New Publication Alert! Arts in Society: Academic Rhapsodies Have you finished our blog and are you looking for more open access content on the arts in society to read from home? Look no further, we have a fresh open access publication for you! Lieke Smits, Tim Vergeer, Sophia Hendrikx and Merel Oudshoorn • March 31, 2020
Pies ¿Para qué los necesito, si tengo alas para volar? - Het Nationale Ballet’s embodiment of Frida Kahlo’s life. Feet. Why would I need those when I have wings to fly? is Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s life’s mantra. This blog analyzes how het Nationale Ballet gave the rebellious icon feet to dance with. Liselore Tissen • March 12, 2020
LUCAS Explains #3: Why does apple pie with whipped cream affect your museum experience? What makes art taste good? By serving cake, museums might help you along. Why does apple pie with whipped cream affect your museum experience? Nynke Feenstra explains how a museum visit is part of a complex interplay of experiences that transcend the time and place of your visit. Nynke Feenstra • March 10, 2020
Rumor or Reality? Moscow Conceptualism as a Challenge for our Contemporary Art Canon What is Moscow Conceptualism? A late Soviet art movement that is part of our contemporary art canon or a rumor? Cultural historian Dorine Schellens sheds light on this question by looking at the interconnection between academic and artistic worlds. Dorine Schellens • December 05, 2019
Drawn to deviance: the deformed body exhibited How and why is a body we see as ‘deformed’ able to arouse strong affective and aesthetic responses? Andries Hiskes explores how, where, and when a body is presented to us matters in how we experience it through a discussion of the film The Elephant Man. Andries Hiskes • November 21, 2019
A Pirate's Life for Me a literary close reading of Pirates of the Caribbean, part two Merel Oudshoorn • November 14, 2019
‘Je kunt me vinden in de Westside’: Expressions of Local Identity in Contemporary Dutch Hip-hop Dutch hip-hop artists continuously invite us to their neighborhoods and districts through their music. What do we hear when we listen to the language of the streets? Aafje de Roest • October 31, 2019
The success of art history This October the Vereniging Nederlandse Kunsthistorici celebrates its 80th birthday with a symposium about ‘the success of art history’. What have we achieved in 80 years and what are the challenges? Liselore Tissen • October 10, 2019
Heroes Are History When Thomas Carlyle presented On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History it was an instant success. The book has more or less disappeared from the bookshelves, but it’s worth a read, and I’ll tell you why. Leanne Jansen • September 19, 2019 • 1 comment
