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Le Grand Voyage: The French Riviera

3 June 2011

After a peaceful break in Lorgues, I was back on the A8 to spend nearly a week in the French Riviera. What another world I entered into! While the other regions seemed to blend one to the next, Nice felt as if I had arrived in another country altogether, even despite my many visits to [...]

Hôtel-Luxe of the French Riviera

10 January 2011

There is an era of France idealized more than any other era anywhere else in the world. Any guesses? Try La Belle Epoque. Think luxury beyond your dreams, explosions in the value of art, dresses heavily adorned in jewels and exotic feathers, the richest in their new cars with their inherited estates, wide-brimmed hats, diamonds [...]

Matisse and Baudelaire

22 November 2010

Viens, mon beau chat, sur mon coeur amoureux; Retiens les griffes de ta patte, Et laisse-moi plonger dans tes beaux yeux; Mêlés de métal et d’agate. Many artists have personalized the iconic poems by Baudelaire. Published just three years after the birth of Henri Matisse, Matisse would have grown up well aware of the controversy [...]

Musée National Marc Chagall

15 November 2010

The Musée National Marc Chagall was first opened in 1966, not too late for Chagall himself to wonder through the galleries himself, gazing up at his own works of art, mostly religious. The museum, though relatively small, now houses the largest public collection of Chagall’s work and is certainly worth the stroll up winding Nice [...]

Lounging at the Med

27 September 2010

It’s my few days having the Promenade des Anglais at my disposal, so I sit and take in the splendor of the rich wonderful Mediterranean Sea. So many shades of blue surround me and yet each shade is no less vibrant. I love the umbrellas – umbrellas are everywhere. Many are brought by sunbathers who [...]

Ben Vautier – Writer or Artist?

20 September 2010

Benjamin Vautier, known as Ben Vautier or simply Ben, is one of Nice’s favorite artists. Now in his mid-seventies, Ben continues to produce art and has contributed to the permanent collection of MAMAC, Nice’s modern and contemporary art museum. I’d seen some of Ben Vautier’s art before, especially at French bookstores where his fluid script [...]

Nice – A City of all Countries

17 September 2010

If there is one thing I love about Nice, it’s the multi-cultural flair. It doesn’t take long for you to realize you’re partaking in an entirely different world while walking around Vieux Nice. Around every twist and turn are sounds and sights that are no less American than they are French. Tiny jewels glisten as [...]

Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain

15 September 2010

Nice has a wonderful art scene and is especially rich in modern and contemporary collections. Though not a large museum, the MAMAC collection is definitely worth a visit. Not only is it free, it offers some of the greatest views of Nice and the surrounding landscape. The building itself is a work of art, designed [...]

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Le Grand Voyage: The French Riviera

Hôtel-Luxe of the French Riviera

Matisse and Baudelaire

Musée National Marc Chagall

Lounging at the Med

Ben Vautier – Writer or Artist?

Nice – A City of all Countries

Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain

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