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Vatican says ‘Avatar’ is no masterpiece
VATICAN CITY – “Avatar” is wooing audiences worldwide with visually dazzling landscapes and nature-loving blue creatures. But the Vatican is no easy crowd to please.
The Vatican newspaper and radio station are criticizing James Cameron’s 3-D blockbuster for flirting with the idea that worship of nature can replace religion — a notion the pope has warned [...]
Art Basel Miami – the quick rundown
There’s no question about it, Art Basel Miami is bigger, better, zanier, and more unique than any other art fair I’ve participated in. It’s energizing but also a real energy suck no matter how successful you are. However, I’m pleased to report we had a very successful fair, exceeding expectations. So sorry [...]
Bear With Me
Miami Beach on the morning of my departure. 12.7.09Art Basel Miami Beach was a great success. So great that you’ll have to excuse me for not blogging, but I literally did not have a spare moment and am now catching up with all the necessary follow-up. But you are not forgotten! [...]
The Inspirers
DAN ROWEN (1953 – 2009)The New York Times published obituaries yesterday of two people who were immeasurably inspirational to me. One was the architect Dan Rowen who was known for his cool modernist design and his work for Larry Gagosian, and the other was Charis Wilson, the wife and great muse of Edward Weston.I [...]
Am I in Heaven …. or Am I in Miami?
Pamela Anderson attending Art Basel Miami Beach last year.When I was an undergrad at Yale, the graduate drama students (who included Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, and Sigourney Weaver) would blow off steam at the Yale Cabaret performing sketches and singing songs. One particularly funny song titled “Am I in Heaven …. or Am I [...]
A Man and A Woman
One recent comment to this blog asked how I decide what to buy at a fair like Paris Photo or indeed anywhere. The easy answer and the one that I usually give new collectors is to wait until you see a piece that you feel you can’t live without. If you walked away [...]
Size Matters: Largest Web Spinning Spider Found
Size Matters: Largest Web Spinning Spider Found
The largest web-spinning spider in the world has been identified, and she’s a terror. The Nephila komaci was discovered in South Africa and displays some rather fascinating characteristics. Its webs, which can reach up to one meter wide, are impressive. But the most striking feature of the spider is [...]
Fulgurites: High-Glass Digs Where Lightning Goes To Die
Fulgurites: High-Glass Digs Where Lightning Goes To Die
Few of nature’s elemental phenomena are more powerful yet less permanent than lightning… well, not exactly. Fulgurites, or “petrified lightning”, are the glassy trails of lightning strikes left in sandy soil or exposed rocks. As fragile as they are beautiful, fulgurites are the next best thing to holding [...]
