A 12-year-old Nigerian boy has wowed Lagos’ art world with his talent. Waris Kareem had been drawing since he was three, but it was one particular portrait that changed his life. As DW’s Flourish Chukwurah reports, he now has big plans for the future.
Dinosaur Stamps – This video by James Gurney shows the work involved in the making of Australia’s Age of Dinosaurs stamp issue. From sketches, research, making miniatures sculptures of the dinosaurs to the final oil paining.
Trauma silences its victims, says creative arts therapist Melissa Walker, but art can help those suffering from the psychological wounds of war begin to open up and heal. In this inspiring talk, Walker describes how mask-making, in particular, allows afflicted servicemen and women reveal what haunts them — and, finally, start to let it go.
A copy of Michelangelo’s David recently put on show in central St Petersburg may be dressed up because a resident objected to its nakedness.
Organisers of a sculpture exhibition in the city say they’ll ask residents to decide whether to cover up the 5m (16ft) plastic statue, after a local woman complained to the children’s rights ombudsman that it was an eyesore and a bad influence on pupils at a nearby school, the Lenta website reports. “How could you put this bloke without any trousers on in the centre of St Petersburg, next to a school and a church?” the ombudsman’s website quotes the letter as saying. “This giant spoils the city’s historic appearance and warps children’s souls.”
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