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Ramblings of a retiree in France
As I mentioned in my previous post, I could happily visit Paris every month to keep abreast of all its wonderful exhibitions, particularly this year. Paris has scheduled a year of must-see exhibits, from a rare chance to view the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Ramesses… Continue Reading “Must-See Exhibitions in Paris”
You may not realise this but we have a lot to thank Claude Monet for. There’s all that great art, of course, but he also helped to transform the former orangerie greenhouse — which had been used as a storage space and even as… Continue Reading “Trip to Musée de l’Orangerie”
It’s Europe’s largest and busiest museum of modern art with more than seven million visitors a year since it opened in 1977 – though probably not during the pandemic. Centre Pompidou is the place to see the works of David Hockney, Picasso, Klee, Philippe Starck,… Continue Reading “Trip to Pompidou Centre – France’s MoMa”
For the next few weeks I’m going to be covering – in no particular order – the places I visited on my most recent trip to London and Paris. The Fondation Cartier was created in 1984 by the Cartier SA firm as a centre… Continue Reading “Trip to Fondation Cartier”
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the renovation and reopening of this museum which sets out the history of Paris chronologically within a beautiful building in the Marais. Introduction The Carnavalet is the oldest City of Paris museum. It first opened to the public in February… Continue Reading “Trip to: Le Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris”
Over the years I’ve spent plenty of time at the Louvre though I’m still not sure I’ve seen everything the museum has to offer. One of my favourite places is however its gardens and I enjoyed a wonderful stroll around here on Monday morning… Continue Reading “Trip to the Louvre, and its gardens”
Leaving behind the posts of the past few weeks of works in the Nagyharsány sculpture park in Villany, Hungary, I’m back looking at local civic structures. This striking sculpture by American sculptor Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) was previously on display in La Colle… Continue Reading “Sculpture Saturday #60”
I’m still featuring individual works in the Nagyharsány sculpture park in Villany, Hungary, which I wrote about a few weeks ago. This challenge is kindly hosted by Susan Kelly over at No Fixed Plans. Share a photo of a statue or sculpture – go… Continue Reading “Sculpture Saturday #59”
For the next few weeks or so, I’m going to look at some of the individual works in the Nagyharsány sculpture park in Villany, Hungary, which I wrote about three weeks ago. This challenge is kindly hosted by Susan Kelly over at No Fixed… Continue Reading “Sculpture Saturday #58”
For the next few weeks or so, I’m going to look at some of the individual works in the Nagyharsány sculpture park in Villany, Hungary, which I wrote about two weeks ago. This challenge is kindly hosted by Susan Kelly over at No Fixed… Continue Reading “Sculpture Saturday #57”
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