Monthly Archives: November 2017

If you live in Italy and your kids, nephews or little cousins are attending a local school, you will know that their classrooms are a melting pot of cultures. Italy went through remarkable social changes in the last 15 years, … Continue reading →

The rush to the perfect Christmas present is in full swing at the moment and, even though Black Friday and Cyber Monday are by now gone, there is one way to get a great bargain – buy one item and … Continue reading →

An aura of eerie calmness hangs around a large basin with dozens of porcelain bowls floating on it. The white porcelain contrasts with the brilliantly intense azure water of the basin, infusing a soothing peace, but the installation also provides … Continue reading →

Just a month ago, an investigation broadcast on Danish television channel TV2's "Operation X" program unveiled that, since 2013, fast fashion retailer H&M may have incinerated around 60 tons of its own new and unworn apparel at a waste disposal … Continue reading →

In the last few days we have all been bombarded with adverts, emails and other assorted messages about Black Friday discounts and offers. Some stores and websites extended their sales to one entire week; others celebrated the event with a … Continue reading →

Most art exhibitions and installations usually occupy pristine locations such as galleries with white washed spaces. This is not the case, though, with Gal Weinstein's "Sun Stand Still" (2017) at the Israeli Pavilion at the 57th International Art Exhibition in … Continue reading →

For fans of the popular Netflix series Stranger Things, the Upside Down is an alternate dimension existing in parallel to the human world and containing its locations and structures reinvented in a darker and colder environment and wrapped in a … Continue reading →

Yesterday's post closed with a rainbow-coloured work of art from the Pavilion of China at the 57th International Art Exhibition in Venice (closing on Sunday), so let's continue the rainbow theme from a different perspective by looking at some of the … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at an installation at the 57th International Art Exhibition in Venice that combined together art, architecture and textiles. Let's continue the thread (pun intended) by looking at other works on display at the Biennale that … Continue reading →

The 57th International Art Exhibition in Venice closes on Sunday, so for this week we will go back to re-explore some of its installations. We are symbolically starting this wrap-up of the Biennale today, the Feast of Our Lady of … Continue reading →