Dutch Masters from the Hermitage
"Dutch Masters from the Hermitage" is a phenomenal exhibition and a rare chance to see some treasures from the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.
Further Reading
Found: The universe’s missing atoms. Untangling spider biology. Conversations with Tim O'Reilly and Hélène Cixous. The coming software apocalypse. A history of mathematical typography. There never was a tulip fever. How ether transformed surgery. A history of the first peoples in America. And more.
Kein Licht
It was funny, moving, interesting and inspiring and then it was all over. I wish I could replay it. I wish I remembered more of what I'd seen and heard.
Irving Penn at the Grand Palais
To celebrate the centenary of his birth the Grand Palais in Paris has organized a large Irving Penn retrospective. I'm glad I visited the show, because I discovered a number of photos I hadn't seen before.
Être moderne: Le MoMA à Paris
"Être Moderne: le MoMA à Paris" is a great opportunity to see some excellent works of art and design from the collection of the MoMA.
Highlights from the Spring 2018 Ready-to-Wear Collections
A selection of my favourite outfits from the Spring 2018 RTW collections.
Rachel Whiteread at Tate Britain
I enjoyed the Rachel Whiteread retrospective at Tate Britain. Indeed, I left liking her work more than I did before my visit.
Frieze Art Fair 2017
At this year's Frieze Art Fair there was little that stood out, to me at least, and the little that did stand out was by established artists.
Further Reading
A new theory may explain the success of deep learning. How do you make an AI curious? Why people migrate to the West. What the US heroin epidemic looks like. How many infinities are there? The semiotics of emoji. Interview with Kwame Anthony Appiah. A trucker’s tales of life on the road. And more.
Further Reading
The future of Himalayan glaciers. Imagining creativity beyond "Nature" and "Culture". Claude Shannon and the nature of information. Photos from the Cassini mission. How to choose wisely. Hidden memories of plants. Our genetic prehistory. Did our hunter-gatherer ancestors have it better? And more.
Further Reading
The mind of the octopus. How much more can we learn about the universe? A pre-history of post-truth. Religious freedom in Europe was driven by statecraft. The greatest civilization ever forgotten? J.M. Coetzee on a great writer we should know. 100 books set in/about Los Angeles. And more.
Further Reading
Charles Taylor on some conditions of a viable democracy. Alaska's permafrost is thawing. An appreciation of Fernando Pessoa. Arthur Schopenhauer the first European Buddhist. Francis Fukuyama still believes in progress. The mysteries of the Russian mindset. Karl Ove Knausgaard by the book. And more.