As some of the curious g readers may know, I am a huge fan of the New York Public Library (NYPL). It’s a fabulous system and a wonderful resource that is readily available to New Yorkers in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island. (Brooklyn and Queens have their own branch library systems, more on that [...]
14 july has sure become a jam-packed holiday: National Nude Day Mac N Cheese Day Spongebob Squarepants’s [25th] birthday. Other than Bastille Day, who comes up with this stuff? And who scheduled the last three for the same day as Bastille Day? It’s a mystery. I’m sticking with le quatorze juillet. Bonne fête. Photo: © [...]
Where did the building end and the art begin? In my mind, they’re one. But only until 3 july 2011. That’s when the fantastic French, Modern and African art collection that The Barnes Foundation founder, Albert J. Barnes, assembled in the early to mid 20th century in Merion, PA will close its doors. Art created [...]
