Food for the Soul: New Movies…Not in Cinemas…

Food for the Soul: New Movies…Not in Cinemas…

By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout The 2021 Academy Awards have been moved two months later than usual to April 25, extending the entire awards season to eight long months. Movies are eligible for

Food for the Soul: New Movies…Not in Cinemas…

Food for the Soul: New Movies…Not in Cinemas…

By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout The 2021 Academy Awards have been moved two months later than usual to April 25, extending the entire awards season to eight long months. Movies are eligible for […]

Food for the Soul: The Magi at the National Gallery

Food for the Soul: The Magi at the National Gallery

The Adoration of the Kings. Jan Gossaert (1510-15). Photo © The National Gallery, London. By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout One of the most artistically alluring Christmas themes is the one known as the

Food for the Soul Audio: Sagas on Screen

Food for the Soul Audio: Sagas on Screen

Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of the Food for the Soul column and the creator of the Food for the Soul audio. Please click here for Audio

Food for the Soul: The Magi at the National Gallery

Food for the Soul: The Magi at the National Gallery

The Adoration of the Kings. Jan Gossaert (1510-15). Photo © The National Gallery, London. By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout One of the most artistically alluring Christmas themes is the one known as the […]

Food for the Soul Audio: Christmas Movies

Food for the Soul Audio: Christmas Movies

Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of the Food for the Soul column and the creator of the Food for the Soul audio. Please click here for Audio .

Food for the Soul: Women at Work- IV – The Toil

Food for the Soul: Women at Work- IV – The Toil

Jewish Woman with Oranges. Alexander Gierymski (1881). National Museum Warsaw. Photo: Wikimedia Commons By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout There is nothing attractive about toil—this mind-numbing effort of farming or doing some menial, repetitive […]

Food for the Soul: Women at Work- IV – The Toil

Food for the Soul: Women at Work- IV – The Toil

Jewish Woman with Oranges. Alexander Gierymski (1881). National Museum Warsaw. Photo: Wikimedia Commons By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout There is nothing attractive about toil—this mind-numbing effort of farming or doing some menial, repetitive

Food for the Soul: Women at Work Series II – At Home

Food for the Soul: Women at Work Series II – At Home

A Young Woman Sewing. Nicolaes Maes (1655). Harold Samuel Collection, © City of London Corporation, London. Photo: Wikimedia Commons By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout This is the second part in our series on

Food for the Soul: Women at Work Part II – At Home

Food for the Soul: Women at Work Part II – At Home

Part A Young Woman Sewing. Nicolaes Maes (1655). Harold Samuel Collection, © City of London Corporation, London. Photo: Wikimedia Commons By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout This is the second part in our series […]

Food for the Soul – Women at Work Part I – Masterpieces

Food for the Soul – Women at Work Part I – Masterpieces

Birth of the Virgin. Domenico Ghirlandaio (1479-85). Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout The majority of figures in paintings, especially those created before the 20th

Food for the Soul – Women at Work Part I – Masterpieces

Food for the Soul – Women at Work Part I – Masterpieces

Birth of the Virgin. Domenico Ghirlandaio (1479-85). Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout The majority of figures in paintings, especially those created before the 20th […]

Food for the Soul: Good and Bad Government

Food for the Soul: Good and Bad Government

Effects of Good Government in the City. Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1339). Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout The United States is preparing for the November 3rd

Food for the Soul: Good and Bad Government

Food for the Soul: Good and Bad Government

Effects of Good Government in the City. Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1339). Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout The United States is preparing for the November 3rd […]

Food For the Soul: Tenet

Food For the Soul: Tenet

What we did with Inception for the heist genre is what Tenet attempts to bring to the spy movie genre – director Christopher Nolan Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of the

Fool for the Soul:  Tenet

Fool for the Soul: Tenet

What we did with Inception for the heist genre is what Tenet attempts to bring to the spy movie genre – director Christopher Nolan By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout Tenet was supposed to […]

Food for the Soul Audio: Lost Art Stories

Food for the Soul Audio: Lost Art Stories

Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of the Food for the Soul column and the creator of the Food for the Soul podcast. Please click here for Audio. Articles: Lost Masterpieces. Part

Food For the Soul: Artists Gardens

Food For the Soul: Artists Gardens

Strange Garden (Dziwny Ogród). Józef Mehoffer (1903). National Museum, Warsaw. Photo: Public Domain Wikimedia Commons. Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout - the author of the Food for the Soul column. To view the post

Food For the Soul: Artists Gardens

Food For the Soul: Artists Gardens

Strange Garden (Dziwny Ogród). Józef Mehoffer (1903). National Museum, Warsaw. Photo: Public Domain Wikimedia Commons. By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout There are very few advantages of a global lockdown other than decreased pollution, […]

Food for the Soul: Lost Masterpieces. Part 2: Missing

Food for the Soul: Lost Masterpieces. Part 2: Missing

Rembrandt van Rijn. The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. 1633. Stolen in 1990 from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Boston. Photo: Public Domain Wikimedia Commons Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of

Food for the Soul: Lost Masterpieces. Part 2: Missing

Food for the Soul: Lost Masterpieces. Part 2: Missing

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. Rembrandt van Rijn (1633). Stolen in 1990 from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Boston. Photo: Public Domain Wikimedia Commons. By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout Since antiquity, artworks […]

Food for the Soul: Lost Masterpieces. Part 1: Destroyed

Food for the Soul: Lost Masterpieces. Part 1: Destroyed

The Stonebreakers. Gustave Courbet (1849). Dresden Gemäldegallerie. Destroyed in 1945 during an air raid. Photo: Public Domain Wikimedia Commons Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of the Food for the Soul column.

Food for the Soul: Lost Masterpieces. Part 1: Destroyed

Food for the Soul: Lost Masterpieces. Part 1: Destroyed

The Stonebreakers. Gustave Courbet (1849). Dresden Gemäldegallerie. Destroyed in 1945 during an air raid. Photo: Public Domain Wikimedia Commons By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout Art gets lost, stolen, or destroyed all the time. […]

Food for the Soul: Loving Beethoven

Food for the Soul: Loving Beethoven

Gustav Klimt. Beethoven Frieze (detail). Vienna. Photo: Public Domain Wikimedia Commons By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth date is unknown but his baptism, that most likely took place no later […]

Food for the Soul Audio:  Loving Beethoven

Food for the Soul Audio: Loving Beethoven

Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of the Food for the Soul column and the creator of the Food for the Soul podcast. Please click here for Article. Please click here for

Food for the Soul – Dog Stories

Food for the Soul – Dog Stories

Martiros Saryan. By the well. Hot Day. 1909. Martiros Saryan Museum,Yerevan, Armenia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of the Food for the Soul column. To view

Food for the Soul Audio: Museum Memories

Food for the Soul Audio: Museum Memories

Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of the Food for the Soul column and the creator of the Food for the Soul podcast. Please click here for the June 18th, 2020 Audio/a>.

Food for the Soul – Dog Stories

Food for the Soul – Dog Stories

By the well. Hot day. Martiros Saryan. 1909. Martiros Saryan Museum,Yerevan, Armenia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain “Man’s best friend” has been a friend of artists throughout centuries and esthetic styles. By Nina Heyn – […]

Food for the Soul – Cat Stories

Food for the Soul – Cat Stories

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Food for the Soul –  Cat Stories

Food for the Soul – Cat Stories

Couturier Cat. Tsuguharu Foujita. 1927. Photo: Public Domain Wikiart.org Before there were videos of funny cats on the Internet, for about 4000 years there were simply fun cat paintings. By Nina Heyn – Your Culture […]

Food for the Soul: Protest in Art

Food for the Soul: Protest in Art

Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of the Food for the Soul column. Her presentation for the 1st Quarter 2020 Wrap Up–“Protest in Art”–has been added to the 1st Quarter 2020 Wrap

Food for the Soul Audio:  The Art of Survival

Food for the Soul Audio: The Art of Survival

Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of the Food for the Soul column and the creator of the Food for the Soul podcast. Every year, Nina spends an inordinate amount of time

Food for the Soul: 500 years of Raphael in Rome

Food for the Soul: 500 years of Raphael in Rome

Raphael. Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. (1513) The Louvre. Courtesy of Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome April 6, 2020 markes a 500 year anniversary of passing of one the most beloved artists. A huge Raphael exhibition at […]

Food for the Soul: 500 years of Raphael in Rome

Food for the Soul: 500 years of Raphael in Rome

Raphael Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. 1513. The Louvre. Courtesy of Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome April 6, 2020 marks a 500 years anniversary of passing of one of the most beloved artists. A huge Raphael exhibition

Food for the Soul: at home

Food for the Soul: at home

Food for the Soul will now be adding a dedicated mini-site to bring you all the culture stories in one place By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout The world has just hunkered down to […]

Food for the Soul: At home

Food for the Soul: At home

Food for the Soul will now be adding a dedicated mini-site to bring you all the culture stories in one place By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout The world has just hunkered down to

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Olga Boznańska. Japanese self-portrait. 1892. Photo: Public domain Wikimedia Commons. National Museum Wrocław, Poland In ages past, women have always had a hard path towards even becoming an artist, much less being recognized as one. […]

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Food for the Soul: Michelangelo – Mind of the Master

Food for the Soul: Michelangelo – Mind of the Master

Sweat and toil of the master who never wanted you to see it By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout Michelangelo Buonarotti. Head of a Child with a Cloak around the Head. Mid-1520’s. Collection and

Food for the Soul: Adventures of the Ghent Altar

Food for the Soul: Adventures of the Ghent Altar

The Ghent Altar or An Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. Inside panels. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain. The most stolen artwork ever has been restored to its original glory By Nina Heyn – Your […]

Food for the Soul: Adventures of the Ghent Altar

Food for the Soul: Adventures of the Ghent Altar

The Ghent Altar or An Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. Inside panels. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain. The most stolen artwork ever has been restored to its original glory By Nina Heyn – Your

Food for the Soul – Money on Canvas

Food for the Soul – Money on Canvas

The Payment of Dues. Georges de la Tour, 1630-35. Lviv Art Gallery, Ukraine (until 1940 – Lwów Art Gallery, Poland), ex Lubomirski collection. Photo: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. By Nina Heyn – Your Culture […]

Food for the Soul: Streaming Late at Night

Food for the Soul: Streaming Late at Night

Streaming gems you possibly missed Winter usually does not offer many exciting movies other than the awards heavyweights (where your choices are between equally soul-dampening entries of 1917 or maybe Marriage Story). So… long dark […]

Food for the Soul: Streaming Late at Night

Food for the Soul: Streaming Late at Night

Streaming gems you possibly missed Winter usually does not offer many exciting movies other than the awards heavyweights (where your choices are between equally soul-dampening entries of 1917 or maybe Marriage Story). So… long dark

Food for the Soul:  Parasite and Farewell

Food for the Soul: Parasite and Farewell

"In today's capitalistic society there are ranks and castes that are invisible to the eye. We keep them disguised and out of sight and superficially look down on class hierarchies as a relic of the […]

Food for the Soul:  Parasite and Farewell

Food for the Soul: Parasite and Farewell

"In today's capitalistic society there are ranks and castes that are invisible to the eye. We keep them disguised and out of sight and superficially look down on class hierarchies as a relic of the

Food for the Soul – da Vinci’s Horse

Food for the Soul – da Vinci’s Horse

Leonardo da Vinci. Ca.1491. Study for the Sforza monument. Image source: Wikimedia Commons, public domain By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout It was a classic moment of serendipity. Catherine, Robert and I have been […]

Food for the Soul – da Vinci’s Horse

Food for the Soul – da Vinci’s Horse

Leonardo da Vinci. Ca.1491. Study for the Sforza monument. Image source: Wikimedia Commons, public domain By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout It was a classic moment of serendipity. Catherine, Robert and I have been

Food for the Soul:  Podcasting about da Vinci

Food for the Soul: Podcasting about da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci – the Louvre Exhibit with Nina Heyn and Ulrike Granögger. By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout To conclude our series on da Vinci – Solari’s “Hero of the Year” – we […]

Food for the Soul:  Podcasting about da Vinci

Food for the Soul: Podcasting about da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci – the Louvre Exhibit with Nina Heyn and Ulrike Granögger. By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout To conclude our series on da Vinci – Solari’s “Hero of the Year” – we

Food for the Soul: 12 Movie Gifts in a Pear Tree

Food for the Soul: 12 Movie Gifts in a Pear Tree

By Nina Heyn- Your Culture Scout For holidays, we bring our 12 Christmas Movie Gifts – as diverse as a partridge in a pear tree and maids a milking would be. The only criteria for

Food for the Soul: Bombshell

Food for the Soul: Bombshell

“Lawyer: Ready to go to war?” Gretchen Carlson: Oh, yeah” – lines from the movie Bombshell By Nina Heyn- Your Culture Scout Charlize Theron is not only a film star (Oscar for her portrayal of […]

Food for the Soul: Bombshell

Food for the Soul: Bombshell

“Lawyer: Ready to go to war?” Gretchen Carlson: Oh, yeah” – lines from the movie Bombshell By Nina Heyn- Your Culture Scout Charlize Theron is not only a film star (Oscar for her portrayal of

Food for the Soul: Knives Out!

Food for the Soul: Knives Out!

“Ransom Drysdale: What is this? CSI: KFC?” A line from Knives Out! By Nina Heyn- Your Culture Scout Our streaming devices are groaning under the weight of choices – movies, seasons of shows, mini-series, documentaries […]

Food for the Soul: Knives Out!

Food for the Soul: Knives Out!

“Ransom Drysdale: What is this? CSI: KFC?” A line from Knives Out! By Nina Heyn- Your Culture Scout Our streaming devices are groaning under the weight of choices – movies, seasons of shows, mini-series, documentaries

Food for the Soul: Women at Prado – Women Artists Series 2

Food for the Soul: Women at Prado – Women Artists Series 2

Sofonisba Anguissola. Self-Portrait at the Easel. 1556-57. Muzeum-Zamek. Łańcut, Poland. Photo credit: Courtesy of the © Prado National Museum, Madrid, Spain. “Her paintings were celebrated for their calm and gentle style, and for the particularity […]

Food for the Soul: Women at Prado – Women Painters series 2

Food for the Soul: Women at Prado – Women Painters series 2

Sofonisba Anguissola. Self-Portrait at the Easel. 1556-57. Muzeum-Zamek. Łańcut, Poland. Photo credit: Courtesy of the © Prado National Museum, Madrid, Spain. “Her paintings were celebrated for their calm and gentle style, and for the particularity

Food for the Soul: Museum Gardens

Food for the Soul: Museum Gardens

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need”. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) By Nina Heyn, Your Culture Scout A typical museum of fine art is a depository of paintings, […]

Food for the Soul: Museum Gardens

Food for the Soul: Museum Gardens

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need”. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) By Nina Heyn, Your Culture Scout A typical museum of fine art is a depository of paintings,

Food for the Soul: da Vinci, Paris – Part 3

Food for the Soul: da Vinci, Paris – Part 3

A good painter has two things to represent: the man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard.” — Leonardo da Vinci By Nina Heyn- Your Culture Scout It is […]

Food for the Soul: da Vinci, Paris – Part 3

Food for the Soul: da Vinci, Paris – Part 3

A good painter has two things to represent: the man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard.” — Leonardo da Vinci By Nina Heyn- Your Culture Scout It is

Food For The Soul: The Laundromat

Food For The Soul: The Laundromat

“Think of this as a fairytale that actually happened.” A line from the movie The Laundromat By Nina Heyn- Your Culture Scout How do you turn a dense literary account of financial (mal)practices into a […]

Food For The Soul: The Laundromat

Food For The Soul: The Laundromat

“Think of this as a fairytale that actually happened.“ A line from the movie The Laundromat By Nina Heyn- Your Culture Scout How do you turn a dense literary account of financial (mal)practices into a

Food for the Soul: From Downton to Wall Street

Food for the Soul: From Downton to Wall Street

King George V: “Were you effected by the strikes?” The Dowager Countess: “My maid was rather curt with me. She’s a communist at heart.” From the movie Downton Abbey By Nina Heyn – Your Culture […]

Food for the Soul: From Downton to Wall Street

Food for the Soul: From Downton to Wall Street

King George V: “Were you effected by the strikes?” The Dowager Countess: “My maid was rather curt with me. She’s a communist at heart.” From the movie Downton Abbey By Nina Heyn – Your Culture

Food for the Soul: “Tel Aviv on Fire”

Food for the Soul: “Tel Aviv on Fire”

“-David, we have a celebrity here! This Arab writes “Tel Aviv on Fire.” Do you watch it? -Once. It’s anti-Semitic. -With a name like that, did you expect a Zionist show?” Dialogue from the comedy […]

Food for the Soul: “Tel Aviv on Fire”

Food for the Soul: “Tel Aviv on Fire”

“-David, we have a celebrity here! This Arab writes “Tel Aviv on Fire.” Do you watch it? -Once. It’s anti-Semitic. -With a name like that, did you expect a Zionist show?” Dialogue from the comedy

Food for the Soul: Blinded By the Light

Food for the Soul: Blinded By the Light

“Everybody’s got a hunger, a hunger they can’t resist; There’s so much that you want, you deserve much more than this.” Bruce Springsteen “Prove It All Night” By Nina Heyn- Your Culture Scout It is […]

Food for the Soul: Blinded By the Light

Food for the Soul: Blinded By the Light

“Everybody’s got a hunger, a hunger they can’t resist; There’s so much that you want, you deserve much more than this.“ Bruce Springsteen “Prove It All Night” By Nina Heyn- Your Culture Scout It is