Bob and Ed met at a San Francisco streetcar stop in 1970. The two men were in their early twenties. They had each come from watching the same film that evening, Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey’s debauched landmark “Trash.” Ed, who wore a blue peacoat, his hair below his shoulders, spoke first. “I noticed you … Read more
The Fort goes dark Friday. “Of all of our senses, sight dominates how we perceive the world around us. Most of us live our daily lives not thinking how powerful our vision is, or how much we actually use our vision day to day. … Have you ever wondered about a world without sight? How … Read more
The Nigerian singer, Iyanya Mbuk, simply known as Iyanya, has announced the recovery of one of the stolen jewellery pieces belonging to singer Adewale Mayowa, aka Mayorkun. Iyanya, through his X handle, announced that an individual returned one of the missing jewellery to The Grand Hotel in Calabar, Cross River State. The Calabar-born artiste emphasised … Read more
Last month, a pair of climate activists attacked a painting known as “The Rokeby Venus,” by the Spanish master Diego Velázquez, which hangs in London’s National Gallery, using hammers to smash the protective glass covering the work. It is Velázquez’s only surviving nude and features the Roman goddess of love, her dazzling back turned toward … Read more
