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The art of comedy

April 14, 2019 Antithesis Journal
The Duchess of Alba by Goya.   This painting is displayed at the Hispanic Society of America; the image has been sourced from the museum’s  website .

The Duchess of Alba by Goya.
This painting is displayed at the Hispanic Society of America; the image has been sourced from the museum’s website.

Lisa Jacomos reviews Hannah Gadsby’s funny, clever new show, Douglas.

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In Event, Review Tags Hannah Gadsby, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Australian comedy, Melbourne, Palais Theatre, Art, Goya, Louvre, Donatello, Rubenesque, Rubens
We raised over $200 for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation yesterday thanks to your wonderful support! Anyone else excited for some beautiful spring weather?
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🖼 Fatata te Miti (By the Sea), by Paul Gauguin Devotion meets design: the monastery of La Tourette was Le Corbusier’s final and most important building, designed to house a community of silent monks. This Modernist concrete structure serves as a place of worship, residence and learning. (Photo from Hotels We Love) Dieter Roth. Bunny-dropping-bunny (Karnickelköttelkarnickel), 1968. Courtesy of MoMA.

A rather unorthodox ‘chocolate’ bunny made from straw and rabbit droppings - maybe not one to gift this Easter. Patti Smith, ‘Devotion’ Tai in thought by Connor Amor-Bendall. Read more at https://bit.ly/2TU6gt1 The Family Source was a spiritual commune established by Father Yod (born Jim Baker), the owner of one of America’s very first health food restaurants. Its 150 members, including Baker’s fourteen wives, lived together in a Hollywood Hills mansion, where they were influenced by the teachings of guru Yogi Bhajan and the astrological age of Aquarius. (Photo from Isis Aquarian Archives) Henri Matisse. View of Notre Dame, Paris, quai Saint-Michel, spring 1914. Courtesy of MoMA.