Cold Then Hot: One View of Twin Cities

Cold Then Hot: One View of Twin Cities

We are in the midst of a warm snap. The snow has receded. The ice has left the lakes and rivers. I dig out the fall clothes I had packed away, reluctant to leave warm hats and scarves at home. I know the cold is waiting just around the corner for me to let down my...
Rules To Live By

Rules To Live By

Daily, as a ritual, I read a book on the train entering and returning from the city. Usually I read a book set in the past, and usually fiction, although this month it is Christian Dior’s autobiography: Dior by Dior. The train delivers me to one of two jobs. At...
Top 5 Weekend Picks! (12/12-12/14)

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (12/12-12/14)

1. Ground Floor at Hyde Park Art Center Co-curated by Dawoud Bey, Michelle Grabner, Caroline Picard, and Daniel Sauter, Allison Peters Quinn and Kate Lorenz, with work by Evan Baden, Hannah Barco, Greg Browe, Houston Cofield, Maggie Crowley, Barbara Diener, Assaf...
Nick Davies: Measuring Meridians in the West Country

Nick Davies: Measuring Meridians in the West Country

A burst of feedback cuts through the neighbourly bustle at Exeter Phoenix. We are in one of the West Country’s rare white cube spaces, at a show by local artist Nick Davies. Onlookers are drawn into the venue’s gallery, despite mic interference. Davies appears to...