The Cluny Museum aka Musée National du Moyen-Âge (Middle Ages National Museum) is one of the most interesting museums in Paris, even though many foreign tourists seem to ignore its existence. It houses, among other things, what is probably the most beautiful artwork of the Middle-Ages: the […]
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I’ve just found these old pictures on my hard drive. They’re small, not great quality, but I thought they may interest you. You will have recognized the Stravinsky Fountain in Paris by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle.
Is it abstract art? Not quite, but this is the first piece done in collaboration between my daughter (about two years old at the time) and I: We have done a few more after that, but none as interesting as this one… At the moment, she’s more […]
Strange feeling right now. A bit of a similar feeling from what I experienced after watching the Return of the King, but older (wiser?) and a bit sadder. I’ve just returned from watching the Battle of the Five Armies, and this is really like closing that book that has […]
This statue of prophetess Veleda could be found in the Toulouse Grand-Rond (a giant roundabout as well as a public garden) about 100 years ago. However, I could be wrong, but I think that it was still there the last time I visited the park. That’s more than […]
This is Memory Bottles (記憶のボトル) by Mayumi Kuri. The installation is located on the small island of Ogijima in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan, and is part of Art Setouchi, the permanent art linked to the Setouchi Triennale (aka Setouchi International Art Festival), one of the most […]
I don’t know much about those lamps. I didn’t take the pics, but they were went by my parents. All I know is that it was an art exhibit in Biarritz, France, a little while ago. I just liked the pictures and wanted to share them with […]
I don’t know if it’s still the case (this picture is starting to get a bit old, I think I took it in 2006) but back then, in the Parisian metro, you could encounter this group of people playing classical music. It took place at Châtelet station (between […]
I guess I need to write a few words about Jean ” Moebius” Giraud as he’s not known from many English speakers, even though most of his works have been translated into English and he’s been so influential in the past 30 years or so, that science-fiction would have […]