A Lot of Picasso!

Spring 2010 will be heavy with Pablo Picasso special presentations: “Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris “ - Philadelphia Museum of Art -  until April 25, 2010: “Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) was at his most ferociously inventive between 1905 and 1945. Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris...

Fort Mason Center S.F.

One of the great things about living in the Bay Area are the flowers in bloom (if you don’t suffer from allergies) contrasted by both Mount Tam and the San Francisco Bay. During the winter and pre-spring it rains a bit but once the rain stops a fun thing to do is to walk the SF Marina people watching...

Mali – Color and Fabric

“Rhythm and Hues: Cloth and Culture of Mali, West Africa” is an exhibit on view until May at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art in San Francisco. Mali is not only the country of ‘Timbuktu”, it is also a treasure trove of fabric artisans. The program “highlights the enduring significance of textiles...

A Trip to Paris

Paris is everybody’s  favorite city, or at least this what we say when asked. In Paris my favorite Museum is the Centre Pompidou because once when I was stranded in Paris with out a room waiting for flight to NY the next morning the Museum was my host for the day. Now there is another reason for me to...

Drawings and Prints at The MET

Until April 11, 2010, drawings and prints from the 16th to the 21st centuries will be on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  The work, from the museum’s permanent collection, represents artists from America, Italy, France, Holland and England in all their diverse styles: Raphael, Rembrandt, Goya,...