Paula Rego's art is undoubtedly characterised by her incredible ability to create captivating narratives that often evoke fairytales or dreams, but in this talk we will see how she equally uses her art to push important socio-political messages to the frontline.Â
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TED Circles Discussion: Imagination
LEVEL hosts monthly TED Circles and wants to invite you to our next conversation focused on the theme of Imagination!
Kintsugi: Japanese Art of Repair and Healing
Japanese Kintsugi is not only about mending our broken ceramic objects with gold, but it has a more profound meaning. Kintsugi helps us to develop more compassion towards ourselves and others and learn how to appreciate broken pieces of our lives.
Cuban Art V: Adios Utopia!
Lecture five will look at the way in which the fall of Berlin Wall and the start of the Periodo Especial affected Cuban Art.
Cuban Art IV: The Cuban Renaissance
This lecture will look at the period directly after the quinquenio gris and the way in which economic stability gave way to a Cuban artistic renaissance from the late 1970s until 1989.
Cuban Art III: Within the Revolution everything! Cuban art after the Revolution
Lecture three will look at how Cuban art transformed after the triumph of Castro's 1959 Revolution. As well as discussing the context of the period, we will see how Cuban photography and art was produced to support the Revolution.
Cuban Art II: Wifredo Lam
Lecture two of Cuban Art series will pick up the threads from the previous lecture on Cuban Modernism and look at the life and work of Wifredo Lam.
Cuban Art I: Colonial Influences and the Cuban Vanguardia
This lecture is centred around the influences of Spanish colonialism on Cuban art and how its newly found independence led to the start of Cuban modernism. It is the first talk from Cuban Art series.
Intersectionality: Past, Present and Future
Intersectionality was originally coined to refer to double oppression and was adopted by the black feminist movement before becoming mainstream. Today it has been repurposed to reflect the many diverse facets of our identities. Join us for a study of black feminism and the evolution of intersectionality.Â
TED Circles Discussion: Agree to Disagree
LEVEL hosts monthly TED Circles and wants to invite you to our next conversation - Agree to Disagree!