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  • Gentle Disturbances

    Christo Vladimirov Javacheff  (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009) were life partners in every way. They shared their vision with the art world through epic environmental installations – referred to by Christo…

    30 September 2021
    Musings of a Modernist Mind

  • The Diary of Frida Kahlo

    “All of this in order to say that Kahlo entered her box in the second tier of the theater, all of these splendors and distractions came to nought. The jangling of sumptuous…

    31 August 2021
    Musings of a Modernist Mind

  • This Is 40

    This month I turned 40 – AAARGH!   I’ve been on a journey to find my creative self since the beginning of this year, aiming to catch my passion for all things…

    30 June 2021
    Musings of a Modernist Mind

  • Creative Action! The Archives.

    “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” Pablo Picasso   That’s exactly what I’m doing Picasso! After last month’s blogpost, Creative Action! I’ve been looking through my art work archives……

    31 March 2021
    Musings of a Modernist Mind

  • Sensation

    The definition of SENSATIONAL – causing great public interest and excitement [not necessarily in a good way]. The last time there was this kind of disturbance in the art world, one that…

    30 September 2020
    Musings of a Modernist Mind

  • This is No ‘Ordinary Space’.

    “If you want a team of smart, creative people to do extraordinary things, don’t put them in a drab, ordinary space.” Tom Kelley, Creative Confidence   He’s not wrong. My work space…

    30 August 2020
    Musings of a Modernist Mind

  • Finding Frida!

    I was scrolling through Twitter a few weeks back and I came across the photo above. Salvador Dalí and Frida Kahlo. What kind of intellectual, surreal conversations filled that studio? Was it…

    31 May 2020
    Musings of a Modernist Mind

  • The Kiss

    “I’m on the toilet!” “So? Cover your camera – you HAVE to see this!” My little sister was at the Musée Rodin in Paris during that phone call. Her excitement was over…

    29 February 2020
    Musings of a Modernist Mind

  • The School of Athens

    I studied many an art piece during my Art History course, but there was one in particular that stayed with me long afterwards: Raphael’s The School of Athens. You can imagine my…

    31 January 2020
    Musings of a Modernist Mind