Step into the world of heroic myth and sculptural brilliance with Antonio Canova’s magnificent marble group Theseus Defeats the Centaur, displayed at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum. Created between circa 1805 and 1819, this dramatic work captures the Greek hero Theseus in … Read More
Museum Musings
Vienna’s Stolen Art: The Dark History Behind a Painting at the Wien Museum
Freezing Pretzel Boy in Front of the Dominican Church: Peter Fendi’s Biedermeier Masterpiece with a Troubled Past Nestled within the Wien Museum’s vast collection is a haunting and beautiful painting by Austrian artist Peter Fendi titled “Freezing Pretzel Boy in … Read More
Vienna Technical Museum: My only takeaway…
from the Vienna Technical Museum were the adorable Austrian Airlines flight attendant uniforms from the 1970s! The museum itself is WONDERFUL! A paradise for physics, and STEM enthusiasts – unfortunately the only thing I was able to explain to my … Read More
A Sunday afternoon at the butterfly house
My anxiety about not doing enough ‘stimulating’ activities with my two oldest kids, hereby referred to as LL and Middle, reached peak height last week. As to not spend another Sunday afternoon watching Cocomelon and having discussions with myself as … Read More