Three Pietas

from France 24 Michelangelo’s three ‘pietas’ united in historic first The exhibition is the first time Michelangelo’s famed “Pieta” will be displayed with two other sculptures by the Renaissance giant of the Virgin Mary mourning...

The Mouth Of The South

from The Optionist Q&A: Ted Turner Biographer Porter Bibb The Mouth of the South: Turner at the official CNN launch event in Atlanta on June 1, 1980. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images) All the drama around CNN and Jeff Zucker got me thinking about Ted Turner. I called up...

Trigger Art

from sp!ked Great art is supposed to be ‘triggering’ The rise of trigger warnings is a threat to artistic freedom. by Ella Whelan What ‘triggers’ us in art is subjective. At the opening night of JM Synge’s Playboy of the Western World in Dublin in 1907, audience...

The Bard

from Inside Hook Selema Masekela Is on a Mission to Return Surf Culture to the People The bard of the action sports world chats about African surf culture, his career highlights, and his secret love for Miranda Lambert BY DANNY AGNEW Selema MasekelaIan –...