Ten years ago a contemporary Italian art gallery boldly opened its doors in Havana, Cuba. Galleria Continua would become the first international contemporary art gallery to establish a permanent presence in Cuba. […]
A Cuban Continuation
A Precarious Palace
Paris, France —It’s time to return to the Institut Giacometti—the Giacometti Institute in the heart of the Montparnasse neighborhood of Paris, a neighborhood with a deep connection to art and artists. The […]
Monaco Grand Prix Suite Time
MONTE CARLO, Monaco — It is often regarded as one of the most prestigious and one of the most important automobile races in the world. And along with The Indianapolis 500 and […]
A Royal Abbey, Roses and the Heritage of a Hermit
The Royal Abbey of Saint-Riquier in the Somme administrative department of what was once the province of Picardy is regarded as a jewel of Gothic architecture. Founded by a Frankish abbot and […]
Onward into the Orchids
Paris, France — An opulent orchid exhibition is underway in one of the delightful greenhouses of the Botanical Gardens of France’s National History Museum in Paris, taking the visitor on a journey […]
A Journey into Pessac Léognan with Château de France
Paris, France — It was a well-healed crowd at the Restaurant 122 in the posh 7th arrondissement of Paris in a neighborhood of elegant private mansions housing embassies and French government ministries. […]
Juxtaposing Giacometti
Paris, France —- They never met, though they were contemporaries. Neither one of them particularly liked to travel. They were Alberto Giacometti best known for his sculptures and Giorgio Morandi, the Italian […]
Hats Off, to Mr. Jones
Paris, France — He once famously said « Anything can make a hat ». And he is regarded as one of the greatest of contemporary milliners, perhaps one of the greatest of all time. […]
Revealing Ribera
Paris, France — Martyrdom was his subject of predilection along with human cruelty. Brutal scenes of saints and satyrs, bound, flayed, crucified. All in agony. There is his Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, […]
Remembering the Reign of Terror, the French Terror
Paris, France — A bathtub killing, the beheading of the last queen of France, guillotining galore. It was a time of retribution with public executions decidedly on trend often accompanied by lavish […]
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