DURHAM—What if Picasso had not died in 1973 but was murdered by the Germans during the occupation of Paris in 1940?
This is the scenario playwright Ariel Dorfman has devised for his play, “Picasso’s Closet,” which will have a staged reading at the Nasher Museum of Art, beginning Oct. 29.
“Picasso’s Closet” is the first official event celebrating “25 Years of Ariel (…)
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Jean Toche: Impressions from the Rogue Bush Imperial Presidency, opens on September 17 in the main gallery of the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies and runs through November 29, 2009.
Kristine Stiles, professor of art, art history, and visual studies, curated the exhibition from her extensive archive of art, artists’ letters, documents, posters, and ephemera. A 48-page (…)
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The Duke University Center for International Studies, in concert with the Franklin Humanities Institute and the Durham Art Guild are pleased to announce the opening of “Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground 1954 – 1968,” An exhibition celebrating the life of jazz musician, pianist, bandleader, mystic, philosopher and Afro-Futurist Sun Ra.
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The Women's Dialog: International Women's Journal
The Duke University Center for International Studies is pleased to announce the premiere of Modern Russian Feminism: Twenty Years Forward, a documentary produced with the support and assistance of DUCIS, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the Center for Documentary Studies auditorium, 1317 W. Pettigrew St.
Modern Russian Feminism: Twenty Years Forward tells many stories of how (…)
art, culture, Department of Education, Documentary Studies, Europe, foreign language, globalization, human rights, international studies, Russia, womens studies
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The Duke University Center for International Studies (DUCIS) is pleased to announce an upcoming photography exhibit by renowned artist, Ram Rahman. Street Smart will showcase Rahman’s body of work, a subtle, often humorous eye on the street life of New Delhi and to the contemporary world of Indian artists. The exhibit will culminate with a closing reception with the artist in (…)
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The cover of ‘A Mind at Peace’
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar’s A Mind at Peace, originally published in 1949, has been described as “a magnum opus, a Turkish Ulysses, and a lyrical homage to Istanbul,” but until now, it has only been enjoyed by those with a command of Turkish.
With the support of the Duke University Center for International Studies, Erdağ Göknar, Assistant (…)
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The Duke University Center for International Studies is pleased to announce its newest Franklin Center Gallery exhibition: The Kipper Kids: A Slap in the Face, on display through January 9, 2009.
The Kipper Kids: A Slap in the Face
A Slap in the Face documents the Kipper Kids, an experimental performance duo created by Martin von Haselberg and Brian Routh at the East (…)
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In its 2008/2009 season, Malmö Opera is proud to present Death and the Maiden. Death and the Maiden, based on the play of the same name by Ariel Dorfman, is the second opera composer Jonas Forssell has created for the Malmö Opera, where he is in residence.
The world premiere is Sept. 20 in Malmö, Sweden.
Dorfman wrote the libretto for the (…)
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What are graphic novels? Superman and Captain America? No, it’s artists creating novels, short stories and other fictions by bringing together contemporary images and text.
An image from Bottomless
One of the fastest rising graphic novelists is Dash Shaw. This 25-year-old Brooklynite recently published his 720-page graphic novel with Fantagraphics: Bottomless Belly Button was released in June and a second printing is already (…)
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