Ivan Kramskoy The Unknown Woman, 1883 Although a number of critics were indignant when the painting was first exhibited and condemned what they saw as a depiction of a haughty and immoral woman, its popularity has grown with changes in public taste. Kramskoy remarked, “Some people have said it is not known who this woman … Continue reading
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Bodoland And The Separatist Movements Of Northeast India
I knew there were a number of separatist movements in India before we arrived. However, it wasn’t until after we’d been there that I realized how intense some of these conflicts are and simply how many of them there are. One estimate we were given indicated that there are over 300 different separatist movements in … Continue reading
A Burned Out Church In Tbilisi, Georgia
I was exploring some of the back alleys of Tbilisi when I stumbled across this church: I could see that it looked abandoned and so I slipped in past a boarded up section where I was shocked to discover that the entire church had been absolutely gutted by fire – and fairly recently too. The … Continue reading
Painting Of The Day: Ivan Shiskin Remix
A remix of the famous “A Rye Field” painted by Ivan Shiskin in 1878: Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: A Misty, Frozen Romanian Forest
I took these pictures last winter in a very remote region of Romania near the border with Moldova… The feeling when walking through the deathly silent, frozen forest is difficult to articulate, but it was quite ensorcelling and otherworldly: Continue reading
Paintings Of The Day: Brooklyn Art Museum
Louis Comfort Tiffany On the Way Between Old and New Cairo, Citadel Mosque of Mohammed Ali, and Tombs of the Mamelukes, 1872 Frederick Arthur Bridgman An Interesting Game, 1881 William Merritt Chase Moorish Warrior, 1878 Edwin Lord Weeks Old Blue-Tiled Mosque, outside Delhi, India, 1883-85 John Henry Twachtman Meadow Flowers (Golden Rod and Wild Aster), … Continue reading
What’s The Best Passport To Have?
I was at a birthday party up in Harlem last night (which, by the way, has gentrified significantly in the past ten years) and was catching up with a friend of mine that recently married a British girl. He’s American and I was thinking about how he would now be eligible for a British passport. … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 