We’re excited to read that Australian painter Lisa Adams, whose work we love and wrote about in the past, has been featured in the new issue of Australian Art Review. Congratulations, Lisa! The online article is unfortunately visible to subscribers only, so we posted some images of the hard copy here on the left, after selection of Lisa’s current paintings. Should be legible, at least for the sharp-eyed.
We have just pre-ordered the new Taschen book on information graphics. At first it seemed weird that Taschen publishes a book on something that ceased being exciting news couple of years ago. Today it’s almost embarrassing to come up with yet another infoporn goodie ( unless you are iA, The Guardian or NYT of course :-)).
However, the authors of “Information Graphics” have circumvented the abundance of this theme by giving their readers a historic perspective on visual communication rather than an anthology of the coolest images. So: definitely nice one to add on your shelf!
A novel with Michel Houllebecq as author & contemporary art world as main theme certainly couldn’t escape our attention and curiosity. A truly brilliant read, all the more enjoyable for everyone familiar with the environment. Ending it is a sad experience, both for knowing that the pleasure of the read is over as well as for realizing how much of its underlying nihilism applies to your own existence.
To get you into the mood of the story, you can read some interesting reviews of the book from the Guardian and the Wall Street Journal.
Just purchased a second edition Eat. Shop. London, a great guide through locally-owned eating and shopping establishments in the HFA’s soon-to-be new hometown. It has many of our favorite places included – amongst others Look Mum No Hands @ Old Street which you can see on the photo here - plus plenty of others that we’re dying to explore in the coming months. Congratz to the author, Caroline Loncq, on doing an ace research, compiled in a nicely designed book & accompanied by photographs to make one’s mouth water.
(More local gems guides are available on Rather.)
