Archive for October 2009

PICASSO GONE FROM PARIS AND A MCDONALD’S AT THE LOUVRE?

In our Paris city guide we recommend a visit to the Picasso Museum to admire some of the Spanish artist’s major works. That museum has recently closed and will remain so until 2012, as the 17th century mansion it calls home undergoes a renovation. Perhaps a little Picasso break will be good for Paris, as [...]

A SPECIAL FRANK GEHRY EXHIBITION IN MILAN’S TRIENNALE

© Gehry Partners LLP Milan’s Triennale is showing a special exhibition of Frank Gehry’s work curated by the architect himself. It presents a selection of Gehry’s building projects since 1997, that is, after designing Bilbao’s landmark Guggenheim Museum. Bilbao’s project inspired the architect (and so many others) to adopt different technologies and a town-planning approach [...]

COME ON, VOGUE DOWN PARIS’ CHAMPS-ELYSÉES

If you’ll be in Paris from now through November 1st, you’ll be able to catch a fabulous retrospective of one of the world’s most iconic magazines down the famous Champs-Elysées boulevard. “Vogue” presents its best covers from the past nine decades, showing how since June 1920 it has inspired and defined glamour over three generations. [...]

SAN FRANCISCO’S “DISNEYLAND” – THE NEW WALT DISNEY FAMILY MUSEUM

Disney has arrived in San Francisco, but not as a theme park. It’s the Walt Disney Family Museum that opened just two days ago, celebrating Mr. Walt Disney’s vision and artistry. It’s the real “Disney land” taking over three historic Presidio buildings renovated to include a screening room, learning center, museum shop, cafe, and ten [...]

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