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The American painting that sparked an Australian culture war - podcast

When Jackson Pollock painted Blue Poles, his masterpiece of American abstract expressionism, little did he know it would become one of Australia’s most fascinating political controversies. The piece ensnared everyone from Gough Whitlam to the Shah of Iran, only to end up in Canberra’s National Gallery as a symbol of our nation’s burgeoning modernity. With the news that Blue Poles is relocating…

The American painting that sparked an Australian culture war - podcast

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The Twisted Irony of Ukraine Staging 'The Odyssey'

Kyiv's retelling of Homer's epic turns drones into monsters and Mariupol into Ithaca. The ending may be much harder to reproduce.

  • Ukrainian theater adapts Odyssey to depict modern war
  • Russian drones replace Cyclops, robotic killing machines replace sirens
  • Play's uncertain resolution mirrors Ukraine's ambiguous fate

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