Reading and Roaming
VIEWING: UK POLITICAL CRISIS COBRA (PBS) If you like political drama and were a fan of the Danish series, Borgen, then you’d probably also enjoy COBRA. A massive geomagnetic storm knocks out power to the entire U.K., and there are not enough new transformers to replace all the damaged ones. Which section of the country will have to wait? It’s a …
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FASHION GENIUS Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty The late Karl Lagerfeld was a giant in the world of fashion. He designed for Chanel, Fendi, and his own studio. The Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute exhibit, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, showcases his talent and his creativity in an almost endless series of beautiful ball gowns, funky and …
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Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents (Metropolitan Museum of Art) We made two visits to the Met Museum this month. The first was to see the very large and comprehensive exhibit of Winslow Homer’s work. A New Englander by birth, Homer (1836-1910) lived in Boston and then in 1859 moved to New York. Although associated rightfully with his portrayals of the sea, his …
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Camp: Notes on Fashion This year’s Fashion Institute exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is all about camp from the early days of dandyish gay men to its adoption by women in outlandish and outrageous gowns and shoes. There’s low camp and high camp and camp that is somewhat subtle and that that is …
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