LE WEEK-END

Had the time to visit the Musée d'Orsay this weekend, as well as Costes bar. Some photos.

LOUIS KAHN

Recently trying to find inspiration from my native city of Philadelphia, I fell upon an interesting bit of information. Louis Kahn, a brilliant architect from Estonia, was based for a very long time in Philadelphia. If you are not familiar with his work, here are some of his famous pieces.

MEMPHIS DESIGN

Went to the gallery Alaia to see the Memphis exhibition. Here are some shots.

RUGS

Today I felt like I had to look around for some art deco/art nouveau rugs. Here are some of the results. Why may I look at rugs? Well, the colors and illustrations I find to be quite often spectacular in their richness as well as simplicity, and there is much to help the creative mind in his or her eternal quest of beauty. 

Frida Hansen - Danaids Jar - 1914

Edward Trojanowski  - 1925

Unknown - 1930s

Uknown - 1930s

THE ROOM MAGAZINE

Dear Reader,

There are a lot of fashion magazines today, and that's wonderful. However, there are few that I can recomend as far as content and overall layout goes. The Room, a Hungarian magazine, is one of those few that I love. Take a look at their page.

TAMARA DE LEMPICKA

What better way to start off the day than with some Lempicka paintings. Did you know Lempicka was from Poland?

SALO INTERIOR

Some shots from the Pasolini film Salo (!) If you haven't seen this film I cannot give you and recomendations a part from the fact that it is superb. Especially for the decor...

NICHOLAS KIRKWOOD - SHOES FOR FEMALES

Had lunch with a friend this afternoon in the Japanese part of town (Opéra) and she informed me about this new designer. So I had to take a look... This designer is, of course, from London. London seems to be the city that's on fire right now... Here is his site.

JEAN-MICHEL FRANK - FONDATION PIERRE BERGÉ YVES SAINT LAURENT

There is a new exhibition at the Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent on Jean-Michel Frank. I highly encourage anyone reading this (pour ceux qui habitent Paris) to go check it out. I'll be going this weekend.

TROPICAL DIVERSION

Some photos from Martinique last spring to recover from this gloomy gray day.

ANDRO WEKUA

I cannot believe that I haven't taken the time to write about this artist. During the last art festival in Basel (Art Basel) I took the time to visit my favorite area of the show called "Unlimited". I discovered this artist and his work of which I instantly fell in love. The colors are right on point, and the ambiance is strange - almost like a Fellini film. As far as contemporary art goes, this is one of my favorites.

PALAIS DE TOKYO - CHASING NAPOLEON

Dear Reader,

This evening a friend and I decided to go see the new exhibition at palais de tokyo called "chasing napoleon". Here are a couple photos. Not sure what to say a part from that at the end there were probably about 20 paintings about humanity, the beginning and the end of the world, and many references to the human as a soul vessel. Enjoy!