Wislawa Szymborska, “Vermeer”
Vermeer Wislawa Szymborska (tr. Clare Cavanagh & Stanislaw Barańczak) So long as that woman from the Rijksmuseum in painted quiet and concentration keeps p...
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Aubrey Beardsley, “The Death of Pierrot” (1896)
The clown’s passing is not unremarkable. “The thinness of [Beardsley’s] tragically elegant lines suggest the breaking off of everything”...
Exhibition: “Bouquets,” French Still-Life Painting from Chardin to Matisse
“Bouquets” runs from October 26, 2014 to February 8, 2015 at the Dallas Museum of Art. 1. That morning, the job interview did not happen. I was misl...
Maiko Shioda, “let me dream”
With thanks to Mark Alonzo and Coco Rico Sharing one’s dreams is very risky. It could be interpreted as an act of incredible shamelessness or bravery. Ma...
George Romney, “Young Man with a Flute”
The cutest and saddest thing happened while I was staring at this. Some little girl was being led by her Dad past this painting. She slowed a bit and attempted ...