Angkor @ Musée Guimet, Paris
Always been fascinated by Angkor, so spent a full morning at musee Guimet, loved the drawings and period photography, specially interesting as apparently the site has already considerably deteriorated.. now will definitely have to go there at one point..
Venice by vaporetto
Always a fun game that to be playing at being a local. A bit difficult in Venice when you don’t speak Italian, although taking the vaporetto without saying a word is a start…until of course, after a few seconds, the urge of taking a million pictures of the marvels off the grand canal gives you...
Prima materia @ Punta della Dogana
Second episode of our « Pinault in Venice » sightseeing day: Punta della Dogana admiring Tadao Ando’s awesome renovation… The punta seen for the Isola Sab Giorgio Maggiore
Funny zoo, Parc Longchamps, Marseille
At the top of the Palais Longchamps, house of the Musee des Beaux Arts and the Musee d’Histoire Naturelle, is a hilly park, also created during the XIX century. It used to host an « exotic style » zoo, as was the hype at that time. If the installations are now considered much too small to receive...
Residence Secondaire, MAMO Audi talent awards
In a previous post, I presented the MOMA=Marseille Modulor, a design and art gallery nestled in the gymnasium of Le Corbusier’s « Cite Radieuse », courtesy of star designer Ora Ito, see post here. The MAMO currently showcases the Audi Talents Awards, the work of laureates since 2007 in an exhibition called Residence secondaire. LAUREATS DESIGN: Arnaud Lapierre, laureat 2011,...
Château Borely, Musee des arts décoratifs, de la faïence et de la mode
Amazing how many museums are opening or reopening in Marseille, one French comic was even doing a sketch on that the other day on the radio.. Indeed there seems to be a museum opening every other month theses days, but that’s because before MP2013, Marseille was indecently poor in museal space, so thanks to all...
Le Corbusier et la question du brutalisme, au J1
It is only fair that this major exhibition on Le Corbusier’s work takes place in Marseille, on the beloved Mediterranean shores, in the town of the « Cite radieuse », first construction in which LC experimented the « romantisme du mal foutu ». The exhibitions reveals the architect but also the painter and sculptor Accounts of his...
Marc Held, De la photographie au design/du design a l’architecture, Galerie A. Pentcheff, Marseille
A fascinating exhibition of Marc Held‘s work at Galerie A. Pentcheff: archives, black and white photography taken by Marc in the 50’s, vintage culbutos, designs from the 70’s for IBM, mini museum, and cherry on the cake: the limited edition of the iconic Primo culbuto, only shown once in the 70’s as a prototype, here on sale...
Bordeaux, Journées Européennes du Patrimoine
Some views of the magnificent town centre, it’s blond stone buildings ornate with delicate sculptures and intricate ironworks And on this « Journee Europeenne du Patrimoine », several buildings had animations: The customs house: Eglise Notre-Dame Cour Mably, showcasing the workmanship of wood and stone workers, ironmongers all « Compagnons » (a qualification that implies several...
The MAMO, Marseille Modulor, Cite radieuse, Marseille
Behind the MAMO is Ora Ito, a precocious design genius who created the buzz when he was 19. In a superbly generous move, he bought Le Corbusier Cite Radieuse‘s gymnasium and renovated it in order to turn it into an art centre: the MArseille MOdulor, with an obvious 😉 to NY’s MoMA, Marseille style. For...
Digue du Large: Terraces, Kader Attia
On a sunny (of course!) Sunday morning, here we are on the shuttle that leads us to the much anticipated Digue du Large, a jetty off the harbour that goes out into the sea…. so love to navigate, and so loved the trip!! The free shuttle leaves from the quay between the Villa Mediterrannee...