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I like Arts [painting, music, cinema, architecture] & Crafts [fashion, design]. I have 1 foot in London, 1 in Brussels and 1 in Milan (that makes me a tripod).

I’ve moved…

Dear Tumblrers (is that the correct word?)

I’ve moved to a new virtual house! It’s called http://artsandsprouts.com/

Come and visit me there!

Pauline

“La dame à la licorne” (or “The Lady and the Unicorn”) is a very cool set of six tapestries that can be seen at the Musée de Cluny, France’s national museum for the Middle Ages, which is situated in Paris. Five of the tapestries depict the five senses – taste, hearing, sight, smell and touch, while the sixth displays the words “À mon seul désir”. The tapestry’s meaning is obscure, but has been interpreted as representing love or understanding.

“La dame à la licorne” (or “The Lady and the Unicorn”) is a very cool set of six tapestries that can be seen at the Musée de Cluny, France’s national museum for the Middle Ages, which is situated in Paris.

Five of the tapestries depict the five senses – taste, hearing, sight, smell and touch, while the sixth displays the words “À mon seul désir”. The tapestry’s meaning is obscure, but has been interpreted as representing love or understanding.

When I was a child, I had a book about 20th century art which featured Edward Kienholz. His work made a lasting impression on me (impressionable young girl?).

I’m not a young girl anymore but I was mesmerised by Roxy, an installation from 1961/1962 showed at the Punta della Dogana (François Pinault’s Foundation) in Venice.

Too bad I missed the Hoerengracht at the National Gallery two years ago.

The Lewis Chessmen…. They’re so *cute*! I remember seeing them at the National Museum of Scotland - but the British Museum also has some pieces (which are now travelling to New York).

The Lewis Chessmen…. They’re so *cute*!

I remember seeing them at the National Museum of Scotland - but the British Museum also has some pieces (which are now travelling to New York).

Forget Paris’ Père Lachaise, forget Milan’s Cimitero Monumentale, this is the real thing. Abney Park, in Stoke Newington (London), is the kind of cemetery you usually only see in film: gothic, romantic, deliciously decadent. Best enjoyed in autumn. (Like, now, for instance).

Forget Paris’ Père Lachaise, forget Milan’s Cimitero Monumentale, this is the real thing. Abney Park, in Stoke Newington (London), is the kind of cemetery you usually only see in film: gothic, romantic, deliciously decadent.

Best enjoyed in autumn. (Like, now, for instance).

“‘L’elegante purezza di una villa razionalista nel cuore di Milano.”

When in Milan, do visit Villa Necchi-Campiglio. It is so stunning I have seen it 7 times (*only* cried once though).

I seem to be seeing (or hearing about) Marcel Broodthaers a lot recently.I like that, I think this utterly Belgian artist deserves to be much more famous than he is now.

I seem to be seeing (or hearing about) Marcel Broodthaers a lot recently.
I like that, I think this utterly Belgian artist deserves to be much more famous than he is now.

April is the cruellest month

April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering          
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding     
A little life with dried tubers.     
Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee     
With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade,     
And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten,     
And drank coffee, and talked for an hour.
Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch.
And when we were children, staying at the archduke’s,
My cousin’s, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the mountains, there you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.   

(Source: Wikipedia)

In August I visited Tracey Emin’s exhibition “Love is what you want” at the excellent Soutbank Centre (ok, at the Hayward Gallery, to be more precise). I’m still not sure what to make of Emin’s work (I slightly suspect part of her success can be attributed to the fact that she is attractive), but I nonetheless enjoyed the show. It was so personal - as is all her work - that I felt I actually knew her after visiting the show. Weird. The picture, by the way, is called “I had it all”.

In August I visited Tracey Emin’s exhibition “Love is what you want” at the excellent Soutbank Centre (ok, at the Hayward Gallery, to be more precise).

I’m still not sure what to make of Emin’s work (I slightly suspect part of her success can be attributed to the fact that she is attractive), but I nonetheless enjoyed the show. It was so personal - as is all her work - that I felt I actually knew her after visiting the show. Weird.

The picture, by the way, is called “I had it all”.

For five years I worked at one of the most famous and, more importantly, best opera houses in the world. This means I had the chance of attending many outstanding opera, ballet and classical music performances. I would like to share them here. Let’s start with a ballet, let’s start with THE ballet: Swan Lake. This is Svetlana Zakharova and I have yet to see someone who’s better suited to the role: the legs, the arms, the technical perfection! Divine… (c) Archivio Fotografico del Teatro alla Scala - Brecia/Amisano

For five years I worked at one of the most famous and, more importantly, best opera houses in the world. This means I had the chance of attending many outstanding opera, ballet and classical music performances.

I would like to share them here. Let’s start with a ballet, let’s start with THE ballet: Swan Lake. This is Svetlana Zakharova and I have yet to see someone who’s better suited to the role: the legs, the arms, the technical perfection! Divine…

(c) Archivio Fotografico del Teatro alla Scala - Brecia/Amisano

(Source: teatroallascala.org)