TRAVEL

Submitted by naomi on Tue, 23 July 2013

   

   

    

 

ROMA II  - a Gala evening that we were prive to during ALTAROMA, began with a retrospective Haute Couture parade by the special guest, Jean Paul Gaultier shown in Santo Spirito in Sassia.

This followed with a private viewing in the magnificent GALLERIA BORGHESE. Here we were able to stare in wonder at sculptures such as 'Statue of David', 'Apollo & Daphne', by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 'Pauline Bonaparte' (as Venus Victrix) by Antonio Canova, and the painting 'David with The Head of Goliath' by Caravaggio, to name just a few masterpieces ..... A glorious dinner followed in the gardens. What to say but "WOW" to a sublime evening!

ART

Submitted by naomi on Tue, 23 July 2013

 

 

MATISSE ANNIVERSARY - this year is the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Musee Matisse in Nice. So - "Nice is paying a long due tribute to Matisse, the artist who chose to live in Nice, the city where he had the 'revelation of light', for more than 30 years". One of the participating artists' is Lemesle & Roubaud, with their work tittled "Oisaux Coreaux Papier Pin Desseint, 2013" on display at MAMAC. If you look closely at the wallpaper motif you can see the outline of birds which is a tribute to one of the shapes that Matisse often used.

WHERE: MAMAC (Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain) - Place Yves Klein
06364 Nice cedex 4, France

Plus a few other museums & galleries in & around Nice

WHEN: 21st June - 23rd September

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