02 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Unsung

In Chicago, check out the Smart Museum’s The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, sketches and prints by James Ensor, Max Klinger, Anders Zorn (Inset: An Irish Girl, 1894) and others. From the brochure: “This was the art of collectors who kept prints, drawings, and small sculptures under wraps, compiled in albums and [...]

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06 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Downfall

“You’re six miles up, alone and falling without a parachute. Though the odds are long, a small number of people have found themselves in similar situations—and lived to tell the tale.” Here’s some advice from Popular Mechanics, at 120 miles per hour. In British Columbia, Victoria’s Poet Laureate makes the mistake of venting her indignation [...]

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