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Helen Frankenthaler at Kunstmuseum Basel

We live in the age of gender studies, in which too many art historians and curators attempt to “discover”, “rediscover”, or “reassess” seemingly forgotten or overlooked female artists. In many cases, these female artists are rightly overshadowed by better male artists—not because men are better artists, but simply because there were so many more male artists than female...

Feb 17, 2015 at 01:08 5389
Hotel Plaza Athénée Paris

Review, history, anecdotes and design of the palace at avenue Montaigne In February 2015, I finally had the chance to rediscover the renovated and enlarged Hotel Plaza Athénée in Paris....

Feb 01, 2015 at 22:26 3325
Christophe Moret

Christophe Moret has rightly been awarded a second Michelin star (Added on February 1, 2016 at 17:54 CET). Biography of Christophe Moret The executive chef at Shangri-La hotel Paris,...

Nov 14, 2014 at 15:38 1966
Netanyahu moves to the right

Israeli politics have always been volatile. New parties emerge, existing parties merge, politicians change parties and alliances. When Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu sacked his finance...

Sep 15, 2014 at 20:52 5991
Smokey Robinson

The early life of William Smokey Robinson The Motown record label owes its success to many people. The first to come to my mind are founder Berry Gordy and singer, songwriter, record...

Aug 27, 2014 at 12:34 23987
Emmanuel Macron

The most important appointment in the new, largely unchanged, second government Valls, is the one of Emmanuel Macron as France’s new Minister of the Economy, the Industry and the...

Aug 13, 2014 at 19:05 4072
Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske in the Bronx, New York City, on September 16, 1924. Her father was a Jewish immigrant from Poland, her mother a Jewish immigrant from Romania. She...

Aug 07, 2014 at 00:00 5911
Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Benedetti was born on July 19, 1987. She grew up in the small Scottish town West Kilbride. She has a brother and a sister. Both her parents are Italian born, but moved to Scotland as...

Jul 08, 2014 at 21:14 1743
Israel’s war against Hamas

At the end of 2008 and in early 2009, Israel already fought a war against Hamas. Only a regime change in the Gaza strip would have “justified” such a large scale operation which caused...

May 19, 2014 at 00:00 5071
Dieter Roth

Roth Time – the retrospective at MoMA QNS and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Dieter Roth (1930-1998) is an artist’s artist. In this, in the 20th century, he is probably only...

Jan 17, 2014 at 00:00 5772
Polonia Palace Hotel

On July 14, 1913 the elegant Polonia Palace Hotel opened it’s doors. It remains until today one of Warsaw’s few traditional luxury hotels. Founded by Count Konstanty...

Dec 10, 2013 at 00:00 5203
Shangri-La Hotel Paris

Together with London, the French capital offers the greatest range of luxury hotels in Europe. The elegant Shangri-La hotel Paris is among the newest and the best. Palais Iéna : a building...

Aug 20, 2013 at 00:00 5776
InterContinental Warsaw

In March 2006, I stayed at the elegant InterContinental Warsaw. I remember it vividly because the fabulous 1048 m2 RiverView Wellness Center on the 43rd and 44th floor, which offers with...