Fra Angelico… at the Musée Jacquemart-André…
Fra Angelico… “Fra”… “Frate… “fratter” (latin)… “Friar“… brother… Known in Italy as… “Il Beato Angelico“… “Il Beato”… (the blessed one)…
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Art | Exhibitions
Paris Photo 2011… at the Grand Palais…
Paris Photo 2011… Sipping champagne… Mingling… Among photography lovers, amateur enthusiasts, collectors, photographic artists, and experts at the Grand Palais…
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Gertrude Stein and Family… at the Grand Palais…
Gertrude Stein… Writer… poet… Art Collector… A passion… for Art… A formidable force… Larger than life… Literally… Having recently read
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“L’Esprit Picasso”… à Montmartre
Picasso… Pablo Picasso… A painter… A force of nature… A typical Spaniard – young, good looking, thin, dark, moody, with
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FIAC 2011 – A Triumph…
“FIAC 2011“… “Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain”… Opened this weekend… à Paris. It is in its 38th year. Two tickets were
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Katrine, The Artist… The Linear Labyrinths of the Mind…
Katrine… “Une femme… “Une artiste”… “une peintre”… Talented… Beautiful… Is planning for her… much anticipated exhibition… à Paris… She is…
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The Duchess of Alba… weds… Alfonso Diez…
La Duquesa de Alba… Love conquers all… A renowned beauty… In her time… The stylish and flamboyant… “Duchess of Alba”…
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The Painting… and the Artist…
The painting… Mozart and Schubert… Listening to my usual favourite composers… While examining a tall painting… sitting in front of
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Lucian Freud – An Unforgettable Genius…
Lucian Freud… An extraordinary man. I often fantasized about being painted – by the great one. Having his amazingly skillful
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Jean-Michel Basquiat retrospective – Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
We’ve been procrastinating all month to go and see the works of the New York based Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, on avenue du Président Wilson in the 16th arrt., a retrospective, marking the fiftieth anniversary of his birth. Finally, we found ourselves queuing, in a line of a 100 or more people, with great anticipation.
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