-London
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (1890 – 1976) was an incredibly prolific English writer, known best, of course, for her crime novels (66 in all). She also wrote short stories and plays, plus six romances under the […]
-London
-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 13 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photos taken from above or below, and invite you to join the challenge by posting your own photos with an up […]
-Paris
There’s a strange sculpture in l’Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris: it is a featureless face hidden in part behind a veil that is held aloft by bodiless hands. This bronze sculpture […]
-United Kingdom
This summer in the UK, thousands of billboards were given over to displaying major works of art. The public were invited to vote for the pieces they wanted to see […]
-New York
This striking, abstract sculpture was on display in Manhattan’s City Park in summer 2010 as part of the “Statuesque” exhibition. Aaron Curry (b1972, San Antonio, TX) was showing three pieces […]
Horse
Several sculptures by Belgian artist Giles Falisse (b. 1964) were on display at Royal Ascot this summer. His use of natural stone combined with an open framework of steel, makes […]
-London
“I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.” -Winston Churchill Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister 1940-1945 and […]
-Paris
The Hôtel de Béthune-Sully in the Marais district of Paris, is marking Breast Cancer Awareness October with four pink installations by visual artist Kaliko, plus a photography exhibition. The photography display is part of Estee Lauder’s […]
-Paris
The square in Montmarte dedicated to French author Marcel Aymé (1902-1967), sports a jolly statue if what is probably Aymé’s most famous character, Dutilleul. In his famous short story, Le Passe-Muraille (The Walker-Through-Walls), Dutilleul suddenly […]
-London
Anthony Gormley, a British born and educated artist, is known primarily for his sculptures of the human body. These 2 are placed either side of plate glass windows at Regents […]
Challenges
Strolling around a Wiltshire hotel garden , I came across an oversized pea pod: This month’s CBBH Photo Challenge called for a pair of something. I think you’ll have to agree that […]
Travel with Intent 