I enjoyed walking around the old centre of Udaipur. It was my introduction to India. I was still jet lagged and it took me some more days to get my mojo back.
I remember having heated discussions with my classmates in high school over the supposed superiority of the Maxwell XLII-S or the TDK SA-X cassette tape over the TDK SA or the Sony UX-S.
The private equity industry has received quite a bit of bad press over the past few months. Yet few people seem to understand how private equity actually works.
This photo by Janine Antoni reminded me of an essay by Jacques Derrida on the work of Jean-Luc Nancy in which he reflects on the sense of touch and the notion of the eyes touching upon something.
L’invention du monde (The Invention of the World) is a novel like no other. To say that it is ambitious is an understatement. But it succeeds in every respect.
The best way to lose your interest in art is to visit an art fair. There is too much art. Art fairs reduce all artworks to merchandise. Everything becomes aesthetic. Subversion is just another style, reflection a clever marketing strategy, cynicism a pose.