Gran told me about my father’s childhood. She recalled how as a child, he took lunch to the workers on the Antioquia Railway. Armando Orozco Tovar Carlos Arango Z was his name and he started working at just six-years-old to help support his family. From Tulúa, in the […]
In Focus
In Focus
Latin America and mixed heritage
“We are neither Indian, nor European, but a species lying somewhere in between the legitimate owners of the land and the Spanish usurpers…” Simon Bolivar (Letter from Jamaica). – Claudio Chipana – People of mixed heritage, mestizos, are a challenge to racial purity and the idea of a monolithic nation. […]
National character’: reality or nonsense?
In a western world premised on a culture of denial of differences, is a concept of ‘national character’ meaningful? Or a basis for harmful stereotyping? Can we learn anything constructive about differences, if, indeed, they exist? . Nigel Pocock . Studies of neurogenesis and synaptogenesis (the life-long generation of new […]
The role of philosophy and Marx’s 11th theses
Only a radical knowledge, like philosophy, can provoke an equally radical change. Sure, not all philosophy is equal, and not all philosophers are interested in a transformation as stated by Marx. But the bottom line is the kind of philosophy that you are professing. Claudio Chipana In an […]
Recipes and other secrets of Salvador Dalí
The German publisher Taschen will launch the “Les dîners de Gala” volume on 20th November, written by the Spanish painter and inspired by one of the most recurring muses in his art: his wife.
It is estimated that there are only around 400 prints of the recipe book, and some have been auctioned for large amounts.