Good timing from the NYT — I’ve been wondering about the story behind the day-improving @artbutmakeitsports account. (No, he doesn’t use AI.) In the spirit of doubles, his work brings me back to reading Lawrence Weschler’s wonderful “Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences” 15 years ago.
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Since 2000, I’ve been publishing a kind of year in review — mainly cultural highlights from the prior 12 months, along with a few personal notes. Here’s my post for 2022.
Wearing Mama’s black jacket for warmth, Leo turned curator, leading the way.
Mona Hatoum’s “Hair Necklace,” shown in a slide from her packed-house talk today @pulitzerarts.
SLAM’s impressive German collection has this effect on a lot of visitors
Family fun in KC. Thanks for joining us, @fourletter — and for the 📷!
An inspiring New Yoker profile of Steidl by Rebecca Mead.
Kjartansson in Central Park
Friday, May 15, 2015
Watching Ragnar Kjartansson’s “S.S. Hangover,” part of “Drifting in Daylight: Art in Central Park” from Creative Time.My Father-in-Law, Profiled
Thursday, August 8, 2013
“Artist’s wire trees free the mind, shape the future,” written by Doug Moore and published in this past Sunday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch. With some nice photos to boot. To view (and buy?) his work, visit H-Omer.com.Richter: Painting What's Fun
Sunday, March 10, 2013
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A recent work from my father-in-law, whose sculptures can be purchased here.
Kessler Continued: On Rilke, His Lips & War
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Following up on my previous post about this extraordinary 900-page book — I finished it last night — here are a few more remarkable passages around which I drew my customary lines, stars, and exclamation marks: Paris, February 1905: With [Théodore] Duret to Mademoiselle Courbet, Courbet’s sister. …Count Harry Kessler: "You Cannot Waste Time When You're Young"
Sunday, September 30, 2012
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"Triple Canopy Launches Sarajevo Residency"
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Art in America reports on this very interesting project: On June 21, Brooklyn-based online magazine Triple Canopy will begin a two-week residency called Perfect Strangers, in Sarajevo. While in the Bosnian capital, where several of the country’s national cultural institutions were closed earlier …Sugimoto on Light
Friday, June 8, 2012
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Hey, that’s my father-in-law. Well done, Omer!5 Highlights from Germany & Spain
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
My post for the “Artful Travels” series at the TOKY Blog."The Germans Dive Deeper"
Saturday, February 11, 2012
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