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Celebrate International Women’s Day with Wangechi Mutu’s depiction of pioneering feminist Funmilayo Anikulapo–Kuti. Mother of the famous musician Fela Kuti, she is said to have been the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria, and fought against the practice of female genital mutilation. Mutu explains why this diptych is both tantalizing and menacing: “The image and title are infested with the inherent contradictions that were the experience of a radical like Funmilayo. A visionary and brave fighter, she was caught in the upheaval of the creation of a nation’s identity." 

Villa Criss-Cross Envelope Ofis Arhitekti

The Villa is located in the Mirje Suburbs within the city center of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The street of the villa runs perpendicular to the ancient Roman Wall and continues into a pedestrian passageway under the stone pyramid designed by Plecnik (as part his reconstruction project along the wall). The Villa’s new structure embeds an existing retaining wall along the street front. By incorporating the wall as part of the new construction, 
the new house keeps original position on this street in an axial alignment to the pyramid.