( I know a whoopee spot where the gin is cold and the piano's hot )

A couple of weeks ago, the Barbican was showing an exhibition called Watch Me Move: The Animation Show that featured the history of animation since the dawn of moving pictures. It was wonderful - I got to watch cartoons all day! I was reminded of the awesomeness of such features like Creature Comforts, Toy Story, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (incredibly ( Read more... )

Shaun Tan has been one of my artistic heroes since I read The Red Tree when I was about 15. I've seen him at events before but yesterday was the first time I got to meet him, at a book signing in Foyles. I was approaching the front entrance of the bookstore when I saw a small man in front of me entering first and before my brain had registered who ( Read more... )

When I'm not feeling morose about my underachieving life, I stop to think about how thankful I am to the people around me who make sure I don't have to worry so much about things like money and security... and other privileges that I can't afford. I sometimes cry out of gratefulness/guilt because I feel so undeserving. Anyway, sometimes it occurs ( Read more... )

I ate many a delicious meal throughout Switzerland and Austria but the highlight was probably the Malakoff, which David Leibovitz describes so succinctly. My sister is friends with a girl who works as a kitchen hand in that same restaurant (and she knows the secret recipe, omg!) and she took us there on our first night in Geneva. As soon as I cut ( Read more... )

I think this was my 4th or 5th time seeing the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition and it never ceases to amaze me. You should hear me gasping in awe (or aww) at every picture. Here are some of my faves:


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I have just spent the last hour wandering around the corridors of the MoMA, Rijksmuseum, the National Gallery and the Gemäldegalerie. How is this possible when these galleries are located in different countries? It's all thanks to the genius of the Google Art Project, which is a collaboration with 17 world class galleries allowing internet users to ( Read more... )

I saw 4 of Banksy's works over the weekend, including this one:

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My thoughts on abstract artists before going to see this exhibition were that they were pretentious, rich people with no talent, with the ability to waffle on about the conceptual strength of their works. What artistic significance could a circle on a white canvas possibly have, Malevich? And why on earth are people willing to spend hundreds of ( Read more... )