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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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  • Grand Canal, Venice, part 2

    Grand Canal, Venice, part 2

    This is part 2 of 5 of the Grand Canal series where we share photos taken on our vaporetto rides on the canal. For Part 1, click here. Music … One end of the canal starts near Piazza San Marco and the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute (one with the domes, see photo below). The photo

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Jungfrau, a must-see in Switzerland

Art and Architecture on Naoshima 直島, Japan

Morocco Adventure: Sand, Sea and Souks

Venice, its canals and carriers

Notable Bookstores of the World – Series 1

Familiar food we (as travelers) ate while in Tokyo

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