This major retrospective of influential Viennese photographer Lisette Model (1901-83) continues Kunsthalle Wien’s intent to highlight exiled Austrian artists. After an initial interest in music – studying under Schöneberg in Vienna – she took up photography in her 30s. Her perceptive visions of bougeoise life on the Côte d’Azur were published in the US during [...]
Lisette Model
October 31, 2009
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
September 22, 2009
52 oils paintings and watercolours spanning over 60 years make up this important retrospective of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, one of German expressionism’s most outstanding exponents. A founder member of the Die Brücke group in 1905, Schmidt-Rottluff experimented first with neo-impressionism and later re-created nature in his own fashion. In the pre-war years, he produced a large [...]
Telegraph Hill
June 23, 2009
The Who
May 28, 2009
They may be middle-aged but these rock legends still continue to define and deliver to a generation. Old pals Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle are together again and it’s fitting that Ringo Starr’s son, Zak Starkey, takes over as drummer, having played on Keith Moon’s kit as a child. Expect great songs like [...]
expo
May 5, 2009
expo is a shop cum gallery that offers modern Japanese curiosities. While there are a few traditional products on sale, such as divine tatami flip-flops with velvet strips, most of the space is taken up with cuddly akira-like knitted dollies whose names are scrawled on the walls in pencil alongside little flurries of verse in [...]
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March 1, 2009
Street Photos
February 26, 2009
The organisers of the Barcelona Forum 2004 – a major expo-like event – have recently inaugurated their first creative exhibition: a series of blow-ups of famous works by top twentieth-century photographers, both local and international. These photos are strategically placed in large, busy public spaces, such as the main railway station in the central Plaça [...]
La Pegui
February 7, 2009
This is one of the few eat-all-you-can restaurants in town that doesn’t skimp on quality. La Pegui is located just behind the Olympic Port area, has great service and offers a reasonably priced combination of cold cuts, salads and seafood, plus a selection of roast meat served off wooden sticks, Brazilian-style, for those who want [...]
