Art & Culture

  • (Pro)found Art

    (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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  • A Museum Worth Singing About

    A Museum Worth Singing About

    So much more than funk and facts.

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  • The Whys of Tammy Faye

    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

    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

    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

    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 …

    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…

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