Contemporary Museum of Hawaii
The Contemporary Museum, in Honolulu, Maui, was a small but interesting collection. Just as interesting as the artwork was the beautifully landscaped “backyard”- particularly a huge tree. More photos from […]
Category Archives: art & architecture
The Last Newspaper: Newspapers as art
The New Museum has an exhibition titled “The Last Newspaper” featuring the work of artists who use (and abuse) the daily newspaper in their art practices. It is certainly not […]
Marina Bay Sands
The hotel is finished, but other parts of the resort are still under construction. From afar, the building isn’t terribly impressive, but from a hundred meters away it is quite […]
John Portman in Atlanta
Downtown Atlanta is dominated by the architecture of John Portman. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to check out all the beautiful hotel lobbies except for the Hyatt, which is where […]
Tim Burton’s Bulbous Heads
Tim Burton has a tendency to depict sinister characters with large, bulbous heads. Although the big heart-shaped head of the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland may have been more […]
Jeronimos Monastery
Lisbon was, for me, a bit of a disappointment, but there were a few memorable things, like the church at Jeronimos Monastery, which had beautiful vaulted ceilings. The tomb of […]
Thiebaud’s cakes cost $350,000
I am a fan of Wayne Thiebaud’s desserts, so during my short stay in San Francisco, I made a decision to go to the Paul Thiebaud gallery instead of the […]
D. Yvette Wohn 