How to Be Cultured Menu [–> 1. Poem everyone should memorize? “Pablo Neruda’s ‘Ode to the Onion’ (1954). I find his adoration of simple objects appealing. It springs to mind when I’m cooking.” 2. Recipe everyone should know? “Italian ceci, or chickpeas. They should be roasted or fried, so they’re crispy, and garnished with nothing … Read more
How to Be Cultured Menu Architecture and Design [–> 1. The Mythical Tower of Babel (10-7 B.C.) [-1–> [–> [-1–>[-1–>[0–>Heritage Images/Hulton Fine Art Collection/Getty Images In the Bible, humanity attempts to build a tower to reach the heavens — until God scuppers everyone’s plan by making them speak different languages and dispersing them across the … Read more
How to Be Cultured Menu Architecture and Design [–> Earth “Pounding earth or making mud bricks out of earth [as opposed to firing clay bricks] “It’s one of the most universal and ancient building techniques,” says Arik Chen, 51, director of the Zaha Hadid Foundation in London. “It keeps spaces cool when it’s hot and … Read more
How to Be Cultured Menu Art [–> Buffalo Buffalo AKG Art Museum ‘Convergence’ (1952) by Jackson Pollock “This is such a distinctly American painting [below]” says 79-year-old artist Stanley Whitney. “At that time American painters were trying to reinvent painting, and no one can reinvent painting better than Pollock.” [-1–> [–> [-1–>[-1–>[0–>© The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists … Read more
How to Be Cultured Menu Art [–> Chinese Literati Painting 900s-Early 1900s One of the longest-running movements in art history, it combined poetry and painting into a single image. “The very idea of a movement that acknowledged the equivalence of poetry, drawing and calligraphy” is “unique,” says Chika Okeke-Agulu, 59, a professor of art history at Princeton University. … Read more
How to Be Cultured Menu Art [–> [-1–> [–> [-1–>[-1–>[0–>© Holt/Smithson Foundation and Dia Art Foundation/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, courtesy of Holt/Smithson Foundation. Photo: Nancy Holt Corinne, Utah ‘Spiral Jetty’ (1970) by Robert Smithson “Spiral Jetty” is what Kevin Beasley, 40, a New York-based artist who’s heavily influenced by land art, … Read more
How to Be Cultured Menu Art [–> One of the earliest and most famous conceptual artworks is “Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp: a porcelain urinal the artist submitted to an exhibition in 1917. (It didn’t make the cut.) Duchamp believed that “everyday objects [could be] The artist’s chosen actions enhance the dignity of the work of … Read more
1942-46 Peggy Guggenheim opens the Art of This Century gallery near New York’s Museum of Modern Art and begins showing Jackson Pollock — soon to be followed by Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still. With the emergence of these artists, and others Guggenheim exhibits (Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhardt), New York effectively replaces Paris as the center of the art business. [-1–> [–> … Read more