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Across Europe, populist parties are gaining ground, or are already in power. What impact is the rise of the far right having on the world of art and culture? Twist investigates.

Far-Right Threat: Is Freedom in Peril?

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How do the new generation of conductors differ from their predecessors? What is needed to be a good conductor? And how do they learn the trade? Twist meets young conductors Alondra de la Parra, Marie Jacquot and Leslie Suganandarajah to find some answers.

How to Be a Conductor

 Twist meets young conductors Alondra de la Parra, Marie Jacquot and Leslie Suganandarajah to find out what it takes to be a conductor.

Knowledge of ancient craftsmanship is not only cultural heritage worth protecting, but also enables and inspires contemporary works of art. Twist looks at why centuries-old craft traditions like Murano glass are very much in vogue and are opening up new perspectives.

Ancient Crafts - A New Trend?

Old crafts are back in fashion, but can this new trend save ancient traditions such as glassblowing on Murano?

Depictions of Venus and nude women in general in art can be considered objectifying and insulting. In 1914, a suffragette even slashed a painting in the National Gallery in protest. But Venus is perhaps more inclusive than she looks at first glance. 

Aphrodite's Child

Depictions of nude women can be objectifying and insulting. But Venus is perhaps more inclusive than she looks

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Olympia is a classic Venus with a 19th century twist. She caused quite a stir, as Édouard Manet painted her as a prostitute waiting for the client. 

Olympia by Édouard Manet

Olympia is a classic Venus with a 19th century twist: she's a prostitute

An author once described this work as a portrait of a woman done by a painter who had forgotten to paint the feet, legs, thighs, stomach, hips, chest, hands, arms, shoulders, neck and head. 

The Origin of the World by Gustave Courbet

At first glance, it's an image of innocence. A motherly milkmaid pouring out the milk in a kitchen, preparing snacks from our childhoods. But there's actually far more to her than meets the eye.

The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer

A famous image that at first glance looks totally innocent, but is in actual fact full of innuendo

Diana, the mythological goddess of the hunt, lives with her band of nymphs in the forest, free of men. Representations of her in painting are a contradictory mix of fantasy and repulsion. These nympths are both virgins and lesbians, naked and threatening, seductive and violent.

Diana and Callisto by Le Titien

Representations of Diana in art are a contradictory mix of fantasy and repulsion. 

Hercules is known as an allegory of strength and virility. But his love life doesn't quite match up to that, with the exception of his relationship with Xena, the warrior.

Hercules and Omphale by Pierre Paul Rubens

Hercules is known as an allegory of strength and virility. But his love life doesn't quite match up to that

Is Saint Thomas' touching of Jesus' wounds homoerotic? It's certainly in stark contrast to Mary Magdalene, who is told not to touch him and spends the rest of her life living in a cave.

The incredulity of Saint Thomas - Caravaggio

Is Saint Thomas' touching of Jesus' wounds homoerotic?

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