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Like a cataract of sensuous gilded Wallendas, the Dreams of Hyperion figures at 24 Bond Street cascade down the NoHo building. Once owned by Robert DeNiro’s mother and later the home of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, 24 Bond Street now hosts the thriving off-Broadway Gene Frankel Theatre on the ground floor where it sits waiting, perhaps, to […]
The name Miguel Hernández is applied to numerous structures and institutions around Alicante and Elche on Spain’s Costa Blanca. These include the airport serving Alicante and the university based in Elche. Hernández was one of the most important poets (amongst many poets and artists) who fought, wrote, and worked for the Republican government during the […]
Hanamaki City in Iwate Prefecture is notable for its associations with Kenji Miyazawa, a poet and author of children’s literature best known for his fantasy novel Night on the Galactic Railroad, written circa 1927 and posthumously published in 1934. The story follows the adventures of a lonely boy named Giovanni and his friend Campanella as they […]
Nestled on a grassy area between Eindhoven’s main train station and the Eindhoven University of Technology, a bowling ball appears to knock a strike on bowling pins. This 8.5-meter-tall sculpture is made of fiberglass and plastic and is the result of a proposal from the city to welcome the new millennium with a unique eye-catcher. […]
Portland, Maine, is a quirky city known for its lobster, beer, and sprawling art scene. Eagle-eyed dwellers may notice murals, art installations and sculptures can be found scattered about, including a curious, oversized metal structure in the middle of the popular Deering Oaks Park. This sculpture depicts Maine’s state flower: a white pine cone. It […]