As hard as it is to believe — for me, at least — Marcia and I have now been writing our Homes & Gardens column for 10 years. The time has gone by in a blur of beautiful gardens and nurseries, amazing, visionary people and countless do-it-yourself projects. But the […]
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Valley News – Our Pandemic Year: The search for inspiration
Editor’s note: In anticipation of the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic’s arrival in the Upper Valley, we asked Valley News readers to reflect on the last 12 months and to share their thoughts about what has changed in their lives, what they missed, what they lost and what they […]
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Find Inspiration for Your Next Trip with Nine Hilton Art Collections Around the World
Cultural experiences are one of the main reasons why we travel. Museums, heritage sites, landmarks and art districts are some of the most popular tourist destinations in any city, drawing crowds from all around the world. The hotel experience has also come to be considered one of the most memorable […]
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After a Jarring Layoff, an Executive Finds Inspiration to Start Her Own Business
Valerie Green views her life as a series of major pivots. Some she initiated, but some she didn’t, including the latest, when she was laid off this spring. Early in her working life, when she was getting started in architecture, a chance conversation with a colleague’s ex-girlfriend prompted her to […]
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Designer Philippe Starck Finds Inspiration in the Uncanny Paintings of Neo Rauch
The dreamlike, figure-filled canvases of the German artist Neo Rauch defy conventional interpretations. Mr. Rauch, 60, grew up in communist East Germany, and his work draws on socialist-realist motifs as well as Surrealism, Romanticism and comics. His paintings are filled with people laboring away at confounding tasks, wearing outfits that […]
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Barbara Kasten’s Bauhaus inspiration in ‘Scenarios’ at Aspen Art Museum
Barbara Kasten’s “Scenarios” is on view at the Aspen Art Museum through April 4, 2021.Courtesy photo The multi-disciplinary artist Barbara Kasten’s work emerged from the same creative DNA that birthed the aesthetics of modern Aspen. A Chicago native, she was deeply influenced by the Bauhaus movement that also shaped Aspen’s […]