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Despina: Cities and Desire
[from Invisible Cities] Despina can be reached in two ways: by ship or by camel. The city displays one face to the traveler arriving overland and a different one to him who arrives by sea. When the camel driver sees… -
African Art (and the guy whose eyes I accidentally almost gouged on the train)
For the next month, a collective of sculptors from Zimbabwe and Zambia as well as some Haitian painters residing in the Dominican Republic are exhibiting their work here in NYC. Check it out at 269 Bleecker Street (the N… -
Argentine Leftovers and the Art of Recycling.
At long last, and right before I'm supposed to head east, I've uploaded the last of my South American photos. Not unrelated events. An artist whose name eludes me painted his house (in Buenos Aires). Is this akin to mo… -
Art is Dangerous: The Haunting Beauty of El Museo del Barro
Tucked away in a residential neighborhood in Asunción sits the Museo del Barro. I’ve been there enough times on “free Fridays” that I should just become a member of the museum, if they do that kind of thing in Paraguay.… -
Urban Art: Fun To Look At*
Chilean professor Pedro Celedón studies arte publico and spoke on that subject last week in Paraguay. But before he could talk about artistic interventions in urban space, he started by speaking of The City, with the way… -
Many Meetings, Lovely Literary Moments, and the Revolutionary Power of Art
Last night's event was a literary presentation by acclaimed Paraguayan poet Carlos Villagra Marsal. In my head, I was imagining sneaking into a room a few minutes late to sit anonymously in the back row while he shared a…
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