Visionary Spaces
The Bauhaus, Russian Constructivism and the Dutch De Stijl movements systematically continued what had begun with Cubism: a departure from the purely representational…
Of Plants and People
In John Baldessari’s 1972 film Teaching a Plant the Alphabet, not a great deal happens. For just under 20 minutes, the letters of the…
Peace activist Kim Phuc Phan Thi receives the Dresden Prize
In 1972, when war reached the part of Vietnam where she lived, Kim Phuc Phan Thi was just nine years old. The South…
