Jacob Sutton — Ascension (Paris Opéra)
Darkness beneath the stage. Silence rattles the rafters. Two figures stand there: bound in shadow,...
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Jean Cocteau — The Blood of a Poet (Le Sang d’un Poète)
An artist stands in a garret, sketching faces on canvas. One face’s mouth moves in...
Enrico Caruso’s 1906 Eyewitness Account of 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
You ask me to say what I saw and what I did during the terrible...
Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest
Since 1990 Theo Jansen has been creating new forms of life: “Not pollen or seeds...
A Love Letter from Emilie Blachère to Rémi Ochlik…
Rémi Ochlik founded his own photography agency called IP3 Press in 2005 with the goal of...
Strolling Actresses Dressing in Barn
William Hogarth’s most famous and densely composed theatrical satire, showing a company of touring players...
Pull My Daisy (1959)
“Milo is a railroad brakeman, his wife a painter. They have some poet friends who...
Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb and Barnett Newman: A Brief Manifesto
To us art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only...
Dementia: The Self-Portraits of William Utermohlen
When he learned in 1995 that he had Alzheimer’s disease, William Utermohlen, an American artist...
Fiona Apple’s “Hot Knife”, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood) makes the simple look elegant...