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
Ian Hickson, a software engineer at Google who left the company after 18 years, reflects on his time at the firm in a blog post and why he thinks the firm lost its way. He joined in 2005 when its culture genuinely prioritized doing good, but over time he saw that culture erode into one
A new Tim Burton exhibition, Dreamland, is open at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Dreamland celebrates the timeless appeal of the film, as models and characters from The Nightmare Before Christmas are placed in conversation with nearly 100 paintings, theatre designs, photographs, prints,
Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura) from the series “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)” (ca. 1830–32). Collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Katsushika Hokusai’s Japanese woodblock print colloquially known as “The Great Wave” stands as one of the most famous and widely reproduced images in the
ESSE’s 14th annual benefit auction featured works from these ten Concordia alumni. Bilingual contemporary art magazine ESSE’s 14th annual benefit auction, Vendu-Sold, was recently on view at Projet Casa from Nov. 9 through Nov. 19. The opening event was attended by ESSE’s director, Concordia alumnus Sylvette Babin, along with many other ESSE administrators and several