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Shipping out to Stockholm’s Moderna Museet

Written on May 29, 2017. Posted in Arts.

Somehow between all my exchange’s failed Finish lessons and close calls with airport security, I managed to dive into Scandinavian modern art with Stockholm’s Moderna Musseet. To get cultured, my friends and I took a discount cruise ship from Helsinki to Stockholm. It was massive, housing...

Appreciating the modern: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Written on March 3, 2017. Posted in Arts.

After I booked a trip to Copenhagen for Reading Week only two weeks in advance, I kept the spontaneity going and didn’t plan anything ahead of time, with one exception: the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. I know, modern art often inspires a “I could’ve done that” reaction. A museum full of modern...

Finnished with modern art

Written on January 17, 2017. Posted in Arts.

When I saw Finnish modern art for the first time, “I don’t get it” became the most applicable phrase. The language barrier disappeared between my Japanese roommate, Fu, my French next-door neighbor, Kevin, and I, once we saw human hair threaded through a piece of toilet paper — one of the pieces from...

Journeying through Mystical Landscapes

Written on January 13, 2017. Posted in Arts.

After spending three consecutive days in my pyjamas over the holidays, I booked an ambitious 10:30 a.m. timed-ticket and made my way downtown in Toronto for a spiritual experience like no other at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). In a few short weeks, Mystical Landscapes — a temporary exhibit at...

Golden treasures illuminate The Belvedere

Written on October 14, 2016. Posted in Arts.

Standing amidst masterpieces can make you feel miniscule, especially when those works of art call a palace home. During my visit to Vienna in late August, I ventured to The Belvedere — two late-Baroque palaces turned into an art museum — to view some of the world’s most coveted works of art. While...

Lost in living glass at Dale Chihuly’s Toronto exhibit

Written on August 2, 2016. Posted in Arts.

The other week, I found myself gawking at glass. This wasn’t just any glass — they were massive, intensely-coloured, blown glass objects at the CHIHULY exhibit in the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Dale Chihuly is an American glassblower known for his large scale and otherworldly architectural installations....

A journey through the ages: visiting the Aga Khan Museum

Written on June 27, 2016. Posted in Arts.

With the exception of a brief middle school field trip to a Toronto mosque, my overall exposure to Islamic art had been very limited until I visited the Aga Khan Museum. The Aga Khan is devoted to showcasing Islamic and Persian art and Muslim culture from different corners of the world. The name of...

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Shipping out to Stockholm’s Moderna Museet

Appreciating the modern: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Finnished with modern art

Journeying through Mystical Landscapes

Golden treasures illuminate The Belvedere

Lost in living glass at Dale Chihuly’s Toronto exhibit

A journey through the ages: visiting the Aga Khan Museum

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