In 1954 Henri Matisse—who is often regarded as the most important French painter of the 20th century, known for his energetic use of brilliant colour, which made him a leader of the Fauves—died.
by Gregory McNamee “Keep pond clean or Froggy gets sick.” That’s the handy mnemonic for a taxonomic mantra: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. From the time of Aristotle, the hero of Armand Marie Leroi’s breathtakingly good book The Lagoon, to our own, scientists have wondered about how to classify and organize the natural […] Read More
Alain has been writing a weekly interview column for the Italian newspaper La Stampa since 1989. His interviews celebrate some of the best known and successful personalities of the present day. Learn More
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