Jonathan Borofsky (b. 1942) is an American sculptor and printmaker who is best known for his Hammering Man series of kinetic sculptures which are installed in various cities around the world (some of which we visited briefly in 2006). Today,…

February 7th marks one year until the opening ceremony1 of the 22nd Winter Olympics, taking place in Sochi in Russia's far southwest. with the 11th Winter Paralympics starting a month later. We'll preview the eleven competition venues, beginning with the…

To follow on from our recent tour of the Via Appia Antica, we'll move into the centre of Rome to visit some of the most important locations of this ancient city. Google's imagery has improved considerably since we visited the…

While most visual artwork is intended to please the eye, some artists strive to reach the other senses as well.  Some of them create large-scale sculptures which create sounds from natural sources - generally wind or water. Our first example…

One of the world's largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites encompasses dozens of locations in and around the Russian city of St Petersburg. In later posts we'll visit the outlying forts and country palaces, but first we'll explore some of the…

To celebrate the holiday season this year we'll take a look at Christmas Trees, whose "leaves are so unchanging. Not only green when summer's here, but also when 'tis cold and drear"1. In the United States, an estimated 31 million…