70th Annual… Venice Film Festival…
Venice… Venezia…
The city… of unimaginable beauty…
Floating… on canals…
Bridges… gondolas of love…
Venice… a city…
I adore… beyond belief…
A city… enchanted…
A city… of love…
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Arts
La Bicyclette Bleue… Léa’s Courage…
“La… Bicyclette Bleue”…
A… historic novel…
By… Régine Deforges…
Made… into…
A trilogy… for the small screen…
We… watched…
Entranced…
At the unfolding of the horrific action taking place… during the German occupation of France in World War II…
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Le Concert de Paris… 14 July 2013…
Le… Concert…
de… Paris…
Tour… Eiffel…
Place… du Trocadéro…
Presented… by…
Stéphane… Bern…
“Le… spectacle”…
Was… mesmeric…
Magnetic…
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“Coco & Igor”… A Passionate Affair…
For… a brief…
Interlude…
Coco Chanel… and…
Igor Stravinsky…
Had an… affair…
It was… 1920…
A dangerous… liaison…
Stravinsky… was a married man…
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Tamara de Lempicka… The Queen of Art Deco…
The…
Tamara… de Lempicka…
Suite…
At… the…
Grand Hotel… et de Milan…
Was… restful…
Once again… I am transported to that moment in time… when one comes “face à face”… so to speak with an icon… “l’esprit Lempicka”… by staying in the very suite she stayed in… which was named after her…
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“Murano – Fragile”… at the Musée Maillol…
Spellbound….
By the… beauty….
Of the… glass art…
At… the…
“MURANO – FRAGILE”…
“Chefs-d’œuvre de verre de la Renaissance au XXIe siècle”…
Exhibition… at the…
Musée Maillol…
I was… reminded…
Of a… hazy morning…
In… Venice…
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Keith Haring… Disturbingly Profound…
Keith… Haring’s…
Gigantic… works…
Were all over… the Metro walls…
Thought… provoking…
Riveting… posters… drawings…
Untitled painting by Keith Haring (1981)…Keith… would have been…
Pleased… delighted…
Having just visited Haring’s exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris… I too… was impressed by his formidable works… displayed not only in the Musée but also in the Metro… for that’s where it all started…
Read moreAudrey Hepburn… Rome… “Her Dolce Vita”…
Audrey… Hepburn’s…
Amazing… eyes…
Were… gazing at me…
With…
That… look…
From the cover… of one of my favourite magazines…
Vanity… Fair…
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Maria Callas… La Divina…
Maria Callas…
Singing… Puccini’s….
Madame Butterfly Act II…
“Un bel di vedremo”…
Is the… closest thing to heaven…
The Diva… touches…
The very core… of a broken heart….
A… woman’s…
Fatal… love…
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Musée du Quai Branly… Architectural Monstrosity…
Musée… du…
Quai… Branly…
“An exotic…
mise-en-scène…
In… the worst taste”…
I… agree…
It’s… hideous…
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