The American psychedelic folk singer and supreme eccentric Devendra Banhart drew on his autobiography for his mellow pop album, Ma. Expect some whacky entertainment at his gigs in Germany next month: Berlin (1/24), Leipzig (1/26) and Cologne (1/29).
A lucky charm for Buddhists, for this Stella McCartney bag, a stylish goldfish.
Talismanic: a metal dragon pendant on a chain of ribbed beads by Hermès.
A 100-percent merino wool sweater by Moschino with a good-luck troll on the front.
20 I 20 by J.F. Schwarzlose Berlin is a feel-good scent for a brand-new decade.
Edward Hopper, Railroad Sunset, 1932-1942, oil on canvas, 112 x 103 cm
©Edward Hopper (1882–1967) is a master of American Realism. Some 60 pieces of his are showing at the Fondation Beyeler art museum in Basel, Switzerland.
My favorite photo I met these schoolboys in Childara, a mountain village 200 kilometers or so east of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. When I held up my camera questioningly, the international way of saying “May I take your picture?” they agreed, although shyly at first.
From the terrace, you take in the fjord, the Lofoten Islands and the horizon. Uredd, designed by Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter, is a rest stop along Norway’s National Scenic Route Helgelandskysten.