Wassily Kandinsky, The path to abstraction

This article is from Cosmopolis (April 2006)
Tate Modern in London regularly offers outstanding temporary exhibitions. Currently, in cooperation with the Kunstmuseum Basel, Wassily Kandinsky: The path to abstraction is the exhibition to visit.
Although Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) is not only one of my favorite artists, but is recognized worldwide as one of the founders of Expressionism [...]

Arab world opens door to Western classics

It’s been 375 years since Galileo published his earth-shaking Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, 336 since John Milton wrote Paradise Regained and nearly 40 since James D. Watson had an apparent international bestseller with The Double Helix, about the discovery of the structure of DNA. Amazingly, however, none of these books, and thousands [...]