The John Waters Collection Doesn’t Hate You, but Contemporary Art Still Might
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The John Waters Collection Doesn’t Hate You, but Contemporary Art Still Might

Someone was taking a dump in The John Waters Restrooms at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Was it an art-inspired intestinal emergency or a dedicated tribute to the filmmaker whose major public stink involved Divine sampling some doggy-doo in the filthy finale of Pink Flamingos? Or perhaps, this intrepid museum-goer previously devoured John’s chapter “Act … Continue reading

Alpine Breeze in July: Swiss Institute’s Summer Exhibition ‘A Sunday in the Mountains’
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Alpine Breeze in July: Swiss Institute’s Summer Exhibition ‘A Sunday in the Mountains’

Heidi to me has always been one of the most atypical cartoon characters ever. Adventures of this orphan Alpine girl had such an indefinable melancholy that it has never failed giving me unusual blues. Besides her provincial innocence and naivety, Heidi was always undeniably quiet, calm and placid, just like her homeland Switzerland. Continue reading