Where can you spend a day with both Tutankhamun and Genghis Kahn then end up walking through Air Force One? In LA this summer, and that's what I did last Monday. Tutankhamun, The Boy King A visit with Tutankhamun followed by lunch at my favorite Otium, near The Broad, was my original plan. Then I was pursuaded I … [Read more...]
Highlights from Met’s Heavenly Bodies Blockbuster Exhibit
Highlights from Heavenly Bodies Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is a stunning visual blockbuster. It is controversial, hotly debated and the largest, 60,000 square feet, most ambitious show ever staged by the Met's Costume Institute. It occupies two sites, the Met on Fifth Avenue … [Read more...]
Ode to honeybees on Earth Day
From Feeding The Planet Expo 2015 To stand in The Hive at Kew Gardens, London, is to be transported into the world of honeybees. This surreal silver lattice immersive installation stands 55-feet tall and is surrounded by a meadow of English wildflowers where bees busily collect pollen. The sculpture was created by … [Read more...]
Louvre Abu Dhabi Breaks Boundaries Bridges Civilizations
Louvre Abu Dhabi, an Emirates Highlight The Louvre Abu Dhabi, which opened in November, is visually magnificent, and yes, I thought it awesome. The structure's immense dome is a lacework of grey stainless steel honeycomb patterns. It seems to float over white-walled flat roofed clusters of museum buildings, courtyards and reflecting … [Read more...]
Aspen Winter Wonderland
Aspen is a winter wonderland with a constantly changing scene. This weekend preparations are underway for a big send off for the seven local athletes bound for PyeongChang to represent the US in the Winter Olympics. There are plans for al fresco dining under the full moon on January 31st, and more snow is forecast. Here … [Read more...]
