If my first visit to Venice was a triumph of style over substance (see my post on the Biennale), then my second was just the opposite: a complete displacement...

It is safe to say that I had an unusual visit to Paris, at least from a touristic standpoint; I never saw the Eiffel Tower, except from afar; I spent scant time...

Upon leaving Berlin (leaving? what about what happened in Berlin?)*, I embarked on a face-bending six-week tour of some new corners of Europa. The first and...

A little over a week before I left Japan, I sallied forth from the Tokyo metropolitan area. My objective? The Teshima Museum, by Ryue Nishizawa, one half of the...