Game On

Venezuelan artist Antonio Azzato stands next to one of the sculptures that is part of the Meninas Caracas Gallery street exhibit, which pays homage to Spanish artist Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas. Photo: Gaby Oráa/Reuters.

The In Between

To quote Dylan, “They say ev’rything can be replaced / Yet ev’ry distance is not near”.

Time and Creation

To quote George Bernard Shaw, “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself”.

After All

To quote Rohinton Mistry, “In the end, it’s all a question of balance”.

Paper Moon

To quote Stephen Spender, “History is the ship carrying living memories to the future”.

In the Arms of Morpheus

“And foundering is sweet in such a sea”, as Giacomo Leopardi put it in verses.

Rainman

Here’s Pluie (Rain), Jean-Michel Folon’s three-meter statue which was gifted to the city of Florence in 2002 to be displayed at the centre of the roundabout between Lungarno Aldo Moro and Via Enrico De Nicola. The Rainman’s raincoat has withstood the stress of time, but his “umbrella”, which ought to be a fountain of eternal rain, is dried up, without a drop of water. Art is thirsty, alas!, life is dry. Unfortunately, because Quarter 2’s king Midas claims to be able to turn a damp, foul-smelling catacomb into a multi-sports hub only through his supernatural power, by virtue of which he is king.

Ophelia

Maybe it was just her temporarily thinking about something else.

The Unbearable Lightness of Not Being

Optical Holography

The Queen’s Hat

Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda, Checkmate, 2019. Courtesy of Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda.

Into the Sky with Diamonds

Two of the ground floor boarded up windows of a building at Tumska Street in Włocławek, Poland, have been frescoed with imaginary windows. The artist/author is unknown. Photo: Mariochom/CC BY-SA 4.0.

Alphabetti Spaghetti

A woman looks at the sculpture Alphabetti Spaghetti created by Alex Chinneck for the Kensington + Chelsea Art Week Public Art Trail 2020 (KCAW20), in London, England. Photo: Simon Dawson/Reuters.

The Ego and the Id

Meditation, photo elaboration by French artist Niko Photographisme from The Robot Next Door series. Photo © Niko Photographisme.

Alternate Academy Awards

On August 22, 2019 1st President of the Republic of Kalmykia and 6th FIDE President Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov was elected by acclamation as Honorary Chairman of the “Russian-Chinese Union of Entrepreneurs, Artists and Cinematographers”, a newly founded non-profit organisation aimed at facilitating and promoting development of the cinematographic, audiovisual and multimedia industry all around the world.

The Rodina Cinema in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia. Photo: Dmitry89/Wikimedia Commons.

Green and Purple

And then, while summer is passing, ballet dancers of 钦州 (Qīnzhōu) School are already rehearsing for next summertime, in 钦州 (Qīnzhōu), 广西壮族自治区 (Guǎngxī Zhuàng Autonomous Region), China. Photo: 張璦麟 (Zhāng Àilín)/新华社 (Xīnhuá News Agency)/Barcroft Media.

The Things that Nobody Knows

Photo © Christopher Doyle, from the exhibition “画影之间|张恩利×杜可风" | “Nobody Knows Where: 張恩利 (Zhāng Ēnlì) × Christopher Doyle”, which took place at Aurora Art Museum in 上海 (Shànghǎi), China from June 9, 2015 to September 20, 2015. Courtesy of Christopher Doyle/Aurora Art Museum.

Water on Earth

A visitor looks at the digital art exhibition “Aquarium by Naked” by the Japanese artist Ryôtarô Muramatsu at the 嘉德艺术中心 (Guardian Art Centre) in 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: How Hwee Young/EPA.

Ad libitum

Ad libitum | Artwork © johnnyluckyrabbit

Singin’ in the Rain

上海 (Shànghǎi), China: People visit the Rain Room, an installation by Random International. It creates a field of falling water that stops in the area where people walk, allowing them to stay dry. Photo: 阿里宋 (Ālǐ Sòng)/Reuters.