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When in…Venice.

Posted in exhibitions with tags , , on June 22, 2009 by db

From the NY Times: “If you’re in town for the Venice Biennale, don’t miss the marriage of High Renaissance painting and advanced technology that is “The Wedding at Cana,” Venice600by the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. If nothing else, it is possibly the best unmanned art history lecture you’ll ever experience”.

Creative thinking and living abroad

Posted in Ideas, art with tags , on May 19, 2009 by db

 

 The Economist suggests there is a link based on a study in the Journal of Picasso 1954Personality and Social Psychology: The statistical relationship between living abroad and creativity remained, whatever the personality or inclinations of the subject were prior, indicating that it is something from the experience of living in foreign parts that helps foster creativity.

Logotopia: Current Exhibit

Posted in exhibitions with tags , , , on April 3, 2008 by db


Logotopia: The Library in Architecture, Art and the Imagination
February 19 – April 06, 2008
Tuesday, February 19 at 6:30 pm
Cambridge Galleries, Design at Riverside, 7 Melville St. S., Cambridge, Ontario
Curated by Sascha Hastings