Pictures I like

[Todd]

The Guardian on February 17, 2018.

[Karl Henning]

A snowman in St Peter's Square

[Ken B]

A snowman in St Peter's Square

Looks fetchingly like an altar boy.

[Karl Henning]

Quietly subversive.

[Spineur]

Horn if you like Jesus
Write a texto while driving if you wanna meet him.

[George]

Horn if you like Jesus
Write a texto while driving if you wanna meet him.

LOL

[Karl Henning]

Well, that ought to discourage the Jews and Muslims!

[Mirror Image]

The well-tailored composer.

Indeed. That's one thing about Ravel: he was always impeccably dressed.

[Ken B]

http://reason.com/blog/2018/03/02/venus-willendorf-too-racy-for-facebook

Sigh.

I'm less convinced that fb actually does or should have all the rights Reason assumes btw.

[George]

[Karl Henning]

(* chortle *)

[kishnevi]

From the Szyk Haggadah

[kishnevi]

And another, depicting the pre Passover ritual of searching for and destroying chamatz (leavened food)

[pjme]

Last week I went (inspite of the cold...) to Cologne and Bonn.
Saw first Cologne's Dom again - one of the most impressive buildings in the world,imho - Schumann's "Rheinische" echoing in my head.
Then revisited the Ludwig Museum and went, later on, to the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn for "GURLITT: STATUS REPORT - Nazi Art Theft and its Consequences.
Excellent exhibition, meticulously prepared and very instructive.

"News that the Bavarian Public Prosecutor's office had seized the art collection of Cornelius Gurlitt (1932–2014), caused an international sensation when it was made public in November 2013. The 1500 works that the reclusive son of the art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895–1956) had inherited from his father raised suspicions: had they been looted by the Nazis before and during the Second World War?

To investigate these suspicions, the German government provided the funding necessary to conduct further research, while Cornelius Gurlitt agreed to restitute any work identified as looted. Thus far, four works have been returned to the heirs of their lawful owners. Gurlitt, who died in May 2014, bequeathed his collection to the Kunstmuseum Bern."

Two favorites:



Max Beckmann, selfportrait (1919)

and from the Ludwig Museum: Max Ernst - Die Jungfrau züchtigt das Jesuskind vor drei Zeugen: André Breton, Paul Eluard und dem Maler), 1926

[Karl Henning]

From the Szyk Haggadah

Beautiful iconography.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

The Monk by the Sea, by my favorite painter, Caspar David Friedrich.

[Florestan]

That's one thing about Ravel: he was always impeccably dressed.

When it comes to elegant dressing, it's hard to beat Reynaldo Hahn.

[Turner]

Last week I went (inspite of the cold...) to Cologne and Bonn.
Saw first Cologne's Dom again - one of the most impressive buildings in the world,imho - Schumann's "Rheinische" echoing in my head.
Then revisited the Ludwig Museum and went, later on, to the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn for "GURLITT: STATUS REPORT - Nazi Art Theft and its Consequences.
Excellent exhibition, meticulously prepared and very instructive.

"News that the Bavarian Public Prosecutor's office had seized the art collection of Cornelius Gurlitt (1932–2014), caused an international sensation when it was made public in November 2013. The 1500 works that the reclusive son of the art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895–1956) had inherited from his father raised suspicions: had they been looted by the Nazis before and during the Second World War?

To investigate these suspicions, the German government provided the funding necessary to conduct further research, while Cornelius Gurlitt agreed to restitute any work identified as looted. Thus far, four works have been returned to the heirs of their lawful owners. Gurlitt, who died in May 2014, bequeathed his collection to the Kunstmuseum Bern."
(....)

Interesting: the Gurlitt case has been dragging out & I didn´t know about that exhibition.
As a curiosity, Hildebrand Gurlitt was related to Manfred Gurlitt (1890-1972), mostly known today for the opera "Die Soldaten" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Gurlitt

[André]

Manfred Gurlitt's take on Wozzeck is in my cart at Amazon.ca. I'll pull the trigger in the next couple of weeks.

[Mirror Image]

When it comes to elegant dressing, it's hard to beat Reynaldo Hahn.

I didn't realize this was a competition, Andrei?