Date posted: November 23, 2005
Perhaps one of the most appropriate works in the exhibition “Universal Experience. Art, Life and the Tourist’s Eye” is a photo from Thomas Struth’s series of photos depicting people visiting a museum. It works as a mirror, because yes, that’s you and me...
Date posted: November 21, 2005
In 1991 Jacques Derrida was invited to curate an exhibition at the Louvre based on the museum’s print and drawings collection. I still remember how I travelled to Paris to see the exhibition and attend the public lecture by Derrida. I also remember how nervous I was when I had a chance to exchange a few words with the man, who, at the time, was one of my greatest sources of inspiration.
Date posted: November 20, 2005
"A journey implies a destination, so many miles to be consumed, while a walk is its own measure, complete at every point along the way," the Belgian artist Francis Alÿs has been quoted as saying.
Holland Animation Film festival 2008
As with every edition of the Holland Animation Film festival there were too many films. And also as with every edition the films ranged from hilarious, touching and stunning to boring, tedious and outright dreadful.
I'm a cyborg is yet another highly intelligent movie by Park Chan-wook. It's also a visual treat and in its own special way profoundly moving.
Supplementary material for my review of Gregory Clark: A Farewell to Alms; Paul Collier: The Bottom Billion; and Dani Rodrik: One Economics, Many Recipes.
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