Two kilometres from the Syrian border, in the acrid Jordanian desert, sits Za’atari refugee camp. When it emerged almost overnight, it quickly expanded into a…
Séraphine Louis, whose life inspired the 2008 bio-pic Séraphine, is a self-taught French artist known for her intensely coloured ornamental floral paintings. Inspired by religious…
“The Starry Night” is one of the moist famous paintings by Vincent van Gogh, the post-impressionist painter. It depicts van Gogh’s view out of the…
English artist Richard Dadd was well-known in the Victorian era for his supernatural and enigmatic illustrations. Some of Dadd’s best work was created while he…
Montgomry Danton is a gay man from the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. In June 2014, he fled persecution in his home country to claim…
Until recently, Montgomry Danton was living on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, where his status as a gay man put him at daily risk…
In 2012, the Canadian government introduced cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), which provides health coverage for immigrants seeking refuge in Canada. Coverage…
Antonin Artaud was a playwright, actor, poet, director, and theorist of the dramatic arts. Artaud experienced a number of psychotic episodes at the age of 41,…
