Monday, February 19, 2007

In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon

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The 20th-anniversary exhibition of In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon ends at the Cantor Arts Center after a national tour.

If you live in the Bay Area, as I do, or if visiting here, I highly recommend that you make it to Cantor for this exhibition which will end on May 6, 2007.

Cantor Art Center has sponsored a lecture on the work for this Thursday, February 22, at 6:30 pm.

Friday, February 16, 2007

The Wind Carpet

If you want to learn about carpets, and the social art of weaving, the Japanese-Iranian movie, The Wind Carpet will give you a wonderful glimplse. This movie appeared some years ago at the London Film Festival.