Weekend Links

Art at the Centre Pompidou

We all need a little bit of this every now and then:  11 Inspirational Quotes That Will Supercharge Your Day

Jerry Saltz on Picasso and his muse:  Picasso and Marie-Therese: L'Amour Fou

Check out the "cloud dust" art work by Filippo Minelli 

The New Vegetarian in The New York Times and three recipes.

Read about writer Dinaw Mengestu and his new book. 

From Editor to Writer: An Interview with Robert Gottlieb

Weekend Links

Monaco

Parisian Chic: French Lessons from Inès de la Fressange

A profile of Chinese artist Ai Wei: It's Not Beautiful

A blogger's attempt to curb Russian corruption: Alexey's Navalny's War

How to Get a Real Education 

Essay by Gabrielle Hamilton author of Blood, Bones, and Butter in Bon Appetit Magazine 

If you're a pasta fan you'll love watching this: Pasta Porn: 101 of American's Most Delicious Noodles 

Is sugar toxic?

Let's say ciao to D&G:  The end of D&G; Long Live Dolce and Gabbana

Saudi Arabia and Iran Wage a New Cold War 

What ever happened to?  Christo without Jeanne-Claude 

Manet is resurfacing:  Edouard Manet:  Symphony in Off-White

Weekend Links

Here are the links for this weekend, they're a mix of art, fashion, food and literature and a little in between. I hope you have a good weekend. I'm off to work on an artist profile + interview that will be posted some time tomorrow. Enjoy wherever you are and check out this cafe in Aix-en-Provence, called Les Deux Garçons where Picasso, Cezanne, Camus and Zola used to frequent. And yes, the coffee was perfect... as always in France.

1.  The changing face of Etsy:  Can Rob Kalin Scale Etsy?

2.  Tina Fey on her new book:  Bossypants

3.  Short interview with Garance Dore on Jay-Z's new blog Life + Times

4.  How to protect yourself and your smart phone:  New Smartphone Security Apps 

5.  Why Fukushima is not yet over:  Hanging by Your Fingernails - The Fukushima Meltdown

6.  Persian Delight:  An Intimate Persian Feast

7.  Meet the White House Chef:  Cooking For the Commander In Chief

8.  Carine Roitfeld interview at Fashionologie 

9.  Read about the Hong Kong Art Fair sponsored by Lane Crawford

10.  How to Read Poetry Today a Book Review

11.  Fashion for Japan Fundraisers:  New York For Tokyo in T-Magazine

12.  Art in The Guardian:  Joan Miro at Home in Exile

13.  The Guardian's World Literature Tour:  This past week, Poland

14.  My Grandpa booked a trip to Egypt and now this:  Clashes erupt around Cairo's Tahrir Square

15.  20 Odd Questions with Vivienne Westwood

What ever happened to Spring?

It might be bright and sunny outside but everything is still covered with snow where I live.  I cannot stand it anymore; for some reason this winter seems especially long.  I dream of the days when I can play tennis again, but that might be a while longer.  Anyway, I managed to find this photo from Jak and Jil which I love because it represents everything that Spring should be:  fresh and light, with subtle hints of colour and the ushering of the colour white in fashion.  And the model couldn't have been any more perfect; just look at her features.  If you zoom in you'll see what I mean.

Today seems more like a Sunday to me.  And after all the hard work of the past week I've decided to bake a pumpkin cheesecake and watch The September Issue as a small reward.  I've heard mixed reviews, but I think it's always better to find out things for yourself.  Besides, I'm interested in seeing the dynamic between Grace Coddington, the creative director of Vogue, and Anna Wintour. I bet that the behind-the-scenes footage that go into the making of the magazine will be fascinating. 

I feel so bad for the people of Japan...

I'm not even sure what to write today.  There's been so much damage in so little time.  How does a country recover from something like this?  And to think of all the people who have been swept away that haven't even been accounted for.  So sad...

© Big Hug Studio