On display in this spectacular exhibition are the landscapes of the planet as seen from the sky. Over the last ten years, Arthus-Bertrand has spent 3,000 hours flight-time in a helicopter and visited 76 countries in order to gather over 100,000 photos of the earth’s surface. The photographs on display in ‘The Earth From the Sky’ include shots of beautiful abstract forms of nature, the humanised landscape of cities and dwellings and frightening vistas of destruction and disaster.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
April 21, 2009
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Jewish Museum
April 9, 2009
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The Church
March 9, 2009It was 20 years ago today (or thereabouts) that The Church began life as one of Australia’s most original bands. With Steve Kilbey’s surreal lyrics woven around a whole bunch of jangly guitar chords and shimmering lead lines, the band made solid impressions in the UK and the US during the 1980s. However, contractual stints with Warner and Arista never resulted in the mega-selling albums record companies love, and the boys have retreated to doing what they do best – their own thing at their own pace.
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Corneille
February 17, 2009As a founder of COBRA, the late-1940s movement involving artists based in Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam, Liège-born Corneille (real name: Guillaume van Beverloo) became identified with bold experimentalism. Featuring 35 of his works in several media, this exhibition shows him using garish colours to engage in a bizarre exploration of the links between sex and nature. Most of the paintings here date from the 1990s, proving that the 77-year-old has a creative vigour that many younger artists would envy.
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Tout Truffaut
February 13, 2009François Truffaut digested four decades of cinema history, and then with his brilliant 1959 opus on childhood, ‘The 400 Blows’, began a film-making odyssey that changed the way we look at film. The Film Forum’s comprehensive retrospective explores all of Truffaut’s finest work via brand new 35mm prints, capturing both the self-awareness and transgressive energy of the ‘nouvelle vague’ and the deep humanity of the men, women and particularly children who populate his films. This two-month festival revisits everything from Truffaut’s radical appraisal of relationships in ‘Jules et Jim’ to his hilarious meditation on cinema as a medium in ‘Day for Night’.
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EasyEverything
February 2, 2009All visitors to Amsterdam should know that the world’s cheapest cybercafé chain has just opened up here. A mere f2.50 buys a single time unit which could provide you – depending on how busy it is – with between a half-hour and five hours of surfing time. With 650 terminals, this particular branch is also the world’s largest cybercafé- that is, until EasyEverything opens an even larger franchise on NYC’s Times Square in October.
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Barbra Streisand
January 11, 2009Sure it’s a stadium – though an intimate one – and sure, the top tickets are over a thousand bucks a pop. But we’re talking about a legend here and the legend herself is talking about these being her last performances. With the gay community snatching up tickets faster than a lizard drinking, the recently added second date has been a godsend. Settle back and become at one with the universe while you listen to one of the purest voices that ever caressed a song.
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Midnight Berlin
January 9, 2009Although Berlin has grabbed more headlines in the world’s press than most other capitals in the last decade, German photographer Klaus Schiedt maintains that there are vast tracts of the city which are largely unknown. So he spent the past two decades snapping those quiet corners in the witching hour, revealing both the eerie sobriety and the immense beauty of the city’s architecture. Berlin has long been famed for the dazzling diversity of its nightlife but this exhibition offers an alternative glimpse of its nocturnal character.
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Summer Sales
December 18, 2008It’s worth trying to catch the end of the summer sales this week. Bargains are certainly to be had not least because the exchange rate of lire to pound is still so good. As the Florentines push off out of the city in August, there is no one around to scoop up the last bargains. For designer-wear, scour the chic shops (Prada, Gucci, Armani et al) around Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova. Mark-downs are often much more generous than those in Britain.
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Shakespeare by the Sea
November 22, 2008Here’s a splendiferous spot to enjoy a play or two – the Rotunda at ritzy Balmoral Beach. A bunch of Shakespeare enthusiasts will perform ‘As You Like It’ (Fri) and ‘The Winter’s Tale’ (Sat & Sun) in the old bandstand, while the audience makes itself comfortable with blankets, food and wine on the grassy surrounds. There is no entry fee but the hat will be passed around after the show. The actors advise that the plays are not suitable for children or dogs.
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