Reading and Roaming
MATISSE EXPLAINED The Red Studio (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)) The Red Studio is a fascinating exhibit. Seeing Matisse’s painting of his studio with the deep red background and then seeing many of the actual paintings and other works depicted there right in the MOMA gallery was somewhat mind-blowing. The explanations (they were more than just labels) provided …
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POLITICS—BRITISH STYLE If you’re fed up with the American political scene, here are two video offerings for an English change of pace. Margaret (Amazon Prime) This 2-hour production traces the wheeling and dealing and backroom haggling that transpired in November 1990 and resulted in Margaret Thatcher’s ouster as British prime minister. Think lots of older white …
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