Category: art
Paris in Layers: A Story Etched in Maps
This is Part 2 of 2 posts on the Musée Carnavalet in Paris. Part 1 is here. Enjoy a tune while browsing. Wandering through the Musée Carnavalet is like peeling back time itself, especially if you’re interested in maps, like me (Chris). The museum has several fascinating antique maps on display. As you go from…
Where Paris’s History Lives: Inside Musée Carnavalet
After you’ve visited the several major museums of Paris for the nth time, you might wonder—what’s else is there to see? Of course, there are lots more to see and the Musée Carnavalet tops the list. Enjoy a tune while browsing. Paris is not merely the capital of France and a modern metropolitan city—it is…
At the Arsenale site of the 60th Venice Art Biennale, Part 2
Continuing our exploration of this massive art exhibition … Enjoy this while browsing Click here for Part 1. See our earlier posts on the exhibition at the Giardini site here and here. The title of the 60th Biennale Arte Exhibition is drawn from a series of work by Claire Fontaine (a British-Italian duo). The work comprises a…
At the Arsenale site of the 60th Venice Art Biennale, Part 1
Continuing our exploration of this massive art exhibition, our previous posts focused on one of the two venues in Venice—the Giardini, home to the Central Pavilion. You can revisit those posts here and here. In this piece, we turn our attention to the other venue—the Arsenale. Enjoy this while browsing To recap in case you have not read…