Theodore Carter

European Art For over 100 years, 12 large Edvard Munch paintings have graced the walls of the Freia chocolate factory, making the workers’ lunch hall a place of artistic importance on par with a great art museum. Now, due to a factory renovation, the Freia Frieze, as the 12 paintings are known, has been restored and temporarily moved to the Munch Museum (MUNCH).

Masterpiece Stories European Art Art Nouveau Gustav Klimt’s lavish gold motifs, intricate patterns, and sensuous nudes were as innovative as they were controversial. Breaking from his classical training to form the Vienna Secessionist movement, Klimt was an important Art Nouveau figure and created some of the most enduring works of the 20th century. 1. Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona, 1897 Gustav Klimt, Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona, 1897, private collection. Wikipedia Commons (public domain).

We all know the iconic lyrics for the James Brown song “It’s a Man’s Man’s World”. Since 1966, it reminds us that the world has always been of men, in the wake of an America in which being a woman meant being a mother and a wife. They called it “the American dream” to achieve material well-being through hard work: a house in a quiet and peaceful neighborhood, a garden, a lot of appliances, and a family. Lebanese photographer, Eli Rezkallah, inverts this world.