Last week, I traveled throughout Tuscany, a region in central Italy known for its spectacular landscapes and historic, numerous works of art. One of my destinations was Florence, a vibrant city in northern Tuscany whose economy thrives on tourism, in part due to the immense amount of Renaissance art and architecture that it is home to. […]Read Post ›
As I rode the Santiago metro to the National Museum of Fine Arts, more than a couple men bumped into me. No matter how much it irritates me, it is something I’ve grown used to from living in cities. Though people talk about Latin American machismo, I haven’t noticed much of a difference in […]Read Post ›
Let’s talk about networking that doesn’t feel like a bunch of frat bros talking finance.
When I think of art, I usually think of physical items such as pictures, architecture, pottery, and such, but then I started trail running and my idea of art expanded to incorporate motions. I realize the idea of an exercise movement being classified as art sounds like a stretch (no pun intended), but this actually […]Read Post ›
Too expansive to be housed in the Seattle Art Museum, “The Art of the Brick” is being shown in Seattle at the Pacific Science Center. The exhibit opened May 28th and will be on view until September 11, 2016. As the Science Center advertises, CNN named it one of the top ten “Global Must-See Exhibitions” […]Read Post ›
Tucked behind the marble halls of Harvard Medical School academic buildings, stands an austere, Brutalist building-the library. While it may seem obvious Countway Medical Library contains many books and manuscripts from centuries past, what is less obvious is that it is a repository for art as well. As you enter, the severe and dimly-lit foyer […]Read Post ›
Alexander Hamilton’s life story, for all its drama, was always an unlikely source for a smash hit on Broadway. Hamilton favored rule by the elite in an already elitist society. He was adulterous, impulsive and privileged. But Lin-Manuel Miranda, like many musical theatre composers before him, saw in this unlikely source the chance to reform […]Read Post ›
I am a youngest child. So I bask in being barely responsible but also being a pretty big know-it-all. I always on the receiving end of advice, so whenever I get the chance to talk about an experience and what I learned, I jump at it. So this post this week is about exactly I […]Read Post ›
“Megacities Asia: Eleven Artists Sculpt Urban Reality” is the Museum of Fine Arts’ newest contemporary exhibit, available to the public until July 17. It features works of art from prolific Chinese, Indian, and Korean artists that comment on the exponential growth and rapid industrialization that Asia’s largest cities have experienced over the last 50 years. […]Read Post ›
The Female Gaze 