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The Gift Of Simone Veil: Elsa Zylberstein’s Oscar-Worthy Performance
Simone Veil was a major figure in France, one of that country’s most popular politicians ever, whose steely will, remarkable determination, and unyielding sense of justice led Veil, who as a teenager was deported to Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen, whose father and brother were murdered by the Nazis and whose mother died in the camps, […]
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Feasting in Batumi: Caucasian home of super supras
Tom Teicholz heads to Georgia’s second city, where he finds familiarity and wonderful hospitality—topped by the extravagant supra feastT From Lucire.com/ The global fashion magazine December 31, 2023 https://lucire.com/2023/1230vo0.shtml Feasting in Batumi: Caucasian home of super supras Volante Tom Teicholz heads to Georgia’s second city, where he finds familiarity and wonderful hospitality—topped by the extravagant supra feast PHOTOGRAPHED BY THE […]
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Best Of Visual Art 2023
In 2023, I saw a lot of great Art in brilliantly curated art exhibitions at both galleries and in museums. As is my custom, let me begin by highlighting artists, artworks, and works about art that I didn’t get a chance to write about last year but which stayed with me. Sophie Chahinian COURTESY OF […]
Dining With The Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting, LACMA exhibition showcases Islamic Art and hospitality
“For many, if not most of us, our earliest encounter with another culture is not its art, literature, or history but its cuisine,” said Linda Komaroff, Curator and Department Head, Art of the Middle East, at the Los Angeles County Museum (LACMA). Having recently experienced the traditional hospitality of Georgians in the Caucusus, I was […]
Bodytraffic Wants To Be Los Angeles’ Dance Company
“LA deserves to have a remarkable dance company that’s representative of this community,” Tina Finkelman Berkett, co-founder and artistic director of Los Angeles-based dance troupe BODYTRAFFIC, told me. BODYTRAFFIC is a 17-year-old dance company based in Los Angeles that will be performing at the Audrey Irmas Pavillon performance space at Wilshire Boulevard Temple (3643 Wilshire […]
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Scott Stover Has A Strategic Plan For NextGen Culture
If all you knew of the Art world was art fairs such as Art Basel or the upcoming Frieze LA, or the crowds at the Met in New York, or the Broad in LA for a blockbuster show, you would imagine the art world is awash in support, and that there are hordes of young […]
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