In Memory of the Late Mr. & Mrs. Comfort: A Fable in 24 Episodes. Photographic essay by Richard Avedon for The New Yorker, November, 1995. Model Nadja Auermann, dress by Jean Paul Gaultier. Related Posts: – Silent Sundays: Fool Death, My Playmate (1922) – Silent Sundays:… Read More ›
Vincent van Gogh, Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette, 1886. Related Posts: – Silent Sundays: Death in the Tree (1897) – Silent Sundays: Kostlivec (1961) – Silent Sundays: Self-Portrait (1908)
Darlings, it is always so fascinating what delightful little historical oddities turn up at international auction houses. This most recent find, dating from the 17th century, is a secret poisoner’s cabinet, a simple book carved out to hide an array… Read More ›
The Year of Halloween 