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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Arts
The Bolshoi – A Glorious National Treasure…
“Le Bolchoï“… “Fondé en 1780″… “L’ouverture du tsar des théâtres”… “Le réveil du.. Bolchoï”… Raved… “Le Figaro”… “The re-opening and
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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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Serge Gainsbourg – A Legend…
Serge Gainsbourg… Is not really my type at all. I am terribly attracted to tall, gaunt, darkly handsome, long, thatchy
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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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Anouk Aimée – A Brief Encounter…
Hotel Lutetia… Walking hurriedly into the lobby of this most “branché” of hotels in Saint-Germain-des-Prés… I bumped into a lady…
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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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Ernest Hemingway – A visit to his home… in Paris…
Ernest Hemingway… “For Whom the Bell Tolls… It tolls for thee”. My fascination with Hemingway has always been… passionate… emotional…
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