The Vatican wakes up to the wisdom of Oscar Wilde

" With his outrageous wit, clear disdain for figures of authority and openly homosexual lifestyle, Oscar Wilde is an unlikely pin-up for the Catholic Church. Persecuted and imprisoned for his sexuality, gay rights...

Artist Olafur Eliasson on his SFMOMA show and work with brands

"SAN FRANCISCO—For the past 15 years, the Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson has made art that engages perceptual, ecological, and temporal themes by harnessing such abundant and ephemeral elements as...

PARIS: a surrealist trompe-l'oeil

    As you walk along the avenue George V, heading for the champs-élysées, you stop wondering: in the distance you perceive a troubled perspective. Is it an optical illusion, a reflection or a...

Eulogy for a Tyrant

"At 6:00 pm on December 30, 2006 Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging in the gallows of Camp Banzai, the same used by his own intelligence services throughout the tenure of his regime in Iraq. His death brought...

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