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Jacques Torres On The Science Of Pleasure

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What does Mr. Chocolate know about the science of the human brain? Master chocolatier Jacques Torres probably delivers more pleasure to more people on a daily basis than most of us, making him an excellent foil for Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David J. Linden as the two discuss the pursuit of pleasure from a brain-centered angle. The Compass of Pleasure is a program taking place at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan on April 17.

Torres will use a weakness common to many of us (chocolate) to explore the fundamental pursuit of pleasure as it occurs in the human brain. The program is part of the museum's annual Brainwave series which sheds light on fascinating aspects of the mind. The talk costs $25 and yes, Torres is bringing samples. Book tickets to this talk and other conversations in the series that include conversations with painter David Salle, and actress Debra Winger at the Rubin Museum website.

Tags: jacques torres, lectures, mr chocolate, rubin museum

Top Museum Shows of 2010

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Filed under: Art

Museum-goers had much to be grateful for in 2010. In New York City, the twins Mike and Doug Starn's "Big Bambu: You can't, You Don't, and You Won't Stop" on the Roof Garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was a blockbuster installation consisting of 5,000 interlocking bamboo poles lashed together with nylon rope. Think of it as an enormous spider's web of bamboo scaffolding, an example of audience-participation art. Thousands of museum-goers walked through its wavy internal foot paths, which on a windy day were not all that stable. This site specific installation which grew during the spring and summer to an immense structure, 50- feet high, 50-feet wide, and 100-feet long, was a first for New York. The public, the critics, and especially children loved it. The reward for the non-acrophobic willing to walk to the highest point: stunning views of the city, especially at sunset.

Tags: Bronzino, Degas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Palazzo Strozzi, Rubin Museum, Sterling and Francis Clark Institute

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