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  • Jaume Plensa

    Just when you think Barcelona couldn’t get anymore beautiful, you’re introduced to Flora, who basks in the Spanish sun against a background of Gaudí’s La Pedrera-Casa Milà.   The artist: Jaume Plensa,…

    31 August 2023
    Musings of a Modernist Mind

  • 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

  • “An Abuse of Rodin!”

    It seems my previous blog piece has brought to the forefront my feelings towards Cornelia Parker’s ruining of Rodin’s The Kiss. As I research her creative process whilst trying to remain somewhat objective,…

    31 March 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 Kelpies

    The Kelpies.  A remarkable feat of engineering and creativity by the Glaswegian sculptor, Andy Scott. Upon seeing these magnificent horse heads from afar you cannot help but stop to visually digest the…

    30 June 2017
    Musings of a Modernist Mind