Imagine: Untitled (1954): oils, paper, textile, newspaper, cotton, print, wood, colored glass, electric light. Odalisk (1958) : oils, ink, carbon, crayons, paper, pencils, textile, photos, newspapers, metal, glass, grass, steel, a pillow, wooden pole, electric light, stuffed rooster. Monogram (1959): oils, paper, textile, magazines, metal, wood, one heel shoe, a tennis ball, on […]
Orkan “kyrill” shuts down the trains
Berlin’s main train station closes A two-ton steel girder fell 40 meters to the ground from the façade of Berlin’s new central train station on Thursday night during a severe storm. Although nobody was injured, questions remain about the building’s safety. The powerful storm "Kyrill" didn’t just result in cancelled trains and stranded passengers across […]
The Public Art of San Francisco
So which city in the USA has 600 murals on its streets, all available for public perusal? Well, it’s the same city that has a Cartoon Museum, a Spanish Mission dating from 1791 and a Museum of Modern Art, built on a reclaimed former industrial zone. The fact is that since the 1930’s, murals have […]
Snow Days in Kabul
Grey skies in Kabul shed more than thirty centimeters of snow on the 24th and 25th of December. As the snow started to fall, it melted in the muddy streets. By mid-day on the 24th, a white film started form. Soon, all of Kabul was covered with a thick layer of white powder. Children and […]
The Pull-Out Method
Dearest Friends and Lovers, Allow me to coerce you to join me for the second installment of the Pull-Out Method at Club Midway (25 Ave B btwn 2nd & 3rd), tonight, Fri 19th. The first one went boozingly well, so the club gave us control of both floors for this one! And what will you […]
Accidental Motorist
Buenos Aires — Before arriving in Argentina over two years ago, I had been warned about driving here. Be careful, my wife had said, they’re crazy. Well, I replied, Baltimore drivers are crazy too. She shook her head and smiled. The first thing you notice about the roads of Buenos Aires is the size. […]