Il Dio Nascosto
60 canvasses make up this special Holy Year exhibition of religious art in 17th-century France. Although associated with the secular splendours of the Sun King, the art of the time was also characterised by pictorial attempts to represent the Divine. ‘Il Dio Nascosto’ (The Hidden God) boasts masterpieces by Georges de La Tour (‘Mary Magdalene’), the Le Nain bothers (‘The Adoration of the Shepherds’) and Philippe de Champaigne (‘The Last Supper’).
Pho Lok
Well-known in the US for bringing fast food to Vietnamese cooking, Pho Luk has found a quiet corner of Shanghai Plaza from which to begin its assault on China. Familiar dishes such as barbecue beef noodles and spring rolls are given just enough of a Vietnamese twist to distinguish them from Chinese fare. The bamboo interior sounds rather twee but, somehow they manage to carry it off.
