Claude Monet exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris!!! (22nd Sept – 24th Jan 2011)

Les Galeries nationales du Grand Palais

http://www.monet2010.com/

 

An exhibition of great wealth tracing back the artistic development of one of the most illustrious fathers of impressionism: Claude Monet.
Monet, the most celebrated representative of the Impressionist movement, painted for more than sixty years: landscapes (On the Bank of the Seine, Étretat, Belle-Île…), figures, still lifes (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe). These masterpieces, rarely loaned by the Orsay Museum, form a unique ensemble within the exhibition, alongside other paintings from major foreign collections. In 1890, Monet acquired his now famous property at Giverny. His art moved on, especially with the large format Water Lilies series. He invented his own personal path, reconciling a deep attachment to nature with evocations of his own poetic universe.
Organised by the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Orsay Museum, the "Claude Monet 1840-1926" exhibition is the first monograph devoted to the artist since the major retrospective in 1980. Its international commissioners have set out to present the whole of his career, in the light of the most recent research. Bringing together 200 paintings, it will feature exclusive loans from countries all over the world including Australia, Brazil, USA, the Netherlands, and Russia.
 
An exhibition co-produced by the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Orsay Museum.
General commissioner: Guy Cogeval, President of Orsay Museum,
Commissioners: Sylvie Patin, General Curator at Orsay Museum, Sylvie Patry, curator, Anne Roquebert, Chief Curator at the Orsay Museum and Richard Thomson, Professor at Edinburgh University.
 
Opening from Friday to Monday from 9 am to 10 pm, on Wednesday from 10 am to 10 pm, on Thursday from 10 am to 8 pm, closed on every Tuesday and on December 25. Closing at 6 pm on December 24 and 31.
Admission: 12 € - Concession: 8 €

This week's Quote

" if you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand."

Piaget. mine soon..hopefully

Altiplano watch, medium-sized model. 18 carat white-gold case set with diamonds. Silver-coloured dial. Manufacture Piaget 450P ultra-thin mechanical hand-wound movement, 2.1 mm thick, small-seconds subdial following the curves of the legendary Piaget “Funny Heart”, with gem-set outlines lit up by superluminova. Model available exclusively from Piaget boutiques.

 

Ultra-thin square-shaped Altiplano watch, large model. 18 carat white-gold case set with diamonds. Silver-coloured dial, gem-set small-seconds subdial. Manufacture Piaget 450P ultra-thin mechanical hand-wound movement, 2.1 mm thick, with small seconds.

Leggings - Do's and Dont's

Autumn and Winter is coming up...time to make informed decisions when you decide to add leggings to your outfit!

Do's:

~ fabric that are thick, matte and dark

~with tops that cover butt, hips and crotch

~Use as an accessory; don't build look on legging, use it to accessorize outfit

~with ballet flats, wedges, or boots in the winter

Dont's:

x multicolored, glow-in-the-dark (yes, there are such a thing) trashy looking leggings

x Leggings are NOT pants. If you expose your camel toes, your top is waayyyyy too short!! 

x Leggings are NOT stockings either! arggghhh!!!

a Wedding Poem

His hello was the end of her endings
Her laugh was their first step down the aisle
His hand would be hers to hold forever
His forever was as simple as her smile
He said she was what was missing
She said instantly she knew
She was a question to be answered
And his answer was "I do"

O.P.I. Swiss collection Fall 2010

Crushing these madly!!!!!

Diva of Geneva, Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, Glitzerland

Just a Little Rösti at This, William Tell Me About OPI, Ski Teal We Drop

Yodel Me on My Cell, The Color to Watch, Cucoo for This Color

I’m Suzi & I’m a Chocoholic, From A to Z-urich, Color So Hot it Berns