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Following a previous entry of mine on rereading La Recherche du temps perdu, and thanks to herself_nyc, who found this via tumblr, I believe, here is the translation into English of an interview with the lovely Daniel Mendelsohn about Proust!

Also OpenCulture provides links to free art catalogues from the Metropolitan Museum. There are actually 397 out-of- ( Read more... )

All photos that we seen in magazines are actually digitally retouched these days ( Read more... )

This time it isn't animated but it is edible!

The art of Makizushi is the art of the rolled sushi. Yes Takayo Kiyota uses sushi rolls as canvas!

Here an example:


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I found this on Open Culture:

With his short video “Beauty,” the Italian director Rino Stefano Tagliafierro takes “a series of well selected images from the tradition of pictorial beauty” and uses the “fire of digital invention” to animate sentiments lost on immobile canvasses. In the video above, you will see works by Caravaggio, Vermeer, Rubens ( Read more... )

Larmes d' Albâtre (Albaster Tears) is an exhibition that just started at Le Musée de Cluny, on the occasion of the return of Les Pleurants (The Mourners) in France after a long world tour. They aren't home yet but Paris is their last stop, after Bruges, and before going back to Dijon.


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On Saturday I rewatched Frida, starring Salma Hayek, on DVD. It's really a good movie. It's beautiful, the picture suits Frida's style and Salma is truly amazing. She created a strong Frida (stronger than she was in RL) and yet so touching when it came to the matter of heart. It's crazy how brave she could be and how much she loved her Diego.

Here's ( Read more... )