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Reimagining the body
Imagined Exhibition #3 Our bodies are always with us, they are a part of everything we do. They should be the simplest thing in the world to accept and understand. And yet for many, bodies are terrifying things, inscribed down to the bone with social expectations incorporating gender, race, disability and sexuality. Some bodies are…
Perfume and the Essence of Virginity
A review of Perfume by Patrick Süskind It is rare that a novel changes the way you experience one of the five senses. Perfume by Patrick Suskind makes it seem like paying attention to smell can open up a new world, one of which you have a knowledge to unveil truths about the people and…
What do the Benin Bronzes tell us about decolonial restitution?
The Benin Bronzes were looted from the Kingdom of Benin by the British Army in 1897 and are currently held in museums across Europe and North America. According to Felicity Bodenstein of the Sorbonne, “nearly all European and North American museums with extra-European art collections hold at least one Benin artwork.” Some of the Bronzes…
Misha Farlowe 