Category Archives: art & inspiration

Rockefeller standing stones

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Only an Australian could bring Stonehenge to the Rockefeller Plaza. Nicholas Baume, the chief curator from the Public Art Fund who brought us the aerial living room around the statue of Christopher Columbus last year, now brings us the contemplative … Continue reading →

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Screaming around NYC

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

There has been a lot of ( official ) screaming around NYC in the past few months. The inspiration may have come from the sale at Sotheby’s last year of Edvard Munch’s The Scream for $120M, which made it the … Continue reading →

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Bullet Catch

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Brits Off Broadway is in town for their annual residency at 59th Street Theatres, which is a plus for a couple of reasons. The first is that the 59th street theatres are excellent venues for small intimate performances, and second, … Continue reading →

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Modernity at the MET

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

After going to the MET on the weekend to see the Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity  exhibition, I have decided I could quite easily live in a Monet painting. All that colour and light is so deliciously inviting, you can almost … Continue reading →

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Horsing around at Grand Central

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

When I saw that Nick Cave was involved in an unique performance of dancing horses at Grand Central Station – Heard NY – I immediately thought it would involve rock and roll. Wow, that would be quite an event! But … Continue reading →

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Outrageous Opera

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

Perhaps not surprisingly, there are very few bike racks outside the Metropolitan Opera in NYC. For the traditional opera subscriber, concert attire would usually preclude being able to climb onto a bicycle and pedal off to the show. But with … Continue reading →

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No longer empty

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

When a gallery doesn’t publish a telephone number and has a name like No Longer Empty, there is not much 411 can do to help you find it. They don’t understand my accent at the best of times, and on … Continue reading →

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Back to school

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

There is something very delightful about a classroom that you enter voluntarily and find a menu on the board instead of lessons. R G Martin would be proud – although I’m a long way from the Ungarra Primary School, and … Continue reading →

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United Enemies

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

The Public Art Fund has done it again with a magnificent exhibition of artwork at the southeast entrance to Central Park. German sculptor Thomas Schutte has created two pairs of intriguing characters that are at the same time regal, political, … Continue reading →

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Viva Carnegie

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

There is a reason Carnegie Hall is one of the great artistic destinations of the world. Even though I considered myself very fortunate to have tickets for the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra last night, I could never have expected to … Continue reading →

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