
The Long Arm of Art on Joe Batt’s Point
Each of us harbours a landscape we long to return to. For many, that place is Fogo Island. Who wouldn’t want to return and hike
We jubilados (Spanish for retirees) are constantly on the lookout for art: in galleries, on the street and in the wild.
Each of us harbours a landscape we long to return to. For many, that place is Fogo Island. Who wouldn’t want to return and hike
Looking at art in the street or on gallery walls in Mexico City and Oaxaca, we couldn’t help but notice the predominance of playful images
“You didn’t go to the Blue Lagoon?” a friend exclaimed, astonished. Not surprising, given Teetotaller Beach is across the road from where we live, and
The upswing of our trip to Iceland last year (our first international trip after the Covid lockdown) was arriving in August on the first day
An old Mexican proverb says, El amor entra por los ojos, “Love comes through the eyes.” Is this what life could be, wakening to the high-altitude light
In art galleries, at markets and on street corners in Oaxaca, you see all sorts of alebrijes, brightly coloured Mexican sculptures of fantastical creatures, simple and affordable, refined
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