Confessions of a researchaholic

2025-11-30

Home alone in a gloomy weekend morning

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is a good chance to see whether you are a good companion to yourself.

2025-11-29

Two bronze sculptures

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Two bronze sculptures by two artists in two separate exhibitions in adjacent gallery rooms at the Cantor Arts Center, both used the female body to express the artists’ perspectives on culture and feminism.

The two exhibitions are both very interesting and worth visiting.
Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior shows intricate drawings, paintings, sculpture, and motion graphics by the Pakistani-American artist exploring themes of identity and cultural hybridity.
Cunning folk displays artifacts, notably detailed etchings, of magical/folk-lore practices.

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2025-11-02

Hannah Cairo disproved the 40-year-old Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture

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Most kids don’t like math, but this one managed to love it enough to self-teach advanced topics and eventually disprove a long-standing conjecture in harmonic analysis while still in high-school.
She treats math as art and it reflects on the way she designs her presentations and probably also approaches problems.



2025-11-01

Día de los Muertos at Davies Symphony Hall

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I was aware of this unique event a few months back but didn’t get a chance to see the detailed program until the morning of the performance day. After sampling a few pieces and finding them engaging, I bought some of the last remaining seats. The performance was uniquely Latin American, with a mix of musical pieces and dance/costume movements.



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