Art & Culture
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(Pro)found Art
To totally misquote Jean-Luc Godard, “It’s not where you take toilets from—it’s where you take them to.”
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The Whys of Tammy Faye
Why was “Tammy Faye” fêted in London but a flop on Broadway? This former expat says the answer is complicated, like Tammy Faye herself. (P.S. I liked it.)
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Behind the Music
I visited the Berlin Philharmonic and experienced a little nachtmusik from a different perspective.
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Street Art, Minus the Street
At STRAAT in Amsterdam, street art is bigger, bolder, and easy to peruse. I’m not sure that’s a good thing. But I’m not sure it’s a bad thing, either.
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Our Dirty History on Display
At a fundraiser at the Portico Cafe1 Friday night, the Complimentary Spouse noticed something out of the corner of his eye and pointed at it. “There are somebody’s ashes on that shelf.” I looked and didn’t see an urn. “Where?” I asked. “Right there.” I looked again and saw what…
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Yo MoMA’s so Big …
I was going to start this post by saying that MoMA in New York is my second-favorite art museum in the world. But, as I started to write, it no longer seemed right to rank art museums because, like doggos, they’re all the absolute best. Any place that makes art…