Unexpected thing I learnt this morning: Marina Abramovic is such a fan of Miriam Elia (We go to the Gallery) that she gets together with friends and reads them out loud, hooting.
She didn't know Miriam but, ahead of the RA show, found her and asked her to write a life-of-Marina satire. See below.

And that was from the rather brilliant and forgotten How Buildings Learn. When the architects walk away, what actually happens. (Answer: not what they planned)

“Rising Mildew”: Frank Lloyd Wright explained by Stewart Brand.

A bit of a shocker of a week having to deal with other people’s various rages, none of which I think I have induced. (None on Blue Sky, tg) Anyway… have rolled into the Academy Club early to find this still life painting waiting to happen.

Have some purple to complement it.

Though she would qualify as very good at self-aggrandisement.

I go away for two weeks and all sorts of new places open in Soho. The most striking is Manzi’s. Originally a 1920s Italian fish restaurant, the same vintage as Quo Vadis, the Wolseley Group bought the name, some chic furnishings and good blue paint. It’s “soft launch” week. Table booked. Let’s see

Very blue sky. And the Palazzo delle Poste in Palermo: Mazzoni, 1920s, and an awesome sight when you’ve just emerged from the dilapidated back streets.