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Allegory, symbolism, fantasy, and surrealism are often the refuge of artists working under the oppressive thumb of authoritarian regimes. Usually, it works, thanks in large part to the average censor being unable to process art on any but the most literal...

Sundays may be a “wan, stuff shadow of a robust Saturday” or a day of “forced leisure for folks who have no aptitude for leisure,” but a weekend is still a weekend. We wait for the pleasure of a Friday night, knowing the burdens of the work week have...

Jakub Julian Ziółkowski, Planet, 2012. Oil on canvas, 144 x 111 cm. Courtesy of the artist, Foksal Gallery Foundation and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography Zürich. The Night of the Great Season February 19&ndash...

March 9 In History 590: Bahram Chobin is crowned as King Barham VI of Persia. The newly crowned king enjoyed support among Persian Jews since opposing forces under a general named Mahbad “killed the Jewish followers of the pretender to the throne, Bahram...

Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks at a 2016 commemoration of the 1956 revolution in front of Parliament in Budapest, Hungary It didn’t take long for the recently elected government to have a troubling impact on the state of the country’s democracy...