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When it comes to décor, he is similarly unforgiving, asserting that “not giving a toss about your décor is a crime against humanity, a missed opportunity for you and a source of PTSD for others.”
Are you an “emperor of camp” like Liberace, a burlesque queen living in “a satin upholstered jewelry box” like Dita von Teese, or so idiosyncratic that you belong among “the unclassifiables,” à la Phyllis Diller, who has a room dedicated to her wigs? It doesn’t matter, as long as your home is an aria of personal expression. Lack of money, he adds, should not be an obstacle, since, in aesthetic matters, it tends to be inversely proportional to taste.
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¿Qué dolencia padecía Mona Lisa?
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The Da Vinci Coda. 7 March 2021
I have a Mona Lisa on my fridge. Not the Mona Lisa, just
a Mona Lisa. This one is free from the smokey yellow varnish of the one in the Louvre, and so its colours shine. The sky behind the sitter is very blue, her face is very pale, and her sleeves are a sort of bright terracotta.
Those sleeves are a bit of a shock. The whole thing is a shock - even if you know it s coming. I first encountered this Mona Lisa downstairs at the Prado in Madrid a few years back, which is where I also picked up my fridge magnet. (I also have Las Meninas and a really brilliant El Greco - all told it s quite a fridge coming together.) I knew she was there - that is, I knew the Prado had its own Mona Lisa - but when I turned the corner and there she was, I froze all the same. Everybody passing by seemed to freeze. You,