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Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
16 December 2023

The Waltz of the Jellyfish at the Villa Empain of the Boghossian Foundation

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Today we went to visit this impressive exhibition "La Valse des méduses" (The jellyfishes' waltz) by Céline Pagès and Christin...
27 November 2023

Carno Polo: Ovvero delle Curiose Vicende di un altro Marco tra i Cinesi del XXI secolo (2023) su Amazon

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  From my honeymoon in Fenghuang, Hunan Il mio ultimo libro: una lettura per venire con me in Cina stando seduti a casa. O forse un'idea...
15 May 2023

Hong Kong new "Palace Museum" in Kowloon

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08 April 2023

Back in Hong Kong

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After four years of lockdown and flight cancellations, and my twins being born in between, we are back in Hong Kong. First day exploring the...
30 April 2021

Graffiti Tunnel at Lower Marsh, Southbank, London

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People come from all over the world to paint at Lower marsh, a quaint street in Lambeth where we are living for a couple of months. It takes...
03 November 2019

Dazu caves

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 I have been here before, see my post of 2011 in this blog. Dazu, Niche of Sakyamuni Entering Nirvana, end XII cent. AD
19 October 2019

Arte ed ostriche a Chongqing

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Visita al monumento della liberazione, una grande stele che commemora le vittime della guerra contro il Giappone. Chongqing era la capital...
17 February 2019

Fruit market and calligraphy exhibition

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In the morning we walked to the flower market, just opposite the jade market I visited last week. Some European food for sale, interesting...
15 February 2019

National Palace Museum and Shilin night Market

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Per la terza volta al National Palace Museum di Taipei. Mai abbastanza anche se certamente non c'è più l'effetto novità. Vero che l...
23 August 2018

Singapore maiolicas and crabs

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Sveglia tardi, forse ancora un po’ di jet lag. E poi siamo stati in piedi sempre fino a tardi in questi giorni, io a scrivere il mio libro s...
23 September 2017

Film review: Farewell my concubine (1993) by Chen Kaige, *****

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  Synopsis The film gives a most interesting overview of China's history in the XX century through the eyes of Peking opera actors....
24 August 2017

Fullerton history and national gallery

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Dopo un'altra sontuosa colazione di salmone e champagne al Fullerton Hotel , decidiamo di unirci ad un gruppetto per una visita guidata ...
22 August 2017

Asian Civilization Museum and Night Safari of Singapore

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Today culture and nature. The Asian civilizations Museum of Singapore is a well-organized center of the celebration of art from the whole co...
29 September 2016

Changsha theater

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Street theater performance downtown Changsha.
24 September 2015

Barong and Kris Dance in Bali

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The Monster The Barong play represents an eternal fight between good and evil. Barong (a mythological animal) represents the good spir...
05 May 2013

The National Museum of Maldives (second visit)

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Today it's my second visit to the Maldives National Museum. I came here for the first time in 2009, and I wrote about this visit in my b...
17 February 2013

Film review: Born into Brothels (2004) by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, ****

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"Running" by Gour, 13 years old Synopsis The most stigmatized people in Calcutta's red light district are not the prosti...
11 November 2011

Glass and gondolas in Venice

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Murano glass taking shape Early start of the day in Venice. I am here for a photo workshop and we are off to catch the sun rise by the ...
02 May 2011

9. - 2 MAY: Dazu, legend of the country girl; board ship for Yangtse cruise

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The highlight today is another Unesco WHS: the Dazu rock carvings  dating from the 9th to the 13th century of our era.. I won't take tim...
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27 April 2011

4. - 27 APR: Lijiang, Jade Dragon Mountain, Baisha, market

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Up early and off to a bus ride to the mountains of Yulong Xueshan (Jade Dragon Mountain), where we leave the bus and buy some tickets. To do...