https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjt94eyY0ag To my knowledge, there are only two words of certifiably Venetian origin bequeathed to the world by La Serenissima: one is ghetto, and the other is biennale. -Ghetto, which initially makes its appearance in the Middle...
There is one school of contemporary art, going back to Marcel Duchamp, that involves playing pranks and ridiculing everything encountered in this absurd world of ours. You could be led to believe, on first appearances, that Scandinavian artists Elmgreen and Dragset,...
There's one thing that both wine and art have in common. In countries with long wine growing traditions like France, the wines considered the best have a ‘long finish’. In other words the flavour lingers, it takes time to fully appreciate. On the other hand American...
In the new vocabulary of web aficionados is a term that sums up the desire for what you missed or are going to miss. “FOMO,” an acronym for “Fear Of Missing Out,” represents all the things your social network is offering, in which you could have participated but are...
Venice feels a little like the Cannes Film Festival. You come across charming creatures tottering on gigantic heels, entirely leather-clad and suffering on the Giardini’s endless stony paths. Obviously, the opening of the Venice Biennale is the only place on earth...