Category: food & drinks

  • Arts & Foods, Milano – part 4

    Arts & Foods, Milano – part 4

    This is the last of our 4-part mega blogpost about the exhibition –  Arts & Foods. Rituals since 1851 at the Palazzo di Triennale … On the day, we were a bit of short of time because of our train for Venice in the afternoon. So we rushed through the museum. This was a far cry from the crush…

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  • Arts & Foods, Milano – part 3

    Arts & Foods, Milano – part 3

    Continuing with our tour of the Arts & Foods. Rituals since 1851 at the Palazzo di Triennale …  click to see part 1 and part 2. This section of the exhibition is concerned with more conceptual rather than the applied aspects of foods, starting with an igloo made of bread by Mario Merz (in the far corner…

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  • Arts & Foods, Milano – part 2

    Arts & Foods, Milano – part 2

    Part 1 of our tour of the Arts & Foods. Rituals since 1851 at the Palazzo di Triennale is here. ARTS&FOODS CONTINUA According to the Catalog, the show “… allows us to take a unique and unrepeatable journey through the artistic languages that have characterized the relationship between arts and foods since 1851 – the year of the…

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  • Arts & Foods, Milano – part 1

    Arts & Foods, Milano – part 1

    Before we go any further into Venice and the Biennale, let’s come back to Milan for a bit of applied arts. Arts & Foods. Rituals since 1851 is an exhibition curated by Germano Celant, held at the Palazzo di Triennale in Milan from April 9 to November 1, 2015. It was a World Expo “pavilion”…

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  • Ending up at Bácaro Jazz in Venice

    Ending up at Bácaro Jazz in Venice

    This was our first day in Venice. Sis had a business trip in Europe so Sue and I(Chris) thought it would be great if we spend a few days in Venice together, taking in a bit of art at the Biennale.  The plan was to meet at the Milano Centrale train station and take the Frecciabianca express…

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  • Carlsberg beer museum, Copenhagen – part 2

    Well, the arrival of 2016 interrupted the 2-part posts on the Carlsberg beer museum. This story took 2 years to complete ! Part 1 is here.  Continuing with the tour of the Carlsberg beer museum … The brand name Carlsberg combines the founder – J.C. Jacobsen’s son’s name – Carl with a variant of the Danish…

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