Up close and personal with Italian cities during
the Covid-19 pandemic: National Identity and Diversity.
A “virtual” opportunity for art criticism.
As I make my way down the spiral walls of the Guggenheim in New York, I stop to observe the flowing brushstrokes of Van Gogh’s Mountains at Saint-Rémy. … I’m alone. Alone with the hundreds or thousands of IP addresses perusing the museum’s online art offering. I’m not so lonely after all.
Chang’s attack on the Italian pizza tradition is badly researched. His Netflix episode reflects how easy it is to fall into the trap of cultural appropriation.
The memories of my indignation rushed back, as vivid as ever. How could Chang talk like that about such a treasured Italian dish? I felt he was personally attacking me and my heritage.
Escape from New York, in the time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this little corner of the world, where birds chirp happily and time stops, the global COVID-19 pandemic raging outside feels distant and surreal. So does my hasty escape from New York, the city where I left behind the lifelong dream that I’d recently made into a reality.