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THE BOHEMIAN STUDY ASSOCIATION IK

NEW YEAR’S

CO NT EN TS NEW YEAR’S TRADITIONS AROUND THE GLOBE.. .LIGHT AS A MATERIAL JAMES TURRELL’S MEETING...ART BINOCULAR Saltburn...A MONTHLY TASTE OF CULTURE The Banshees of Inisherin...Yan Lianke,The Day The Sun Died...IK EVENTS...Winter Gala...Movie Night:In Bruges.. .PERSPECTIVES ON ART...Interviews With the IK Board...LOOKING FOR LOVE...ARTSY MINDS

NEW YEAR’S TRADITIONS AROUND THE GLOBE

DENMARK–SMASHING DISHES ON NEW YEAR’S EVE 4

In Denmark, it is considered to bring good luck to break one's dishes on New Year’s Eve, an activity that they simply call “plate smashing”. Many people save their unused and old plates throughout the year to smash them when the year comes to an end. This is seen as a way to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, symbolising that you leave behind the negative energies and start fresh with new plates. It is unsure where this tradition came from but people believe it was meant as a “thank you” message to friends and family. Smashing plates against the door of friends is meant to thank them for their support. It is generally considered that the more broken glass someone finds around their door, the more popular they are. Some people also decorate the plates by drawing on them or leaving messages and resolutions for the new year. This tradition might seem violent but it is actually a very meaning full and joyful way to say goodbye to the old year, letting out all the bad feelings in a fun and stress-reducing way.

This tradition stems from the 1990s, when apartheid was finally ended. People started to move from smaller towns into the big cities and Hillbrow became an important hotspot for this new wave. The tradition was inspired by the overall search for new beginnings and starting fresh. Residents needed to get rid of their old furniture and decided to do so by simply throwing it out of the window. While not conventional, the tradition stuck around. Usually, the police pays close attention to the happenings to ensure the activity is not too violent and emergency services are prepared. Still, it is very unlikely to actually get injured or hit by furniture during this tradition, especially because many people live in big apartment complexes in the city and throwing your old furniture out of the window of the 14th floor of your apartement is not the easiest.

SOUTH AFRICA-THROWING OLD FURNITURE

In Hillbrow, Johannesburg, people cele-brate New Year’s Eve by throwing out all their old furniture through the windows and collecting it in the streets. This is also supposed to symbolise starting anew and leaving the old behind.

ECUADOR - RUNNING WITH EMPTY SUITCASES

Ecuador – like many countries – is a place of many New

Year’s Eve traditions, from the burning of images of popular TV characters and political figures to eating 12 grapes at midnight or choosing the colour of your underwear according to what you wish for in the new year. But one of the stranger traditions is the one of going for a run around your house or apartment block with an empty suitcase on New Year’s Eve. This is supposed to bring good luck for traveling in the new year. It is also a fun way to squeeze in a final workout as the year ends. If you cannot run, you also have the option of dragging your suitcase in and out through your door 12 times, which should also bring luck in the coming 12 months. So if you have big plans for traveling in 2024, you better grab your nearest suitcase and go for a run!

ROMANIA - DRESSING UP AS BEARS In Romania, people celebrate the “dancing bears festival”, for which they dress up as bears and go out into the streets to dance. The festival starts a week before Christmas Eve and continues until New Year’s, as a fun way to welcome the new year. Hundreds and hundreds of years ago, this festival started in the Northeast of Romania, where people would drape their bodies in actual bear fur and skin and dance around in order to fend off evil spirits. This tradition was kept until today and it is a popular tourist attraction now. While various animal rights organisations have their concerns about the festival and fear it might increase bear hunting for costume purposes, people defend the tradition by saying that their costumes are either heirlooms of their families, or fake fur. Some of the costumes even weigh up to 50 kilos.

IRELAND - THROWING BREAD AGAINST WALLS On Emerald Isle in Ireland, people celebrate New Years by baking special Christmas bread and throwing it against a wall. This bread is called Barmbrack (originally “bairín breac”) and it is a yeast bread with raisins that is a popular Irish dish. It is traditionally associated with Hallo-ween, as it is a popular Halloween tradition to decorate the bread elaborately and hide an item inside it. The person that bites on the hidden item is meant to receive good luck. But in many areas of the country this bread is also a crucial part of a new Year’s Eve tradition, where the women of the house traditionally bake a huge barmbrack and at night the men take it and smash it against the front door of the house while praying to the Holy Spirit. This is done to keep safe from starvation and poverty in the new year. The bread crumbles would later be collected and eaten. In some variations of the custom, people hit the door a few times instead of throwing the bread at it, therefore ensuring the bread stays whole.

Pablo Picasso

“...GREAT ARTISTS STEAL”

THE BOHEMIAN

Can such an intangible phenomenon as light be considered a material? Yes, if we refer not to Oxford dictionary but to such works as Robert Irwin’s Scrim Veil — Black Rectangle — Natural Light, where light is one of three elements composing the installation on equal terms, Fireflies on the Water of Yayoi Kusama, which magic is all created by light reflecting in the mirrors, Ólafur Elíasson’s famous The Weather Project in which the central subject is imaged by light or Paolo Roversi’s technique of drawing an image using a flashlight as a brush there are much more examples but l want to tell you about light in James Turrell’s Meeting installation where nothing but light and the viewer exist. “My material is light, and it is responsive to your seeing.” - James Turrell. James Turrell is a representative of an art movement Light and Space which appeared in 1960 and is claimed to use light as an expressive medium. For artists of this trend, the central aspects of the work are the viewer and their perception. For this purpose, usually, minimalistic forms of the environment are exposed to light and colour. Large-scale installations create a threedimensional environment, a space in which the artwork changes depending on the movement of the viewer. This idea is revealed through the nature of light, as its perception depends on the angle of view. James Turrell's works are performances of light and colour reflected in and shaping the space. Meeting is the first work of the series called Skyspaces. It is a site-specific installation at P.S. 1, which consists of a square room with a rectangular opening cut directly into the ceiling, so the sky is the source of the natural light. The source of the artificial light is LED lamps placed around the opening, so they create a halo effect. Lights are changing according to a certain program which replies to the state of the sky depending on the daytime and the weather. Thus, the correlation between the internal and external light of the installation is created. The visual effect experienced by the viewer is achieved through two characteristics of light colour and intensity. With the help of colour the effect of contrast or harmony of the inner and outer space of the installation is achieved - when the colour of the artificial light and the sky are relatively opposite to each other on the colour wheel such as

orange and blue - the strongest contrast is created, separating the sky from the space, this is supported by the intensity, affecting the perception of depth the bright light of the lamps, arguing with the outside, creates a sense of flatness and closeness of the sky - all this makes the sky look like a bright flat tangible painting. Light is a material which not only changes depending on the viewer's perception but is being created in the process of seeing. «One of the biggest examples of light-making space is the change from night to day or day to night. You can have a space that’s absolutely opaque as you get toward the night, where it’s ink-black or blue-inkblack, or even a little bit before that, and it looks like it’s been painted on the ceiling. It becomes quite impenetrable with vision. But there are other times I like this transparency, too, where you go from transparency to translucence to opaqueness. And that quality of plumbing a space with vision was very important to me in the poetry of the work» - James Turrell. Unwittingly or deliberately, Meeting (and even more so the other work in the series, Space that Sees) refer to the Pantheon with its oculus. Which can be interpreted as God and Man looking at each other. Throughout his life James Turrell has been influenced by the Religious Society of Friends, whose fundamental aspect is that all people are capable of directly experiencing the divine nature of the universe—which is known by many names, God or the Holy Spirit or simply Spirit and in the earliest days of Quakerism, this was often thought of as an “inward light”. One kind of Quakers’ worship is called “meeting” and the process is alike meditation to apprehend the presence of the Inward Light. Turrell’s installations take time to spend there to let eyes get used and see the light as it is. Also, usually, you need to make an appointment to visit the installation as it’s meant to be viewed thoughtfully and in silence. Thus, the light we see in the Meeting can be considered a metaphor for the Inward Light. Thus, in the Meeting artist, technique, material, and viewer are complementing and expressing each other. Turrell’s works are meant to be experienced and that’s what the nature of light allows us to do light doesn’t exist as a particular static object - it fulfils the space, interacts with it, changes, and the comprehensive perception of it requires time so we get along with the artwork.

ART

BINOCULAR

‘Lots of people get lost in Saltburn’. Duncan told Oliver while glancing over the maze and the estate that soon became his prize. Well, Oliver definitely wasn’t one of those unfortunate souls who got lost. On the contrary, he captured the Cattons, just like a wolf the newborn deer that is yet to learn any natural survival skills or instincts for predators. Saltburn is a dark comedy/thriller directed by Emerald Fennell director of Promising Young Woman. The film is a visual storytelling masterpiece. Each frame reminds us of a baroque painting with a modern twist. The silhouettes of godlike depictions of the characters with Diet Coke on the side. It is definitely a rewatch movie, for every scene has elements foreshadowing the tragic end of the Catton family that you might have missed the first time experiencing this phenomenon which is Saltburn. Don’t get me wrong, the plot isn't even close to being revolutionary. We have all seen this movie before. Poor kid envies wealthy popular kids because everything comes easy to them. In the end, it's always the same the poor kid ‘gives them what they deserve’. Or is it the same? Oliver is portrayed as a poor but outstandingly smart and hardworking person. On the contrary, he is astonishingly middle-class, as we find out later. His plotting cannot be accounted as societal commentary on the rich-poor contrast. The film is simply about psychopathic obsession and a craving to be someone else. Oliver is envious of the lifestyle of the Cattons and thinks that they aren't deserving of such a lifestyle due to their shallowness. Saltburn is a basic story that is elevated by the cultural and artistic references hidden in the film. Similarly, the estate Saltburn isn't about the shallow and paper-thin characters of the Cattons. It’s about the estate holding tremendous knowledge and culture that the owners seem to ignore completely. Consequently, Oliver doesn't go on a rampage to get what he wants. He simply outsmarts them, making them hand over the estate semi-willingly. Artistic and cultural references you might have missed: ● The myth of Icarus - Icarus, son of Daedalus, flew too close to the sun with wings made of feathers and wax despite his father's warnings, causing the wax to melt and him to fall into the sea and drown. Similarly, Felix uncovering Oliver’s secrets, ‘flew too close to the sun’ causing his demise. Further strengthening this connection, after Felix’s disappearance the family first searched for him in the pond, resembling the sea where Icarus drowned. ● King Minos and the Minotaur - King Minos of Crete's wife, Pasiphae, fell in love with a bull, birthing the Minotaur. To contain the beast, Daedalus built a Labyrinth. Likewise, in the movie, a maze was built for Sir James resembling Daedalus, Icarus' father. ● Midsummer Night’s Dream - Under the influence of a love potion, Titania, the fairy queen, becomes infatuated with Nick Bottom, who has the head of a donkey due to Puck's mischief. Once Oberon intervenes and reverses the enchantment, Titania's infatuation ends abruptly, and she returns to her senses, no longer under the spell's influence. Likewise, during Oliver's birthday party, Farleigh’s costume resembles Nick Bottom and Elsbeth’s Titania. Hence, after Felix’s death, Oliver uncovering the truth about Farleigh’s substance abuse, causes the spell to wear off and him banished from Saltburn. Rebeka Zsanna Somogyi

A MONTHLY TASTE OF CULTURE

THE BANS INISH The civil war is happening in Ireland, but here, on a little, remote island, it’s something else, much closer to home, that feels like the end of the world.

Now... if I've done somethin' to ya, just tell me what I've done to ya. And if I've said somethin' to ya or maybe if I've said somethin' when I was drunk and forgotten it. But I don't think I've said somethin' when I was drunk and I've forgotten it. But if I did, then tell me what it was. And I'll say sorry for that too Colm. With all me heart, I'll say sorry. Just stop running away from me like some fool of a moody school child. But you didn't say anything to me. And you didn't do anything to me. (...) I just don't like ya no more. You do like me. I don't. But you liked me yesterday. Oh, did I, yeah? I thought you did…

Everything happens between two lifelong friends, Pádraic and Colm, when one abruptly decides to end the relationship with no explanation. Turns out he has his reasons, but it doesn’t give him the right to act as he does, because what he’s doing is simply “not nice”. Soon the whole village gets entangled in the conflict which has some serious consequences for both friends.

SHEES OF HERIN This dark comedy shows how unsaid worries can quickly escalate and become so huge that suddenly it’s way too late to stop them from shaking up the whole world around us. It shows the hardships of relations with the ones that are the closest and dearest. It talks about loneliness and trying to find your own path, the complexity of human nature in seemingly hopeless situations. It’s a movie that depicts the desperation of feeling stuck and the need for isolation of individualistic souls. Although it appears simple and ascetic, the story is packed with emotions and questions about empathy and fulfilment. Incredibly well-written, witty dialogues are delivered perfectly. The great, great performance of Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson brings so much joy to watch. Every scene and every word is deliberate and exactly where it’s supposed to be, tightly woven into the plot. The story keeps surprising and as it becomes more and more absurd. It’s a hilarious and despairing story that combines humour with drama. As abstract as it seems at times, it delivers an unexpectedly and brutally honest, quite tragic, although sweetly portrayed discourse on the reality of human lifes. We all get burnt out sometimes, but how do you tell those closest to you that you need a change in what seems to be a perfectly good life for them? How do you tell them that the relationship with them doesn’t seem right anymore, that they are holding you back from pursuing your dreams? We all feel helpless sometimes and the urge to just do something grows.

YAN LIANKE

THE DAY THE SUN DIED

What if, one night, everyone fell into sleepwalking trans? What if the world descended into chaos, people got sick and died, morals wouldn’t matter anymore and you’d be the only one to stay awake? What if the hope that the sun would rise again would slowly die? “The Day the Sun Died” is a dark and grotesque novel by Yan Lianke - one of the most prominent, cherished, but also one of the most censored authors of Chinese modern literature. For some people, this book is purely political, a rebellion against the optimism of modern political narration in China, but in my opinion, there’s much more to it. This metaphoric satire can easily be read as a reflection on the world, commentary on the state of humankind and moral degradation, and a discourse on the fine line between dream and reality. The novel describes a fatal night of mass somnambulism in a small village in central China, which, as the narrator suggests at the beginning, is the axis mundi of the country and the world. There is a lot of irony in the book as the world is seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old Niannian, who’s being called “stupid” by everyone, although he’s the only one not to get affected by the mysterious fever. It’s quite ominous that his parents own a shop selling funeral decorations and his uncle - a crematorium, businesses that bloom during the plague. His perspective adds to the feeling of being helpless and lost, tangled in wrong, yet being pure enough to be chosen to tell the story of families to the gods, proving the innocence of people. It depicts life in rural China while showing stories of villagers, especially the family of “stupid” Niannian as the world they all know begins to crumble and descend into chaos. It shows the brutality of sickness, the darkness of death and denial of the truth. It digs into the past desperately trying to find the cause, the fault of the tragedy. This, however, seems to prove futile. The story divided into hours at times seems rather slow and repetitive, almost monotonous, but it’s good to remember that it’s a tale about the past, a record of memories, and rather, it should be seen as a conscious stylistic choice of the author that traps the reader in this claustrophobic situation. It feels truly somnambulic to the point where you’re so immersed in the world that it feels impossible to distinguish where the literary fantasy ends and the description of reality begins. The world becomes a nightmare that doesn’t seem to have an end. The question remains, who’s to blame? Is it a punishment for a crime? If there is a sin, when can it be redeemed? All in all, it may not be the easiest book to read, but it’s a really good one, and well worth the read. This thought-provoking, metaphoric story seeks the limits of humanity and empathy and shows the attempt to grasp reason. It asks the question of whether it is even possible to understand the harshness of reality.

E V E N T S

WINTER GALA Last month, a very special event took place thanks to the IK Study Association in cooperation with other associations. The interest was so great that all the tickets were sold out and those not fast enough were looking for the last chance to join this wonderful party. The eagerly awaited event took place on the 7th of December. At 9pm everyone started arriving at the News Cafe in their most fabulous outfits ready to be swept away by the atmosphere. The elegant hall, adorned with icy winter decorations, wasn’t cold at all, filled with the warmth of dancing students having fun. A dance floor and music to go crazy to, a place to sit and enjoy drinks and talk with friends, and most importantly a specially prepared place to take photos. The unforgettable night was enjoyed by all IK members and a wonderful media committee team made sure it was all captured.

MO VIE NIGHT

IN BRUGES On the 19th of January, In Bruges was screened during the IK Movie Night. Starring the great chemistry duo of Colin Farell and Brendan Gleeson, this 2008 film was Martin McDonagh's feature film debut. It's a dark comedy, drama and crime film with witty dialogues and thrilling moments. The film is full of provocative jokes told by the most lovable and sentimental characters, which will leave you wondering if you should really be laughing and quickly make you forgive whatever was said. Not to talk about the plot per se, let's just say the obvious: it takes place in no other place than Bruges, a beautiful city with a rich history (and those who read the Sayre for Life Imagined already should know it :)). All in all, it's a great film that effortlessly combines madness with heartwarming melancholy.

PERSPECTIVES ON ART INTERVIEWS WITH THE IK BOARD 26

SAVVY What does art mean to you? I think of art as an accumulation of man-made experiences and projects that manage to evoke certain feelings in a person. But nature, for example, I don't consider it to be art in itself, however a picture of nature, a film of nature, anything that’s depicting it through a man-made object or man-created way, I consider that to be art.

Why did you choose this field? Why did I choose this field? That’s a good question. I don't know. Before that, what I wanted to study varied from chemistry to law, and then to art, so I don’t know, I just did it. I always thought I had a bit of an aptitude for the arts, so like having done dancing and dabbling, a little bit of theatre here and there, I said why not. So yeah, I just really enjoyed it and it didn’t scare me when I made that decision. Most people are super afraid, super nervous when they choose a career path, but I wasn't, so I feel like perhaps it was the right decision and that’s why I wasn’t scared.

Who or what influenced you the most? I can’t mention a lot of people really, it’s not like I came from a very artistic family, I came from a very sport oriented family rather. Let’s say my sister was a bit of an influence in a way, because she wanted to study fashion and she studied it for like a year or two. But other than that, I can't say I’m self influenced (laughs), I think just looking around, exploring the internet, I got interested in art and that’s how I was influenced through the world wide web.

When did you shape your view the most in the arts? Perhaps my first year of this degree (Arts, Culture & Media). To say that I knew so much more about art before this degree would have been a lie. To say that I had so much of an aptitude for the more theoretical side of it would have been a lie. However, in my first year I learnt so much through some of the courses and I also found exploring different kinds of art that I personally wouldn’t have got into to explore them, because maybe I wouldn't have been that interested in them.

What makes an artist? What makes an artist? I don't know, because in today's world with AI we say that maybe that's not art, because we say like in our days it's someone who is conscious of what they are doing and also does it with a passion for it. But as someone can see in mavericks, who are people who know about the conventions of the art world but still choose not to abide by them, I think anyone can be an artist. I don't think you need any special talent, I don't think you need to be out of this world, have some crazy reason why you should choose this and do that. I think all you need is to just do it. Anybody can do it and it's just up to you. It’s not even about wanting to do it, it’s about just doing it.

PIERRE What does art mean to you? I think art means anything that makes me feel something, raises questions or interest.

Why did you choose this field? Well originally I didn't. I came here to study Computer Science and in the end it wasn’t the right study for me so I switched to Arts, Culture & Media. Having been raised in an arts and culture environment, I think it was a very logical choice for me, this was it, it felt right. The reason I didn’t choose it at first was I thought of arts as a hobby, not to make it my job. But it feels right to study this programme and I'm very happy with it.

Who or what influenced you the most? I’d say my parents because, like I said, they brought me up in an environment that was constantly filled with art. We have a lot of artist friends in our family and I was always going around and being exposed to many artworks and experiences. So yeah, my parents definitely influenced me that way.

When did you shape your view the most in the arts? My first year, although I had seen a lot of art before. My first year at ACM was really enlightening. I got to talk to a lot of people about interesting topics and changed my perspective, also the courses are really interesting - you get to see art from a more structured and academic point of view.

What makes an artist? An artist makes art. An artist makes any work that evokes a feeling in the artist, that makes them an artist. To be an artist you just need to have the will to express a feeling.

SUZIE What does art mean to you? I would say it’s kind of everything to me; I can’t really imagine myself not being in the arts, or having no association with it whatsoever because it has been in my life for as long as I can remember. I grew up being surrounded by it and it’s something that makes me the happiest I can be, and it can comfort you in so many ways just purely because you are so familiar with it being in your life. So to me it’s like engraved in my behavior and it made me who I am now.

Why did you choose this field? It relates to the previous question, I was always an arts kid and will always be one, so I knew that going to university I wanted to do something within the art field - whether it’s creative or just a support personnel, just doing what I love and am passionate about is something that is fulfilling for me.

Who or what influenced you the most? They relate to each other, but I think my theatre teacher when I was in 8th grade was my biggest influence, because she pushed me as someone who was conscious of myself performing, to become someone who looked at the stage like her second home. And when this shift happened, it’s also what influenced me the most as well because I was able to gain immense confidence in my work and myself, and it fueled the courage for me to do so many things I would’ve never done if she never pushed me to be who I am.

When did you shape your view the most? This is a difficult question because there was never a defining moment, but one that is the most vivid in my head was being able to co-direct a play for the first time last year. It helped me understand my work patterns, how to communicate with others and helped me find the motivation to carry through my first year of university when everything was so overwhelming. The play was very overwhelming itself, but it was a wave of positive overwhelm that helped me realise a lot about myself, and the outcome of knowing that no matter how challenging something can be, as long as you are proud of what you produced it will always be worth it.

What makes an artist? I think by textbook definition it’s just having immense creativity that sets you apart from others, but I would like to think also is the passion that you carry behind your work. Because the passion that you have for what you're doing is sometimes the only thing keeping you going, but it is so vital in your outcome, and for people pleasers like me — when someone recognizes it, it feels like you’ve accomplished the main goal of what you set out to do.

LEVI What does art mean to you? To me, art is an expression of whatever one can think of, really. Personally I find art the coolest thing in the world, or maybe it's to second meeting new people. I especially find the practice of collecting art important, both in the physical and mental sense. I like collecting vinyl records, DVD's, CD's, books, posters, you name it, just as much as I enjoy making memories by going to art events, like film screenings and concerts.

Why did you choose this field? I choose to do ACM, and specifically the music and film directions, because those are the fields I feel most close to and the ones whose art I like to consume and experience the most

Who or what influenced you the most? My love for music, fostered by my parents' love for music, was a big factor for that field. As for film, I think it was the general experience of being a first year in ACM. Being in the city makes it easier to go to the cinema as well and I always enjoyed watching films at home before that. Having the opportunity to see so many films here in Groningen was ultimately the biggest factor, I think.

When did you shape your view the most? I'm always learning new things about art, so it's hard to say when it was shaped the most. I think I've made the most progress in terms of learning new things in the time that I've studied ACM so far, so I guess between now and halfway through 2022.

What makes an artist? Passion, love and their ability to enjoy what art they're making. Although I think there's many things that shape the quality of an artist, for me the requirements to be one in the first place are very straightforward. To me, art is all about enjoying the creation of things together, so as long as you're able to do that, you're an artist in my book.

ANDRA What does art mean to you? Everything. I couldn’t imagine myself not listening to music, not looking at or taking pictures. A film instantly makes me feel better, I might remember a book I’ve read until I die because of how much it impacts me even if I read it only once. It’s not something I notice immediately, but art always surrounds us, so it’s hard to not think of it as this huge part of my life.

Why did you choose this field? I’ll be honest, for me ACM was not my first option, just the safest. I knew I wanted to do something in arts, mostly film, but I didn’t have a very realistic view on how it works back then. I’m happy now with my choice, but when I chose it, it was mostly because I felt closest to the arts rather than other fields.

When did you shape your view the most? I don’t remember exactly how and why, but in middle school I learned how to edit videos, and from there it kinda got to a point where I wanted to do that in life, and is something I still consider. Especially during the pandemic I used to learn more and more, and this got me to pay more attention to editing in films and videos, which led to me wanting to do arts.

When did you shape your view the most? 2nd year of uni. Working in the film committee, having classes specific to the fields I chose, it got very in-depth so I learned a lot. I think age also has something to do with it because I see things very differently now than when I started university for example.

What makes an artist? I think everyone is an artist. Even if not intentional. Just being human is enough to create art. For me it is like the saying one man's trash is another man's treasure - even if you don’t see art in the things you do, others do, and if that provokes emotions, it’s enough to be an artist.

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FOR LOVE

Pablo Picasso A fisherman catching opportunities in the sea of love, nice and artistic comrade with a château in France looking for a third love of his life, preferably a lady in good shape, no age requirements.

William Blake Mad, independent, spirited romantic looking for “free love”, a spiritual person to join him in the journey of imagining life.

Jacques Brel Handsome and generous Belgian (not French!) looking for a new mistress that ne le quitte pas.

James Dean Young and handsome bad boy looking for a kind companion ready to have fun.

Frida Khalo Experienced and mature lady and her unibrow with much love to give. 35

ARTSY MINDS “These sketches were inspired by my stay in Galicia. It occured to me that every photo taken there was beautiful so I decided to take up a challenge to draw the views by myself. It also was my first encounter with drawing a landscape after a really long break. For the future I'm planning to give away these drawings to the people I know from there.”

1. What did climate protesters throw at Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in London’s National Gallery? 2. The famous pop art piece “Whaam!” from 1963 was created by which artist? 3. Which album did David Bowie release in 1971, which has been acclaimed as the album in which “Bowie starts to become Bowie”? 4. Keith Haring, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Hamilton, and Jeff Koons are connected to which art movement? 5. Which art movement in the European avant-garde in the early 20th century was founded at the Cabaret Voltaire by Hugo Ball? 6. Which city is known as the art capital of the world, with 654 art events to enjoy? 7. What is the oldest public art museum in the United States? 8. Who famously sang “diamonds are a girl’s best friend”? 9. What artistic technique does the word “Serigraphy” refer to?

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