Monthly Archives: August 2011

Two of the images featured in this post refer to the projects of artist Sigalit Landau, currently showcased at the Venice Art Biennale in the Israeli Pavilion. The latter includes films, installations and objects by Landau revolving around three main … Continue reading →

One of my all-time favourite singles is definitely 'London Calling' by The Clash: I totally love the guitar bit in it, but, being totally fascinated with words (and having an apocalyptic approach to life…), I mainly love the lyrics and … Continue reading →

Jan Fabre’s "Pietas" (View this photo) has been unanimously considered as one of the most controversial pieces exhibited in Venice during the local Art Biennale (at the Nuova Scuola Grande di Santa Maria della Misericordia, until 16th October 2011). I … Continue reading →

My mind (and my time) have been largely taken in the last few weeks by different projects. One of them involves the background research to write some notes for an exhibition I’ll tell you more about in my future posts. … Continue reading →

While I can’t stand fake icons of style and women’s magazines who encourage their readers to be inspired by such superficially bland icons, I love celebrating whoever supports or rediscovers pioneering women who have brought some amazing changes into our … Continue reading →

I’m republishing today a slightly longer version of an article I wrote for Russian magazine Look At Me (Russian readers can check it out here). Pre-Internet boom the word “vintage” still conjured up visions of fun trips to bizarre shops … Continue reading →

Dolce & Gabbana may be responsible for the childish obsession with star prints and star studded accessories currently being hailed as the next big trend by hundreds of unimaginative publications. Their Autumn/Winter 2011-12 collection features indeed sheaths, flowing floor-length evening … Continue reading →

Today is the birthday of swimming champion and film star Esther Williams (she was born on 8th August 1921). As a child I was completely fascinated by her and by the choreographies she performed in her films, surrounded by grand … Continue reading →

Kevin Kramp appeared a while back on this site in connection with the ITS#TEN Special on the winners of the Trieste-based competition and in a shorter piece on the ITS#TEN jury.  Today Kramp is back on the site instead in … Continue reading →

Loïe Fuller and Martha Graham already appeared in previous posts on this site: the former was mentioned in connection with her iconic “Serpentine Dance” and her 1925  performance "La Mer"; the latter got instead a post on her 117° birth … Continue reading →