Word: elegantes
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Since China's Song dynasty (960-1279), these interconnected arts have been considered the "three perfections," fitting pastimes for scholar-officials, or literati, who for political or personal reasons, often had little else to do. The idea of using simple calligraphic brushstrokes to create lyrical paintings (many of which featured...
Meanwhile in London, P.R. firm Brunswick Arts is fielding rsvps for Australia's own Biennale bash on June 9. While the New Zealanders promise "music from London; films by Len Lye," Australia is offering a more restrained reception at the seriously elegant Hotel Cipriani. The parties reflect the different approaches...
When it comes to wielding a pair of scissors?as tailors or barbers?Italians rank among the world's finest. And there's no more elegant setting for a haircut than Genoa's Barbieria Giacalone, a tiny, three-chair gem squeezed into the city's oldest quarter near St. Lorenzo...
their abandoned sons. The need for parental closure drove the characters played by Bill Murray in Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers (which took the runner-up Grand Prix), Sam Shepard in Wim Wenders' Don't Come Knocking, and William Hurt in James Marsh's The King. A similar theme, of...
And there's no more elegant setting for a haircut than Genoa's Barbieria Giacalone, a tiny, three-chair gem squeezed into the city's oldest quarter near St. Lorenzo cathedral. Its eponymous founder, Archimede Giacalone, established his 10-sq-m premises in 1882 to serve sailors traveling through the...