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Max Benavidez at The Taj Mahal. Crown of the Palace on the south bank of the Yamuna River. It is really a tomb in memory of a great love. The marble dome is the central focus of this amazing structure. … Continue reading →

“Home—So Different, So Appealing,” a truly astonishing show at the L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA), captures dislocation, exploitation, despair, and division in work after work, in installation after installation. This show doesn’t explode in your face but gradually builds … Continue reading →

Frida Kahlo’s influence only gets stronger. Here’s a take by fashion house Dolce & Gabbana 2017

This building in Santiago de Compostela in Spain is a great example of wabi sabi. Wabi sabi is an ancient aesthetic philosophy rooted in Zen Buddhism, particularly the tea ceremony, a ritual of purity and simplicity in which masters prized … Continue reading →

I looked up as I was signing in to the hotel and saw this painting of a beautiful Portuguese woman

When you see Marcello Mastroianni in La Dolce Vita at the end of the film, you wonder is ennui something that passes? Is it a momentary fleeting experience or is it deeper and something that stays with you through months, … Continue reading →

Los Angeles is a place where you can be anything or anyone you want to be. It is the place of self-creation, a place where you can invent yourself but also invent your own reality. It is in 2017 the … Continue reading →

Heraclitus: “Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.”

Max Benavidez