Meer | English edition

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Major General Smedley Butler called racket "something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people", which was war

Buddhist monks walking peacefully between the trees with umbrellas

Ruins of a war-torn area, with military helicopter flying overhead

Major General Smedley Butler was a US Marine who wrote "War is Racket" after 30 years in service

The Buddist monks carry umbrellas as they walk peacefully, with kindness

Economy & Politics

20 years after the Iraq invasion

War is a racket

A young man holding up a pro-gun control sign

Economy & Politics

America’s gun culture

How did we end up here?

Itziar Okariz image Giorgio Benni

150 years of Real Academia de España in Rome

Open studios 2023

Magnesium supplements are often used to meet daily requirements

The benefits of magnesium

Magnesium can benefit neurological, muscular, and cardiovascular health

On the Street

The sizzling fat dripping from the meats of a barbecue

A roaring feast for the eyes

Five poems selected from Barbeque Meltdown

Red Onion of Tropea

Red Onion of Tropea

... and a secret recipe of Gourmet Italiano

Science & Technology

The new Republic of South Sudan, a promising land

Boma National Park in South Sudan

Alphonse Mucha - Reverie

The rise and rise of the humble poster

The 007 lineage from left to right: Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore, Daniel Craig, Sean Connery, George Lazenby, and Pierce Brosnan

I was almost James Bond

Almost had that license to thrill

Edda Kathleen Hepburn van Heemstra (Audrey Hepburn).Edda longed to be a ballet dancer...

The story her life

Architecture & Design

Gerrit Dou, the Hermit, 1670, oil on oak panel, the National Gallery of Art, Washington

Some notes on English landscape garden architecture

Heatherwick Studio, Little Island, 2021, New York © Timothy Schenck

Heatherwick Studio’s works of emotion

Soulful design and architecture

Art

Jean-Antoine Watteau, Pierrot Arlequin and Scapin, (1719) Photo National Trust

Portrait of the artist as a clown

The jester in Western art

Chow Chun Fai and Stephen Wong Chun Hei stand together in Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, China

Stephen Wong Chun Hei and Chow Chun Fai

Tang Contemporary Art in Hong Kong

Culture

The author's father quit his job delivering bricks due to unequal pay, because of his race

My father, my hero

How he taught me the value of self-worth

Andrew Tate enjoying his freedom with a cigar on the Amalfi coast

The fate of Andrew Tate

The internet’s infamous ‘alpha male’ turned alleged sex trafficker

Economy & Politics

A division of the Soviet army marching in WW2

Nazis in WW2 and Ukraine

The Soviet plan

Mahatma Gandhi displaying his peaceful leadership style

Leadership styles of Gandhi, Mandela, and Trump

The study of power

Entertainment

Album cover of Mitch Abdo's album entitled "Bikaffi"

Pushed out of my comfort zone, and now I am pushing you

The story of how I started fulfilling my life-long passion of making music

A pivotal scene from "Swing Low" by Chanel DaSilva

Sinner and Savior

A ballet of faith and grace

Fashion

Installation view of “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams” at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2022

Designer of dreams

Homage to Christian Dior

Luxury streetwear is taking over the fashion business

The influence of streetwear on luxury fashion brands

Tapping into the exposed market

Feature

Shelves of books that extend into the sky

What does it mean to be a book?

A poem about these things I love

His eyes reminder her of the ocean, sometimes blue and sometimes green

Following his eyes

Don’t follow blindly

Food & Wine

Tillingham restaurant, United Kiongdom

An idyllic Sussex farm-to-fork restaurant with rooms

View of Riquewihr from the Schoenenbourg, France

Botrytis Cinerea

The fungus whose host may be wine grapes

Science & Technology

Albert Einstein is best known for his theory of relativity, but he studied many' things he called 'spooky'

The crossroads of the unexplained

From Einstein to Bard, the search for a theory of everything

A banana in the sun turning black

A vaccine based on mRNA technology

It may cure melanoma (skin cancer)

Sport

Jackie Robinson and others march for civil rights in San Francisco in the 1960's

Jackie Robinson

Small but powerful gestures

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed the LaLiga giants are 1.35billion euros in debt

More (problematic) than a club

The background in FC Barcelona prior to the Negreira Case

Travel

The flag of the Netherlands along with its iconic cultural footwear the clog

What I’ve learnt from living in the Netherlands

The highs and the lows along with the comforts and the struggles

Sara Terracina jogging through Saint Peter's Square, Rome, Italy

Jogging tours in ancient Rome with Sara Terracina

Running around the ruins from a Jewish perspective

Wellness

Maori tree carving of a woman and a man, from New Zealand

Do women age differently from men?

Of course they do!

An aerial view of the coast of Ericeira, Portugal

Ericeira, Portugal

After times of pandemic, caring and giving thanks

Explore the Calendar

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Lana Khayat, Voile (detail), mixed acrylic on canvas, 176x196cm, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Artbooth Gallery, Abu Dhabi

Salam ســـلام

31 May — 10 Jul 2023 at Artbooth Gallery in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Borrowed Matter/ Materia Prestada, textures selection, photo ©DianaBecares

Borrowed matter

1 — 25 Jun 2023 at the Somerset House in London, United Kingdom

Kristen Sanders, Morning Tide, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 40x32 inches. Courtesy the artist and Asya Geisberg Gallery

Kristen Sanders. Protoself

1 Jun — 8 Jul 2023 at the Asya Geisberg Gallery in New York, United States

Casey McGlynn, Beuys Chalkboard, 36x72 inches, mixed media on canvas. Courtesy the artist and Foster/White Gallery

Casey McGlynn. I am the horse

1 — 24 Jun 2023 at the Foster/White Gallery in Seattle, United States

Lilly Carr, Autumn in the Kettles (detail). Courtesy of the artist and Jackson Junge

2 Jun — 9 Jul 2023 at Jackson Junge in Chicago, United States

Adrian Cox, The Lost Spectral Witnesses XX (Island), 2022, oil on panel, 36x48 inches. Courtesy the artist and Corey Helford, Los Angeles

Adrian Cox. The brush and the torch

3 Jun — 8 Jul 2023 at the Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles, United States

Renato Anatrá Vase, c. 2000's, hand blown glass, 19.75x12.25x9.75 inches. Courtesy New River Fine Art

9 Jun — 9 Jul 2023 at the New River Fine Art in Fort Lauderdale, United States

The National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM

Philosophy of Nature Circle

14 — 16 Jun 2023 at UNAM in Mexico City, Mexico

Luísa, Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, state of Acre, Brazil, 2016, gelatin silver print, 50x68 inches, © Sebastião Salgado. Courtesy of the artist and Sundaram Tagore, NYC

Sebastião Salgado. Amazônia

15 Jun — 15 Jul 2023 at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York, United States

Conference room at the Certosa of Pontignano. Courtesy of La Certosa di Pontignano

Science and the wholeness of life

16 — 23 Jul 2023 at the Cortona Friends in Rome, Italy

"The Potato Eaters", Vincent Van Gogh (1885)

A dedication to Vincent Van Gogh’s genius

8 Oct — 5 Jul 2023 at the Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome, Italy

Tim Nighswander, Yellow Tulip. Courtesy of Elisa Contemporary Art Gallery

Leaves and petals

14 Dec — 29 Mar 2023 at the Elisa Contemporary Art in Riverdale, United States

Aesthetics of Change. Courtesy of MAK

Aesthetics of Change

15 Dec 2107 — 15 Apr 2018 at the MAK in Vienna, Austria

Mayuko Okada, The Kimono Come to Life. Courtesy the artist and Kate Oh Gallery

Mayuko Okada. Kimono reborn

30 May — 20 Jun 2023 at the Kate Oh Gallery in New York, United States

Lonnie Holley and Ronald Lockett in front of Lockett's painting, Instinct for Survival, c. 1992. Artwork: © 2023 Estate of Ronald Lockett/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
© Lonnie Holley/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the artist and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo

By any means necessary

29 May — 10 Jun 2023 at Blum & Poe Gallery in Los Angeles, United States

Rance Jones, Revolution of Rust, 2023, watercolor on paper, 27x37 inches. Courtesy of Forum Gallery, New York

Rance Jones. La vida brava - Cuba today

27 May — 9 Jun 2023 at the Forum Gallery in New York, United States

Aubrey Ingmar, Mars Mt. Rushmore. Courtesy of the artist and Belong Gallery

Aubrey Ingmar. The Billionaires

26 May — 24 Jun 2023 at the Belong Gallery in Chicago, United States

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