"Art is the signature of civilizations."
​--Beverly Sills

South Korean Artist's Welded Chain Sculptures Express Human Suffering And Detachment

Young-Deok Seo is a South Korean artist who creates what he calls “iron men”: nude sculptures made completely out of welded chain fragments. Each piece tells a story—both intimate and universal—about the pangs of existence.

Sculpture by Young-Deok Seo

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Hakanai: Japanese Light-Bending Dance Performance

While widely associated with nature, the term "Hakanai" is now often used to elicit an intangible aspect of the human condition and its precariousness. It encompasses two elements: that concerning the human being as well as that related to dreams.

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Art in Tijuana, Mexico

A reputation for cross-border debauchery, desperate migrants and drug violence. Can the arts save this troubled city?

Here's why many are saying that Tijuana - Mexico's third largest and fastest-growing city - may be getting ready to have its own "Warhol moment."

Flickr/Elias Angulo

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"Dukhtar": Pakistani Film Shows What a Mother Will Sacrifice for her Child

 In a village in Pakistan, a young mother kidnaps her ten-year old daughter to save her from a child marriage to a tribal leader.

​This film, which was Pakistan's Official Submission for Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards,  shows an epic journey through the sweeping landscape of Pakistan, where the search for freedom and love comes with a price.

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