For some reason I must have skipped the Gallerie dell’Accademia when I first visited Venice. I’m glad I finally had an opportunity to visit it. It has an outstanding collection.
OltreCittà at the Villa Bardini in Florence is a fascinating exhibition which showcases how artists have imagined the city in the 20th and 21st century.
Laurent Binet's "Perspective(s)" and Maggie O’Farrell’s "The Marriage Portrait" are a joy to read and make for a perfect travel companion on a trip to Florence.
Scientists need more time to think. Gravitational waves. Tiling patterns. Prime numbers. Protein ribbon diagrams. Western diets and chronic diseases. Brancusi. Annie Ernaux. Jan van Eyck. Riccardo Tisci. And more.
"Richard McGuire: Then and There. Here and Now" at the Cartoonmuseum Basel is a wonderful career retrospective of the illustrator and designer best known for his cult graphic novel "Here".
Due to landslides the direct trail to Trift is currently closed. A section of the Wisshorn trail now serves as the alternative route. The Wisshorn trail makes for a great hike in its own right.
"When We See Us", currently on view at the Kunstmuseum Basel, is a fascinating exhibition, which presents a panoramic survey of a century of Black figurative painting.
The hike from Engelberg via Surenenpass to Attinghausen is considered one of the most impressive of central Switzerland. I didn't make it all the way to Attinghausen, but returned via Stäuber and Stäfeli to the valley station Fürenalp.
On getting the life you want. The enduring mystery of how water freezes. Primordial black holes. Why sleep deprivation disrupts memory. Patricia Lockwood on A.S. Byatt. Egypt’s new USD 1-billion mega-museum. Counting crows and more.