Category: books
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If houses could talk
What if your house could speak to you? Especially, if it could express its feelings about your plans to leave it behind? Jacqueline Kornmüller (author) and Kat Menschik (illustrator) have come up with a delightful little book, Das Haus verlassen (leaving the house), where the story of the author´s charming if a bit unusual old…
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Not good enough? Think again!
Well, it´s international women´s day again, the moment in time when all the hardships and injustices done to women in the past and in the now are brought to the forefront of media attention. But the focus of my blog today is not on the general politics of or against feminism and women´s rights. Rather,…
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Born in Stars We Live on Earth as Poets
When walking through the Museum Quarter (always an interesting experience), it is worth looking at the walls. What caught my eye last night was this quote, ascribed to the British poet William Blake, on the very yellow wall of the “meteorite passage way” (Meteoritenpassage), close to the Volkstheater entrance of the MQ. It was a…
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A Viennese Paradise at the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts
Anton Hartinger was a Viennese flower painter of the 19th century. Until 26 August 2018 you can see a (small) selection of his many flower and plant illustrations at the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts. Hartinger was a prolific painter, he produced almost 900 botanical illustrations. On view here are some watercolor paintings…
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