PARADISE Abdulrazak Gurnah’s East African World of Dreams, Nightmares, and Rude Awakenings
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THE STRUGGLE OF A NEW START No Home, no Family, no Name Anymore: But the Future Waited
The concerns of Holocaust survivors identified as ‘displaced persons’ after World War II stays at the center of “Our Courage. Jews in Europe 1945-1948” at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt. For many of them, the recovery of the home, the family, and even the identity meant a fight against unsurmountable challenges: a “rebirth” into a world that was not always welcoming.
Continue reading “THE STRUGGLE OF A NEW START No Home, no Family, no Name Anymore: But the Future Waited”ARTISTIC AND INFORMATIVE 12 Amazing Coffee-Table Books for a Cozy Home!
Unable to travel yet? Don’t worry! These illustrated books will take you across time and space without stepping out of the door: in 12 ingenious editions with the best of art, travel, and culture!
Continue reading “ARTISTIC AND INFORMATIVE 12 Amazing Coffee-Table Books for a Cozy Home!”BAD TASTE, IRONY, AND BOLDNESS The Theme “Camp” at this Year’s Met Gala
In 17th century France, the camp aesthetic granted “bad taste” a new sense of beauty. The exhibition “Camp: Notes on Fashion” at The Met Fifth Avenue takes up on the idea, and sets the tone on the Gala’s fashion theme!
Continue reading “BAD TASTE, IRONY, AND BOLDNESS The Theme “Camp” at this Year’s Met Gala”KARL LAGERFELD The Undisputed Master of Brand Revival for More than Half a Century
Well-known for his successful reinvention of former vintage brands like Chanel, Chloé, and Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld lent a typical fugacious industry a steady sense of continuity. Here you find an interesting side of his legacy.
Continue reading “KARL LAGERFELD The Undisputed Master of Brand Revival for More than Half a Century”LIVING IN “ROMA” Alfonso Cuarón’s Intimate Snapshot of a Past Childhood
The Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón allows us with Roma a deep gaze into his former family life. Like through a hole in the wall, we briskly become childish voyeurs, who see and feel more than we are able to hear.
Continue reading “LIVING IN “ROMA” Alfonso Cuarón’s Intimate Snapshot of a Past Childhood”LADY IN BLACK Tolstoy, Anna, and the Unveiling Power of the Color Black
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