Tag: Paris

Paris fleas

Paris fleas

Flea chairs are a tad difficult to carry on the metro, let alone back to a guest couch, so I sadly had to forego each purchase. I will go back with a car next time! and suffer the drive and the tunnel, since what I saw would make it all worth it.

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pinboard paraphernalia

pinboard paraphernalia

I tore it liberally from one of those old gallery print catalogues one finds in Argosy Bookstore on 59th street.

 

The sun, the muse and the Galerie d’Apollon

The sun, the muse and the Galerie d’Apollon

In Greek mythology Apollo is leader of the various muses and, befittingly, the room is a celebration of the sun and light over which he presided, as well as an embodiment of the fruits of each of his muses.

 

Trompe-l’œil and whimsical wall flourishes in the Louvre

Trompe-l’œil and whimsical wall flourishes in the Louvre

These wall flourishes and Trompe-l’œil details can be found in the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre, Paris.

 

Alisa Andrasek: Biothing; the curve and the built

Alisa Andrasek: Biothing; the curve and the built

Andrasek’s practice works under the studio title ‘Biothing’ in which embodied feelings are entwined with abstract relationships. The creation of ideas for Biothing are based on this relationship and harnessed by the use of digitally generated diagrams.

 

Pietre dura vignette

Pietre dura vignette

a duck in inlaid malachite, marble and other semi-precious stones

 

Manufacture des Gobelins

Manufacture des Gobelins

Here are some detailed views of the tapestry Cupid and Psyche, woven at Manufacture des Gobelins, Paris and hanging in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, …

 

Hotel de Ville égalité

Hotel de Ville égalité

The carousel was covered in shambly rope netting. There were sections of scaffolding piled around. There were children learning to ice-skate.

 

Irma Boom; ‘kindle’ for the artworld

Irma Boom; ‘kindle’ for the artworld

Fancy a Picasso and Mattise in barcode?

 

The Siège Veryround Chair: Louise Campbell

The Siège Veryround Chair: Louise Campbell

Louise Campbell … her studio’s 3 firm rules: Always start from scratch; be sure there’s a good reason for every decision made; and dare to be different!