Good grief! What were they thinking? (What were they doing?) But don’t be deterred from risking a visit to see for yourself. It is indeed a miracle the Munster survived… If you missed it, see my previous panoramic view in which I remind you that the Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt once said that the church’s 116-meter tower “will forever remain the most beautiful spire on earth”.

“German art collector Julia Stoschek poses in the video installation ‘Destroy she said’ by Monica Bonvicini in her exhibition at Deichtorhallen art hall in Hamburg, Germany.” See this “this very young private collection” at ArtDaily.com

Tracked this to Reddit posted by “scarlotti-the-blue” and everyone wants to know whether the humble Matt Bateman is the author? Seems to have been becoming viral since at least January 4… Son Axel says Avatar was “the best movie ever” – Seems I’ve got some work to do…

Want to go deeper? Read Daniel Mendelsohn’s review in the NYRB…

Up a bit on the right… No! the left… From ArtDaily.

Remember the evidenciary significance of the reflection in the eye in Twin Peaks? Well I’m not sharing the backstory here, and neither is The Sailor, whose sees all… (but please remember to turn off your flash if you wish to try this experiment at home).

…in this case from the dreaded process of “restoration”: this 1925 Bugatti Brescia Type 22, which sold recently at Bonhams, had sat on the bottom of Lake Maggiore in Switzerland for 73 years.  As the story goes:

The car was built in 1925 and registered originally to an owner in Nancy, France, then later sold to and registered by a Parisian owner. Eventually, Bonhams speculates, it wound up in the hands of a Swiss architect of Polish descent who reportedly never paid the import duties on the car. The local authorities in Ascona, where the car was stored in 1936, demanded either that the overdue monies be paid or the car destroyed — and so it was dumped in the lake, where it was eventually discovered by a diver in 1967. In 2009 that the vintage Bugatti — or what was left of it — was recovered by members of the local diving club.

The American underbidder had intended to restore it… Luckily the winner wanted to keep it as it is and paid €260,500 for the privilege. Meanwhile, in better shape, and for a better price ($30m plus), there’s always the Atlantic.