Picasso’s ‘dark journey’ explored in Madrid exhibition
Women with dead babies, a person crying blood—the exhibition also includes some of the powerful preparatory drawings that Picasso did before painting Guernica.
April 4, 2017
Women with dead babies, a person crying blood—the exhibition also includes some of the powerful preparatory drawings that Picasso did before painting Guernica.
One of the most touching movies I’ve seen is about one Christmas Eve during World War II; it’s based on a true story. I don’t remember the title, but the story is hard to forget.
BERLIN — For 70 years since the Nazi defeat in World War II, copyright law has been used in Germany to prohibit the publication of “Mein Kampf” — the notorious
“It was just another day in Mosul,” the soldier began, his voice shaking. Sgt. 1st Class Marshall Powell took a deep breath. He couldn’t look at the other three servicemen in the group therapy session.
My classmates and I were only 12 years old when the Pacific War broke out in December 1941. By the time the war was over in August 1945, our wartime experiences propelled us from childhood into adulthood in just four years. In the process, adolescence was bypassed.
“When we write, we are truly alone,” said Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists and Novelists) founder F. Sionil José during PEN’s annual literature conference held early last week at De La Salle University Manila.
The war in Mindanao—or more accurately, in some provinces of the big island—and the quest for peace continued to be the “burning issues” which dominated the 56th National Conference of the Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists and Novelists), which is based in London.
“Nature triumphs always… Beauty reveals itself in places that seem impossible: Bombed villages and budding trees, ” says the old French sculptor Marc Cros (Jean Rochefort) to his friend, German military officer Werner (Gotz Otto), who is writing a book about Cros’ works. They are talking inside a beautiful mountain cottage surrounded by tall trees.
Sewing machines buzz inside the Iraq Fashion House as dressmakers work late into the night behind concrete blast walls readying intricately embroidered costumes. Models rehearse for an upcoming show upstairs.
In the heart of Aleppo, besieged by Syrian troops for more than five weeks, a young couple who found love in a time of war exchange vows.
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