Who is the greater novelist, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky? The writer Kevin Hartnett, writing in The Millions admitted to his preference for “Tolstoy’s ability to see the angles of everyday life to Dostoevsky’s taste for the manic edges of experience.
Category: Art
Robert Smithson’s Dream Come True – In a Quarry Hotel in Shanghai?
Land Art in the form of a hotel?
More than that – it’s also an aquatic park, aquarium, rock climber’s haven… not to mention extreme sports fanatics’ playground. Best of all, all these will provide great entertainment for the hotel guests on their balcony, win-win, I imagine.
London Spring – No Stone Unturned…
St Paul’s cathedral over the Millenium bridge from Tate Modern
Going to the Tate Galleries in London for me is like reading the New York Times.
Art Basel Miami Beach, 2011 – Iemanjá
Venice Biennale 2011 – Plasticine Playground
Jan25(#Sidibouzid,#Feb12,#Feb14,#Feb17…) by Norma Jeane, 2011
This is the one room in the main Biennale international exhibition in the Giardini that had more
Venice Biennale 2011 – Kapoor’s Sublime
Ascension in Basilica di San Giorgio
Not a bad picture I snapped, I must say. But did I feel sublimation? Hmm…
Guangzhou Opera House – A Look Inside
How I love the Bling, Bling, and more Bling …
The Religious Artist as Skeptic – And the Scientific Method
There are two types of believers in art, or religion, or even science: the true believer, who is constantly testing his beliefs by
Leonardo & Jackie – On Visual Arts
Jackie Kennedy and Leonardo da Vinci?
“Style is a simple way of saying very complicated things.” It was Cocteau who said that. Well, he was French.
The latest news about da Vinci
Zaha Hadid’s Guangzhou Opera House – Symbol Of A Southern City
Mao had allegedly said that women held up half the sky. True or not, well, he (and China) needed workers!
One thing is for sure (I think) – Zaha Hadid has