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The hedges of the Hamptons/Across the Universe

I spent the past week in a tiny house on the North Shore of Long Island. This was not the Hamptons. Oh, we did visit Southampton, where we discovered how to keep a beach exclusive and public all at once. Provide nearby parking only to people with town-resident stickers. It was otherwise a nice, chi-chi little town with shoppes, some ghastly galleries, and the Parrish Art Museum (more on that later). One of the smaller hedges in Southampton The best (or worst) thing about Southampton, however, were the hedges. We passed them on our long walk to check out the ... More » »

The three Fridas 1: films and books on Frida

This is the first in three posts about Frida Kahlo, an exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. To read about the merchandise at the exhibit gift show, go to post 2, here. To read about the show itself, go to post 3 here. Frida Kahlo The Two Fridas (1939) oil on canvas, 67 x 67″, Collection Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City The bibliography on Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is long, but of recent vintage. Worldcat lists over seven hundred books with Frida as subject; I scanned the first hundred and none pre-dates 1982. Those first hundred titles include the ... More » »