http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/ Copyright 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:35:09 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Matthew Bliss, Beyond Abstraction, May 3rd-June 2nd (extended until the 8th!) at Sharada Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY I met Matthew only once in a cold February day in New York City; my memory of this event is not an accurate but... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/05/post_104.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/05/post_104.html Art Wed, 14 May 2008 11:35:09 +0000 Many years ago in Lisbon, my very British-crocheted-tie-and-tweed-jacket-type teacher Simon was telling me how he had gone back to London for a short break and how he made a fool of himself for not remembering the appropriate english terms for... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/05/post_107.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/05/post_107.html Books Mon, 12 May 2008 17:58:42 +0000 Help, my home is being invaded my Mexican memorabilia or how I learned about Lucha Libre and Kaliman, el hombre increíble.... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/04/serenidad_vulma.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/04/serenidad_vulma.html Cartoons Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:53:00 +0000 "Men, commonplace and ordinary, do not seem to me fit for the tremendous fact of eternal life. With their little passions, their little virtues and their little vices, they are well enough suited in the workday world; but the conception... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/04/post_106.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/04/post_106.html Books Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:40:12 +0000 What do artist Jeff Koons and prostitute Ashley Alexandra Dupré have in common? Both can be had for a hefty price through the Emperors Club. Citing a report on Artnet, Le Monde's Harry Bellet discovers that the escort service, which... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/03/actually_this_m.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/03/actually_this_m.html Art Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:28:38 +0000 As it happens, I was present during one delirious afternoon when the children finally did catch on to the basic principles of number - the fact that with numbers you can count anything. Released from the schoolhouse, the excited children... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/03/post_103.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/03/post_103.html Philosophy Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:01:20 +0000 by Chema Madoz, spanish photographer (a Greguería, invented by Ramón Goméz de La Serna, is an aphorism based on a decontextualized metaphor, à la Dada)... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/03/visual_gregueri_1.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/03/visual_gregueri_1.html Art Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:44:42 +0000 Gibraltar Airport Runway Finally made the plane into Paris, Honey mooning down by the Seine. Peter Brown called to say, "You can make it O.K., You can get married in Gibraltar, near Spain". --The ballad of John and Yoko... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/02/post_102.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/02/post_102.html Travel Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:06:12 +0000 Last year, the Brazilian city of São Paulo outlawed billboards, logos, posters or any kind of advertisement in the streets or even on buses. (from the wonderful Flickr set by Tony de Marco documenting the process) This year, the famous... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/02/sao_paulo_strip.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/02/sao_paulo_strip.html Art Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:44:47 +0000 Tom Zé, "All the eyes" album, Brazilian Musician And when I brought the razor closer and with my fingers separated the borders of his anus, Estefania, my astonishment knew no bounds. My first thought was that Palinuro mistrusted me... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/01/free_associatio.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/01/free_associatio.html Books Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:21:08 +0000 But a great deal of nonsense is written about characters in fiction - from those who believe too much in character and from those who believe too little. Those who believe too much have an iron set of prejudices about... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/01/post_101.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2008/01/post_101.html Art Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:22:01 +0000 Top 10 on my iTunes (#Play Count) &nbsp Adieu Mario (Extrait de Mon oncle) Jazz Trio Rousseau, Tortiller, Vignon What a Difference a Day Made Jazz Sarah Vaughan Life On Mars? Pop Seu Jorge Habla Con Hella Soundtrack Alberto... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2007/12/random_2007_not.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2007/12/random_2007_not.html Music Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:33:34 +0000 I don't want to discuss politics. This lady belongs to my private set of female figures for whom I'm grateful for comforting me at that defining moment in your childhood when you realize your possibilities are substantially narrower because... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2007/12/no_fair.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2007/12/no_fair.html Current Events Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:53:20 +0000 Francis Bacon, Oedipus and the Sphinx (after Ingres), 1983 This Bacon is, for some unknown reason to me, hanging on a far off corner in the new Modern Art Museum in Lisbon. And that's about the extent of my... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2007/12/post_100.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2007/12/post_100.html Art Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:20:33 +0000 Despite the flu and the rain, today is a very happy day and I just wanted to convert a blog post into a milestone. For personal future reference. Chagall 2007 has been great. 2008 will be even better.... http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2007/12/post_98.html http://claudia.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/2007/12/post_98.html Personal Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:24:00 +0000