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From Slovenia’s Piran to Venice by Sea
We were heading to Venice for the Biennale last year and wanted to arrive by sea on this occasion. Piran, Slovenia, seemed the perfect launch point as it perches on a narrow peninsula jutting into the Adriatic Sea, and sits almost directly across from Venice. We flew into Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, spent several
In the Air, On the Ground, Under the Sea at M+, Hong Kong
On our visit to Hong Kong, we visited M+, Hong Kong’s flagship museum of 20th–21st century visual culture—art, design/architecture, and moving image situated on West Kowloon Cultural Waterfront. We found enthralling a mural within the design/architecture gallery – “In the Air, On the Ground, Under the Sea” which rewards slow looking and has become a
Star “Deconstructivist” Architect, Frank Gehry RIP
Frank Gehry, the Canadian-American star architect, died earlier this month (December 2025) at the age of 96. We’ve come across and admired many of his iconic buildings on our travels and have featured them on the blog before; here, we’re bringing together a selection of those photos as a small tribute. Spacious and shimmering, this
Random Moment #32 — Heart of Glass
Pop mashups that include a contemporary composer’s work turn out to be rarer than we first assumed. Here are a few good examples—Blondie × Philip Glass, Dinah Washington layered over Max Richter, David Bowie + Steve Reich, and Brian Eno x Igor Stravinsky. We tried but cannot find any mashup involving works by John Cage
