Food for the Soul: Guo Pei Exhibition — San Francisco

Food for the Soul: Guo Pei Exhibition — San Francisco

By Nina Heyn — Your Culture Scout Art museums sometimes showcase outstanding fashion designs, often presenting historical collections of artists who long ago earned their place in the pantheon of couture. Over the last few years, I have seen Chanel, Galliano, and Yves St. Laurent retrospectives in Paris, an Alexander McQueen show that is currently…

Food for the Soul: Global Trade in Art Part 3- Middle East

Food for the Soul: Global Trade in Art Part 3- Middle East

By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout Even if Venice itself is not in the Middle East, until the early 1500s the Venetian empire, built on trade with Asia and the Levant, extended far beyond the city walls, incorporating such lands as Dalmatia and Istria, and reaching practically up to Constantinople. Venice was the gateway…