Timely Art Exhibit in Madrid: 1914! The Avant-Garde and The Great War

Since November 11 commemorates the end of the first world war what could be more timely than 1914! The Avant-Garde and The Great War, an art exhibit at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid.The show is presented in 13 section from Darkness over the World to C'est la guerre...

Tourist Attraction: Mount Cameroon

Cameroon also known as "Africa in Miniature" and described by its government as the "melting pot of Africa" is found in the West African sub-region. It is a country that has been blessed with many tourist attractions, its ministry of tourism was created in the 1970's to...

Sedition, Complacency, and the Role of Today's Museums

My Esteemed Readers, one recent morning I found myself taking a detour through the Hirshhorn Museum while finding a new route from Constitution Avenue. Once inside, I decided to peruse the galleries in order to make certain these pop culture images are keeping the button-down...

Toilet Museum in New Delhi, Sanitary Culture

Rather than rely only on the usual educational pamphlet, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak (Founder of the Sulabh Sanitation Movement) decided to open The Toilet Museum in New Delhi.What is it all about?Here is a brief introduction (in their own words):"The Museum has a rare...

Ready to Draw Back? 'Recession has its blessings' says Harry Eyres

While acknowledging the negative effects of a recession on many lives, Harry Eyres in Yes, recession has its blessings (FT, August 23) notes that "the word “recession” implies drawing back, rather than proceeding ever onwards and upwards. Now we have a chance not just to...

Outsider Artist Henry Darger: An Interview with Curator Brooke Davis Anderson

In 2005, P.O.V. aired Jessica Yu's film In the Realms of the Unreal. The film is the astounding tale of outsider artist Henry Darger,who, unbeknownst to anyone, had created a 15,000-page novel andhundreds of illustrations that have inspired artists and viewers sincetheir...

Off to the Museum I Go: Lizards and Snakes on the Menu

Wednesdays of late have turned into 'a Day at the Museum'.On the menu today the American Museum of Natural History and especially Lizards and Snakes Alive...

When an Auto Maker Leaves Town Community Needs Good Role Models

Janesville got the news a week or two back - General Motors isleaving town. GM is a major employer out that way, giving jobs to 4.3percent of Rock County's work force. and many of these are more thanjust "living wage" jobs. They're the types of jobs than anyAmerican community...

Museums in the Sea

" SS Tarpon was a twin-screwed steamer, official number 130381, was constructed in 1887 at Wilmington, Deleware by the renowned shipbuilders Pusey and Jones. Christened Naugatuck, the new ship was delivered to the Naugatuck Valley Steamboat Company of Derby, Connecticut. The...

Thoroughly Modern Turkey, Istanbul Modern on 'Love & Politics' and 'American ...

It is good when our misconceptions are challenged as to where things happen, where modernity lives. The Istanbul Modern does just that.  They are showcasing their own Independent Movie Festival headlined by American Fork until January 31st and this is how I discovered...