Let the light in. Five years after the Metropolitan Museum of Art set off on a major renovation of its galleries for European painting, the super-prime real estate at the top of its grand staircase is open again. Up in the attic, the architects Beyer Blinder Belle have replaced 30,000 square feet of skylights for
The November 2023 edition of our Monthly Dose Employment Law on current case law summarizes the judgments (1) of the German Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, BAG) dated 6 June 2023, on the conflict of interest between the activity as works council chairman and the office as company data protection officer, (2) of the BAG of
The second part of my ongoing conversation-based series on embroidery zooms in on the intricacies of Bhasha Chakrabarti and Elif Erkan’s artistic practices, both of which remain heavily influenced by feminist appropriations of textile and embroidery art. An Indian-origin Yale School of Art MFA graduate who grew up in Hawaii, Chakrabarti’s ideology is centred on
“Mirror Shield Project,” by Cannupa Hanska Luger. Action on Nov. 18, 2016, at Oceti Sakowin Camp, Standing Rock, N.D. Cannupa Hanska Luger/Garth Greenan Gallery, New York City In recent years, the “Mirror Shield Project” has become something more, too. It’s been shown at museums at least a dozen times — I’ve seen it at the
A scruffy, seemingly ordinary desk sits in a corner at the Syracuse University School of Architecture. Its laminate surface is marked by scuffs and coffee-cup rings accumulated over nearly seven decades; its surface has been warped by the weight of books. The frame is made from indeterminate wood, roughly coated in metallic paint, perhaps added
by Kumar de Silva With his 21-year tenure as Principal of Wesley College from 1962-1983, Arthur Shelton Wirasinha goes on record as being the second longest serving Principal of the College after Revd. Henry Highfield. A product of Richmond College, Galle, he touched the hearts and lives of tens of thousands of students who passed
Perhaps it is the pleasing sensation of sunlight on bare skin, but we are effectively programmed to think of summer as the best time for travel. It is not just that the hottest months coincide with the crucial window of the main school holidays, so we learn the habit from a young age. It is
Harry Emerson once said, “Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to.” Northern California’s hidden enclaves make for a great destination to retire to. Picture a scenario where traditional shuffleboard and knitting circles are forgotten; here, it’s more about navigating hiking trails adorned with sunset-kissed redwoods. Imagine taking a leisurely stroll through a
click to enlarge Wikimedia Commons / Schorle Feminist collective Pussy Riot performs last year during a European festival show. Feminist art-punk collective Pussy Riot is bringing its Riot Days tour to San Antonio. The activist group will perform Friday, Nov. 24, at Paper Tiger as part of a series of U.S. road dates which are
R B KitajPiano Nobile, London AN outsider, who would forever define himself as such, R B Kitaj was born in 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio as Ronald Brooks. The following year his Hungarian father left his Jewish-American mother Jean, and she reared her child alone while working as a secretary and as a school teacher. In