Bührle Collection at the Maillol Museum
In the spring of 2019, the Musée Maillol in Paris exhibited artworks from the Emil Bührle Collection from Switzerland, featuring paintings (and a few sculptures) by Manet, Degas, Renoir, Monet, Read More …
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Dina Vierny’s art gallery
It was Maillol himself who first broached the idea that his model Dina Vierny should open an art gallery after his death. In her words: “Maillol had always dreamed of Read More …
Maillol sculptures in the Tuileries
This statue of a nude woman, with the Eiffel Tower visible in the distance over her left shoulder and the Orsay Museum off to her right, is called Pomone and Read More …
Foujita in the Maillol Museum
“Foujita, painter in the crazy years” was the title of an exhibition in the Maillol Museum in Paris in the summer of 2018. Although I am not a huge fan Read More …
Well, it was new at the time
The Pont Neuf (“New Bridge”) in Paris is a very solid and sturdy stone bridge which has withstood all the floods and high waters since 1607 without sustaining any serious Read More …
Wildplassen
You don’t need a dictionary to know what “Wildplassen” means. If they catch you doing it in Ghent, you’ll be fined sixty Euros. As you can see from the sign, Read More …
Paris tramways T-3a and T-3b
Paris once had a well-functioning system of tramways (aka streetcars), but these were replaced by buses in the 1930s under pressure from the motor vehicle manufacturers and tire companies. The Read More …
Paris bus line 38
If for some reason you can’t go by bicycle, for instance if you have a suitcase that is too big or heavy to be transported by bike, a good alternative Read More …
The man who could walk through walls
At Place Marcel Aymé, just off of Rue Norvins, there is a statue by sculptor Jean Marais called Le passe-muraille, based on a short story by the French author Marcel Read More …
A walking tour of Montmartre
At 9:30 on a Sunday morning a group of VirtualTourist members met here at the Café des 2 Moulins at the suggestion of Paul Smith, who used this as the Read More …