“Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture,” wrote Beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg.
Ginsberg was a vocal opponent of the Vietnam war, but his words recall an earlier tragedy from the same century: The Holocaust.
Most already know about the horrific period during WWII when millions of...
When Queen’s announced courses for the fall term would be held online, the University assured students that learning standards would be up to par with the in-person experience. Instead, one course offered by the art history department stopped offering course material halfway through the semester.
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Throughout his career, Queen’s Art History professor Norman Vorano has been working to shed light on the histories of some of the inaccessible parts of Northern communities.
Recognized for his efforts, Vorano received the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship for his work with Inuit artwork...
When I went to Prague this summer, I went for everything but its art reputation.
In a city where beer is cheaper than water and homes are sandwiched between massive gothic cathedrals, most of my attention was focused away from the world’s only museum dedicated to the Czech Art Noveau artist Alphonse...
The Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque eras were revisited with stunning musical accompaniment in Sound Structures at St. George’s Cathedral on Sunday.
The presentation, organized by Dr. Peter Coffman in collaboration with the Melos Choir and Instrumental Ensemble, was a visual and musical tour...
Chloe Van Landschoot lost a modeling job because of her body.
Last August, she was told the day before a fashion show that she couldn’t walk the runway because they “didn’t want to use bigger bottoms.” It’s nothing new for someone who was once told by a modeling agency to lose 15 pounds.
“I’m not...
Walking into an art exhibit can be disorienting and over air conditioned. But the massive quilts in Agnes Etherington Art Centre’s Collecting Stories: The Heritage Quilt Collection looked warm enough to sleep in.
Collecting Stories may be a current exhibit, but it has a long-standing history at the...