Word: intermezzos
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...sheet music for a Brahms intermezzo is open on the Russian-made Rathke grand piano that rests in the salon. Wearing a gray sweat suit and teddy-bear slippers, Maha Shamas is fretting about how people view Palestinian women. First, it is the way foreigners interpret the ululating jubilation of Palestinian mothers whose children have died as "martyrs." To a Westerner, it looks like an unconscionable celebration of the death of a child. "Palestinian women have been dehumanized so much that people are willing to believe this," she says. "It's the ultimate racism. It assumes that Palestinian mothers...
...symphony of lively design exhibitions. The series' overture contains film titles from Imaginary Forces, the design group that created the opening credits for the film Seven. Variations on architectural drawings by masters like Rem Koolhaas are also on view. And scattered throughout the galleries and acting as a unifying intermezzo is the sculptural furniture of Scott Burton. The finale is The Predator by architect Greg Lynn and painter Fabian Marcaccio, a massive installation inspired by the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, part alien organism and part architectural...