catch up on vampire flicks and how, when it comes to art, it’s sometimes best to “shoot from the hip.”
The Residue of Interchange: An Interview with Painter Joan Curran
Philadelphia-based painter Joan Curran creates urban still lives inspired by the interaction between humans and nature--a constantly fluctuating relationship that reveals both beauty and excess.
Laying Bricks to Build Social Change: An Interview with Favianna Rodriguez and Josh MacPhee
Favianna Rodriguez and Josh MacPhee's Reproduce & Revolt highlights how artists worldwide are responding to the critical issues of our time.
Killing Ground, Healing Ground: An Interview with Photographer John Huddleston
Armed with a camera, Middlebury College professor John Huddleston makes pilgrimages into the American landscape to capture touchstones for shared cultural memory.
Colliding with Nature: An Interview with Jason Middlebrook
“Nature is always pressing, always growing up through the cracks,” he said. Middlebrook’s interest is the instant at which nature and humans collide, whether it be a natural disaster, or a weed growing in a parking lot.
The New Street Renegades: An Interview with Francesca Gavin
Francesca Gavin contends that the works of today's street artists are meant to jolt those passing by into an active reality, to turn a passive experience into a conversation.