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17 Aug 2006 · Blog | Art

Musée du Quai Branly

The Musée du Quai Branly is BIG and like the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay it is probably best to visit it twice rather than trying to see everything on one visit. After Africa and Oceania I was too saturated to take in much of Asia and the Americas.

17 Jul 2006 · Blog | Architecture

OMA In The Hague

Although the exhibition looks a bit like Content-light it is an excellent survey of the numerous projects OMA has designed and proposed over the past 25 years in The Hague.

16 Jul 2006 · Blog | Art

Daido Moriyama at FOAM

Daido Moriyama's photos of the 60s and 70s kick ass.

16 Jun 2006 · Blog | Architecture

Architecture and Urban Planning in China. A Lecture By Rem Koolhaas

As part of the China Contemporary exhibition the Netherlands Architecture Institute organized a series of events, which included a lecture by Rem Koolhaas. It was a very interesting lecture.

11 Jun 2006 · Blog | Theatre

Elevator Repair Service: Gatz

"Gatz" by New York based theatre company Elevator Repair Service is magnificent performance and one of my favourite theatre productions of all time.

10 Jun 2006 · Blog | Film

The Wayward Cloud

The Wayward Cloud explores the expressive power of cinema and the plot is secondary to the atmosphere it paints so I won't attempt a summary.

10 Jun 2006 · Blog | Architecture

China Contemporary at NAI

The organizers of the exhibition at the NAI have done well to focus exclusively on a number of young Chinese architectural practices. While their approaches vary they all share a critical and pragmatic attitude towards the challenges presented by the rapidly growing and changing Chinese cities.

9 Jun 2006 · Blog | Economics

Local Differences Global Impact

Local differences are among the main driving forces behind globalization.

27 May 2006 · Blog | Film

Lady Vengeance

Lady Vengeance is just as thrilling as Oldboy. And like Oldboy it is a richly detailed movie that must be seen at least twice.

25 May 2006 · Blog | Film

Capote

"Capote" the movie is quite good, although I'm not sure how it would go down if you've never heard of Truman Capote before.

26 Mar 2006 · Blog | Art

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris by Night

With over 300 lithographs, posters, paintings, gouaches and drawings the exhibition Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris at Night at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam is not to be missed.

12 Mar 2006 · Blog | Art

Bettina Rheims at the Kunsthal

The Bettina Rheims retrospective at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam is pretty standard fare in so far as photography exhibitions go. Photographs that were previously published in magazines or books are printed at monumental size as if to emphasize that they deserve to be exhibited in a museum or gallery.