A bit of UW history that has yet to be told. Back during the McCarthy era, the House Unamerican Activities Committee worked with the far right government of South Korea to pursue Koreans who stood for democracy. That pursuit extended even to the US where the Korean spy agency worked to dep[...]
Posts Tagged ‘art’
February 24th, 2016 - 1:54 am § in Misc.
WWLS? (What would Leonardo say?)
Experts argue the 500-year-old painting has been over cleaned. Image © Musee du Louvre Continue reading the main story Two French art experts have quit The Louvre’s advisory committee in a row over the restoration of a Leonardo da Vinci painting, according to reports. Segolene Bergeon Langle [...]
Chinazor on Nigerian Art … The sadness of Nigeria as a country
Chinazor Onianwah The sadness of Nigeria as a country is that she has everything but leadership. There is no academy of science or the humanities to provide a forum for a genius like Olumide and countless others to export and promote their masterpieces worldwide. I once asked an official of the [...]