by Nigel Scotchmer | Jun 30, 2026 | Art
Nigel writes about his experience at an exhibition at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture – Ithra Centre in Dhrahan, Saudi Arabia. The View, by Rima Mardam Bey, 1983 During my visit to Saudi Arabia this year, I went to an exhibition of women artists...
by Dr. Hara Papatheodorou | Jun 23, 2026 | Art
In her third post, Dr. Hara tells us how Seraphim came to outrank Cherubim, and Archangels ended up near the bottom. In the previous essay, we traced the angel’s transformation from local guardian spirit to cosmic warrior under the influence of Zoroastrian dualism....
by Dr. Hara Papatheodorou | Jun 9, 2026 | Art
The second part of Dr. Hara’s series on angels traces how Zoroastrian dualism handed the cosmos its central plot – good versus evil. In the previous essay, we traced the lineage of the guardian spirit from Sumerian temple guardian to Assyrian colossal....
by Dr. Hara Papatheodorou | May 26, 2026 | Art
Dr Hara’s research on the winged messengers of Western faith starts with these wingless creatures guarding Sumerian doorways. This is the story of angels and how they learned to fly… When we think of angels, we conjure images refined by centuries of...
by Dr. Hara Papatheodorou | Apr 21, 2026 | Art
Previously in Part 1, Hara writes about young Arsinoe growing into a woman of remarkable talents at the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron. But longing for freedom, she begins to plan her escape. Arsinoe took longer each day to return from her...
by Dr. Hara Papatheodorou | Apr 14, 2026 | Art
We are delighted to introduce a new serialized work of literary fiction from Dr. Hara Papatheodorou: a fairy tale that reimagines the origins of the celebrated Tanagra figurines in ancient Greece. In the small village of Tanagra, in Boeotia, there lived a poor...