Walker Evans: American Photographs
· Blog | Art

Walker Evans: American Photographs

In 1938, New York's Museum of Modern Art organized its first ever solo photography exhibition, a display of 100 photos by Walker Evans. Until 26 January 2014 MoMA is presenting a 75th anniversary reprise of the exhibition.
· Blog | Further Reading

Further Reading

Creative people’s most important resource is their time. Interview with John Baldessari. Everything you ever wanted to know about the cashew. In search of darkness, an interview with Paul Bogard. Science is not the enemy of the humanities. And more.
· Blog | Further Reading

Further Reading

Oliver Sacks on the joy of old age. The world’s weirdest languages. Interview with Chris Ware. A brief cultural history of Russia by Mikhail Shishkin. Paul Krugman on how the case for austerity has crumbled. Martin Wolf on how austerity has failed. And more.
Laurence Smith: The New North. The World in 2050
· Blog | Non-Fiction

Laurence Smith: The New North. The World in 2050

An excellent, well-written analysis of the four mega-trends that will shape the future: demography (population growth and aging); the growing demand on natural resources; globalization and climate change. A fascinating read and highly recommended if you like to read beyond today's headlines.
· Blog | Music

The Best Albums of 2012

The Kindred EP by Burial is probably the album that I played most often this year. The Japanese CD also contains the Street Halo EP. Fin by John Talabot is another album that I listened to a lot.