Further Reading
How to get the best night's sleep. My favorite thing is monsters. How AI redefines scientific research. Manga in translation. Data centers. Rick Owens. Mrs Dalloway. And more.
Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely at the Grand Palais
Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hulten at the beautifully renovated Grand Palais is one of many unmissable shows this autumn in Paris.
Rick Owens: Temple of Love at the Palais Galliera
"Temple of Love" at the Palais Galliera offers an unprecedented insight into the world of Rick Owens. More than a retrospective, it is an invitation to see fashion as autobiography, and beauty as an act of devotion and defiance.
Further Reading
The Paris of Agnes Varda. The gentleman of Verona. Thirst. Illusions of AI consciousness. Resistance. Lithium deficiency. Chocolate. Black holes. Cellular automata. Dandelions. David Lynch. And more.
Wolfgang Tillmans at the Centre Pompidou
Wolfgang Tillmans’ exhibition “Rien ne nous y préparait – Tout nous y préparait” at the Centre Pompidou is definitely one of the best exhibitions I’ve seen this year.
Dans le Flou at the Musée de l’Orangerie
“Dans le Flou”, a fascinating exhibition at the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, reframes Claude Monet’s "Water Lilies" and modern and contemporary art at large through the lens of blurriness, or "le flou" in French.
David Hockney 25 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
David Hockney 25 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton is a mixed affair: I love the iconic works from the mid-60s and early-70s; but the works from the past 25 years leave me unmoved.
Matisse and Marguerite at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Henri Matisse’s portraits of his daughter, Marguerite, who was both a constant muse and a pivotal yet discreet figure in his life.
Further Reading
Writing is thinking. How the brain wakes up from sleep. The parrot in the machine. A foundation model for human cognition. Placebos. Literary translation. Smell. The struggle for Los Angeles. Yuja Wang. Sylvia Plath. And more.
Five Friends at the Museum Brandhorst
The Museum Brandhorst in Munich has organized an excellent exhibition exploring the artistic and personal relationships between visual artists Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly, composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham.
Anselm Kiefer: Sag mir wo die Blumen sind
Anselm Kiefer’s dual exhibition “Sag mir wo die Blumen sind” at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum is a vast, haunting meditation on memory, war and the dialogue between art and history.
Clive Oppenheimer: Mountains of Fire
"Mountains of Fire. The Secret Lives of Volcanoes" by Clive Oppenheimer is a captivating blend of memoir, scientific exploration, and historical narrative that delves into the power, mystery and human connection to volcanoes.