Art, Film, Photography

Palermo: No Surface Left Unadorned

The Palatine Chapel is one of those must-see places if ever you have the chance.  It was commissioned by the…

8 years ago

Palermo: The Art of Learning

The Gallery of Modern Art is located inside the restored 15th century convent of Sant'Anna and has many works of…

8 years ago

Palermo: Markets and Mosaics

Palermo has three outdoor markets and we managed to hit all of them. Two we found by design while foraging…

8 years ago

Palermo: Puppets and Piazzas

It rarely snows in Palermo but I was pleased to see the universal winter snowflakes on the windows of the…

8 years ago

Palermo 2016 into 2017

On the back-end of bronchitis I've been hacking, wheezing and coughing my way through Palermo with the long-suffering travel mate.…

8 years ago

Happy New Year 1917

A few images from a century ago to wish everyone the very best for 1917. War is lurking!  This Reading…

8 years ago

Degenerate Art and the New Regime in Washington

There's a great exhibit on at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC:  Max Beckmann in New York It highlights…

8 years ago

Pandora and Her New Box

This 1809 cartoon by the political caricaturist James Gillray is in the National Portrait Gallery. London. It is entitled Pandora…

8 years ago

In Celebration of Labor Day

In celebration of Labor Day: It's Steel Workers 1939 by Philo B Ruggles and his brother John Ruggles, a study for…

8 years ago

Happy New Year

A small selection of New Year's greetings from a a century ago.  

9 years ago