Gerhard Richter, Confrontation 2, 1988, oil on canvas, 112 x 102cm, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Court on Canvas: Tennis in Art
More than a pastime, tennis has served as inspiration for some of the great 20th century painters. Continue reading »
Prostitution in Berlin (continued…)
Continuing last week’s article on what’s being done to prevent sex trafficking into Berlin, Rory MacLean talks to outreach worker Patricia Green. Continue reading »
Marcel Proust: Court on Camera
If you can’t share a photograph of Marcel Proust playing air-guitar with a tennis racket on the opening day of Wimbledon, when can you? Continue reading »
Improvising History: the Fine-Tuning of International Jazz Day
Gabi Tartakovsky. Continue reading »
Painting of the Week: 30
Jean Dubuffet, Baba Solstice, 1961, gouache, watercolor, brush, pen and ink, and pencil on paper, 55 x 67cm, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. Continue reading »
The Longest Day (Poem)
William Wordsworth. Continue reading »
Prostitution in Berlin
In the first of two articles, Rory MacLean takes a look at what is being done to prevent women being tricked or trafficked into prostitution in Germany’s capital. Continue reading »
Flying Everest: The Goddess Mother of the World
Circumnavigating the globe in a biplane, Richard Halliburton took the first aerial photograph of Mount Everest. Continue reading »
Painting of the Week: 29
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664), Still-life with Lemons, Oranges and Rose, 1633, oil on canvas, 107 x 60cm, Norton Simon Museum. Continue reading »
