Thursday, November 28th, 2019
Untitled art fair takes on the human cost of climate crisis
Exhibitors and special projects at the Miami Beach fair will tackle both the global and local ramifications of a planet in serious peril Earlier this month, the Trump administration formally notified the United Nations that the US would begin the year-long process of withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the global response to the threat of climate change. It is against this backdrop that the eighth edition of Untitled, Art Miami Beach sees exhibitors intent on highlighting the human toll of unchecked global warming. “This year, in particular, all of ourRead More
Polygamy offers young women of Kazakhstan a ticket out of poverty
Gulf between rich and poor fuels revival of a practice which has become a status symbol for affluent men and a ticket out of poverty for young women Given the choice between love and money, Samal, a tall, curly-haired woman of 23 from a village in southern Kazakhstan, would take the cash. Struggling to pay rent and tuition from her salary as a waitress in Almaty, the commercial capital, Samal says she would drop her boyfriend in a heartbeat if a wealthy older man offered to make her his secondRead More