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British painter Frank Bowling conversed with Alex Bacon via email on the occasion of a traveling exhibition exploring his time working in New York in the 1960s and ’70s. During this tumultuous, innovative, and exciting period Bowling explored new techniques and motifs in his painting while also honing his skills as an incisive writer about issues relating to abstract painting and race, and as a curator advancing the positions of artists of color.

Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning that Nazi Germany might be creating "extremely powerful bombs of a new type."

Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning that Nazi Germany might be creating "extremely powerful bombs of a new type."

The restitution of looted objects from former colonies in Africa is an essential component of post-colonial reparation.

Years ago, when I felt in need of a good laugh, I used to detour to the Rue des Tongres, which is about a 10-minute walk from the EU quarter in Brussels. It was, and still is, one of Belgium’s chicest streets, serving a neighbourhood of very fine houses built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with riches for the most part looted from the Belgian Congo.