Biography

Picasso’s Blue Period

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJCCHwexFjY Pablo Picasso's most famous period, his Blue Period, was both cathartic and life changing. It will give the young…

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Carl Sagan – American Astronomer

Nov. 9, 1934 - Dec. 20, 1996 American astronomer. Very interested in what life on other planets would be like,…

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Macron

antonfoek.com Amsterdam, June 21st 2022-- France is heading into a period of exceptional political instability, with the real threat of…

2 years ago

Algerian Chronicles 

The struggle of Albert Camus Niek Pas / antonfoek.com Amsterdam, March 7, 2022-- In the lockdown of 2020, many people…

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Philippe Dufour and his secretive genius

Perpetuation Part III by Gary G. Amsterdam, November 16th 2021-- This includes an important sub-element: inspiration. Kari Voutilainen’s recent biography…

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William Smith: Fame after Shame

Bankruptcy and jail by Anton Foek Amsterdam, October 21st 2021-- The story of William Smith is simply fascinating: the orphaned son of…

3 years ago

Gustav Klimt: Life of an Artist

https://youtu.be/QjqjPNgf22U Gustav Klimt biography: This video covers the life of famous artist Gustav Klimt from his beginnings in Baumgarten in…

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Of Beauty and Consolation Episode 7 Martha Nussbaum

https://youtu.be/z7jvmddhgK4 Journalist Wim Kayzer interviews Martha Nussbaum. The American philosopher studied at New York University and Harvard. Later she wrote…

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Charles Baudelaire inspirator and early influencer

An example of and for Life ??  by Arnold Heumakers/nrc Amsterdam, July 29th 2021-- One of the most remarkable prose…

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Maggie Nelson: Bluets

On Sex, sexual desires and more by Persis Bekkering/nrc Amsterdam, July 29th 2021--Twelve years ago Maggie Nelson wrote Bluets, something…

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