One of the first things you’ll notice is thousands of bicycles propped and locked up along the canals’ guard rails. Practically everyone in Amsterdam gets around by bike. So in the words of popular kids in high schools everywhere: everyone is doing it, and YES, you should, too.
Continue reading “Go See: Amsterdam by Bicycle, Canals, Windmills and Beer”
He’s the Dutch Barry White. I am enamored of this man’s voice. Because he’s so clearly in love with, he’s so passionate about what he’s describing… every brushstroke, the treatment of light and dark, from the lace-collared wealthy in the paintings to the artists in their employ in the 16th century Netherlands.
The man speaking is Jeroen Krabbé, famous Dutch actor, painter and director. And he is in love with the art at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Continue reading “Tell me about the Rijksmuseum, Jeroen: An audio tour by the Dutch Barry White”
It is the kind of place that I hate to tell others about but are too good not to share: Le Salon du Cinéma du Panthéon in Paris. Merci mille fois, Roger, for showing me this little gem! Continue reading “Meal, Drinks and a Movie: Le Salon du Cinéma du Panthéon, Paris”
The best cultural institutions are those whose visitors walk away with new insights, but with more questions than answers.
Leaving the Alertes! exhibit at the Palais de Tokyo, big questions loomed: Why protect free speech? What is hate speech and what is blasphemy? Why is keeping church and state important? Continue reading “Relevant Right Now Art: Pussy Riot at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Extended Indefinitely”
