Klimt: In the Light of Hoffmann and the Secession, Museo Correr, Venice
Detail from Klimt’s ‘Beethoven Frieze’, 1901-02 Gustav Klimt was the most private of painters. He neither kept a diary nor painted a self-portrait: “I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in other people, above all women . . . ” he declared. “There is nothing special about me. I am a [...]
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Be sensitive to other faiths
Published: Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 3:50 p.m. last Modified: Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 3:50 p.m. Editor: every year at this time we get letters, editorials and emails complaining about the lack of using “Merry Christmas” and the placement of religious symbols on government property, and every year someone has to write to remind [...]
Link Between Feces And Caffeine Indicator Of Water Contamination
Researchers led by Prof. Sébastien Sauvé of the University of Montreal’s Department of Chemistry have discovered that traces of caffeine are a useful indicator of the contamination of our water by sewers. “E coli bacteria is commonly used to evaluate and regulate the levels of fecal pollution of our water from storm water discharge, but [...]
Finishing in bronze
Niru Ratnam Last week, former Arsenal duo Thierry Henry and Tony Adams joined the elite band of just over 30 footballers who have the honour of being immortalised in bronze. As his statue was unveiled outside the Emirates Stadium, Henry wept and proclaimed ‘once a Gooner, always a Gooner!’, smoothing over the years that he [...]
Moscow’s shady ‘Vanity Fair’ — RT
A mere $35,000 – and a statue of you could have been gracing the banks of the Moscow river. the Russian capital has seen dozens of illegal monuments spring up in the last few years, with Moscow’s Culture Department blaming “corruption and vanity.” Under Russian law, no monument can be put up in the capital [...]
Local equestrian bound for Spain
Brianne Kaak may be traveling to Spain by airplane, but that will be her last major modern luxury once she arrives. Kaak, along with her friend and fellow schoolmate, Frankie Beyer, will be traveling to Catalonia, Spain for eight days over their Thanksgiving Break. there they will be riding horseback on a guided tour through [...]
Fans flock to see OMD in O.C.
Toward the end of a spectacular House of Blues concert in Anaheim on Thursday, Andy McCluskey sang the “Locomotion” line “I can’t stand still.” Truer words couldn’t have come from his mouth. Over the course of a 100-minute set, the lanky lead vocalist/bassist/keyboardist for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark was energy personified, jumping around the [...]
Pacific.scoop.co.nz » Images: Michael Jones sculpture unveiling at Eden Park
Press Release – Contractors Bonding Ltd Auckland artist Natalie Stamilla’s bronze sculpture of Michael Jones diving across the try line at the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup was unveiled today by rugby legend, Sir Brian Lochore at a ceremony that took place at Eden Park. also in attendance …Michael Jones Please credit the images: Media [...]
Night and day
the rooftop terrace of Indigo, at Le Gray, Beirut’s slickest hotel. Beirut. Picture: Ant Geernaert. Source: the Australian In Beirut, there are clear signs that some Lebanese like the finer things in life. Picture: Ant Geernaert. Source: the Australian APPROACHING Beirut over the Mediterranean, the city could be Cape Town or Rio, the way the [...]