“Gentlemen only”. London. 2023 The Eiffel tower from the Trocadéro. Group in the foreground is “La joie de vivre”, The joy of living, by Drivier. 1937. Holborn station on the Piccadilly line. The sarcophagus on the right is a photo of an original at “The British”. London. Where else? Tour (Tower) Saint-Jacques, from a side…
I spent most of my childhood in Africa, from 1959 to 1970. First in West Africa, then, after a brief Dutch interlude, we went to Kenya, East Africa, in 1967. Kenya’s independence was quite recent: December 1963. The first president was Mzee (old man) Jomo Kenyatta, the leader of the Independence movement. For us kids,…
“My name is Morgana Dias dos Santos Bantam. Call me Morgana. It’s shorter. Brazilian names can be a bit long. Boca de Ouro, Golden Lips, is my mentor.” “I am Golden Lips. Morgana is my most talented pupil. Oh yes, yes. I often tell her that her real name must be Morgan or Muirgen, King…
November sky, New York. Women washing (Les lavandières), 1888, by Gauguin. MOMA. In Arles, (thanks to Gilles Labruyère for the correction), during Gauguin’s brief stay with Van Gogh. Shine on. South of Houston. “Retrospective bust of a woman”, 1930. Salvador Dali. MOMA. The two peasants praying on top of the baguette remit to L’angélus by…
“You make me dream, I sleep better.” (Translation is not 100% proof, but it works. Sort of.) Paris. Artist: Miss Tic. She died last year. Sadly. She was a geat artist. I have a post in the works to honour her memory. In addition to her art her texts were very good. Lots of play-on-words.…
Equinoxio 