Archive for February, 2005
London Shows: Beuys et al., especially Al
Wednesday, February 9th, 2005The persistent and perceptive John Levett (Joseph Beuys’ Hat) heralds a skein of scintillating shows due to open at the two Tates over the coming weeks…
Cool Runnings
Sallie Parker writes: “I have the distinct impression that the best London exhibitions are always mounted in late winter. Is there anything to this, or is it just that February and March are when I’m usually in London? I remember the 2002 Matisse Picasso …
On Second Thought, I Won’t Go
Thursday, February 3rd, 2005The following capsule history of New York City is found at the go-newyorkcity.com website. I think it pretty much sums it all up…
NYC History - In the first half of the 20th century, the city became a world center for industry, commerce, and communication. Interborough Rapid Transit (the first subway company) began operating in 1904. The New York skyline soared in the 1930s with the building of some of the …
Resistentialism: Things Are Against Us
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2005Mr. John Woodley has drawn our attention to the following satire on modern (1963) French philosophy. To say it is tongue-in-cheek is to defile the meaning of the phrase.
http://www31.brinkster.com/yewtree/resources/resistentialism.htm
(This is not an link…you’ll have to copy and paste it.)
Postscript 9 Feb: Woodley informs me the essay is famous and goes back to ‘48 or so, when the world was yet in rompers.