Blog - Ivar Hagendoorn (Page 23)

19 Nov 2017 · Blog | Further Reading

Further Reading

The fatal flaw of neoliberalism. Physics has demoted mass. Video shows CRISPR editing DNA in real time. There's more to Edvard Munch than The Scream. Operation Icebridge. Nietzsche's musings on his lost umbrella raise deeper philosophical questions. The art of the Russian Revolution. And more.

Dutch Masters from the Hermitage

12 Nov 2017 · Blog | Art

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.

5 Nov 2017 · Blog | Further Reading

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

27 Oct 2017 · Blog | Theatre | Music

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

27 Oct 2017 · Blog | Art

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

23 Oct 2017 · Blog | Art

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

15 Oct 2017 · Blog | Fashion

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

10 Oct 2017 · Blog | Art

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

8 Oct 2017 · Blog | Art

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.

1 Oct 2017 · Blog | Further Reading

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.

17 Sep 2017 · Blog | Further Reading

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.

3 Sep 2017 · Blog | Further Reading

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.