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Category: Arts and Culture

Arts and Culture/Comments/Europe

International Instability – Born from the Migration of Refugees or a Product of Political Aversion?

Posted on January 2023 by Eva Kottou

Migration can be thought of as a condition of evolving economic, social, and political climates. While migrants are often incorrectly interchanged with “refugee...

Africa/Arts and Culture/Comments

Restitution of African Art: the Recent Wave to Decolonize Museums

Posted on December 2021 by Alexander Hoang

How must one reconcile with the mistakes of the past and the systems created because of them? As you enter the main floor of the Musée du quai Branly in Paris, ...

Arts and Culture/Asia

Positioning Photography in China: Liang See Tay and Elite Subjects

Posted on May 2021 by Aurelia Dochnal

Background When examining the arrival of western photographers to China in the 19th century, men wielding cameras, armed with a revolutionary means of image-rep...

Arts and Culture/Campus/Middle East

“Our Art is Global”: Sultan Al-Qassemi on Art and Protest in the Middle East

Posted on April 2021 by Galia Newberger

On February 15th, the Yale Arab Students Association hosted Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, Emirati columnist, researcher and the Founder of Barjeel Art Foundation, to...

Arts and Culture/Comments

On Belonging, Truck Art and Mexican Muralism: Art Movements and Their Legacies Around the World

Posted on February 2021 by Miguel von Fedak

“The Picasso of Pakistan” has traveled the world to show off his art. He has painted in St. Petersburg, held an exhibition in L.A., and created a piece for the ...

Arts and Culture/Asia/Comments

Putting the Best Art Forward: the Power of Art Over Military Conscription in the Republic of Korea

Posted on November 2020 by Samantha Larkin

How can art protect a nation?  The Republic of Korea’s Military Service Act [1] stipulates that once men turn eighteen, they have roughly ten years to comp...

Americas/Arts and Culture/Comments

Critiquing the Canon: Pancho Fierro and Peruvian costumbrismo

Posted on November 2020 by Ariana Habibi

Art is not neutral; nor is its history. As it currently stands, the conventional canon of the history of art is rich with Western artists representing other cul...

Arts and Culture/Arts Column/Comments/Middle East/Weekly Update

Contemporary Issues in Arab-Israeli Identity as Seen through the TV Show “Arab Labor”

Posted on November 2019 by Sam Pekats

Arts Column Written by: Sam Pekats, Davenport College ’22 Humor and personal narrative are two powerful techniques one may use to legitimize and elucidate...

Arts and Culture/Comments

Inside Havana’s Hottest Night Scene

Posted on October 2019 by Chase Finney

North America and Caribbean Desk Written by: Chase Finney, Saybrook College ’22 In the past two decades, the city of Havana has continued to develop slowl...

Arts and Culture/Arts Column/Comments/Weekly Update

Clinging to the Past: A “Downton Abbey” Film Review

Posted on October 2019 by Muriel Wang

Written by: Muriel Wang, Trumbull College ’20 This piece was published as part of YRIS’s new arts column. Be warned: spoilers ahead for the Septembe...

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