Sure Frank Gehry's amazing architecture at the Guggenheim Museum helped put a failing Bilbao, Spain back on the map. Front, back, in, and out the Guggenheim Museum, Spain, turns perceptions upside down and inside out (tap or click each photo for more info)... However, art and art-worthy architecture abound everywhere in Bilbao. Along the way to the… Continue reading Breathtaking Bilbao, Spain by da-AL→
Art bridges cultures... Art museums often lend each other masterpieces. This year, however, marked a first -- a large-scale show by a major Western museum in Iran! The world's largest museum, the Louvre, proudly calls it, “…an outstanding cultural and diplomatic event for both countries.” The Louvre contributed fifty masterpieces for "The Louvre at Tehran" to celebrate… Continue reading Part 1: The Louvre visits Tehran→
This is the first of several posts on my a-w-e-s-o-m-e vacation to Spain and France. It's no wonder that my upcoming novel is called, "Flamenco & the Sitting Cat"! Barcelona is wonderful off-season. In October, the weather was mild and the densely populated ancient city offered my husband and me a great start to a Spain/France… Continue reading Beautiful Barcelona, Spain by da-AL→
On these heat rash inducing days when all I want to do is take showers and more showers, it’s extra nice to look at beautiful things within a cooled museum. Every time I visit the Museum of Latin American Art, I’m rewarded with something new, fun, and thought provoking. This time I went for The… Continue reading Cool Art 4 Hot Days at MOLAA by da-AL→
Paris. 
Sunday breakfast in the Jardin des Tuileries. 
The west façade of Notre-Dame Cathedral. Wonky composite of twelve photographs. 
Notre-Dame Cathedral. Detail 01, west façade. 
Notre-Dame Cathedral. Detail 02, west façade. 
Notre-Dame Cathedral. Detail 03, north façade. 
Notre-Dame Cathedral. Interior. 
Notre-Dame Cathedral. North façade Rose Window. 
Looking south from Montmartre. 
Detail. 
Montmartre street. 
Pont de l’Archevêché. 
Louvre approach through the Passage Richelieu. 
“Was it busy?”… “Yeah, quite busy.” 
Jardin des Tuileries. 
Chair. Terrasse du Bord de l’Eau. 
Musée d’Orsay. 
Poster. 
Pompidou Centre / Rue du Renard. 
Pompidou Centre / Place Georges Pompidou. 
Wall / Art. 
Love / Heart. 
Arc de Triomphe 01. 
Arc de Triomphe 02. 
Avenue des Champs-Élysées. 
Avenue d’Iéna. 
Rue de Buenos Ayres. 
Tour Eiffel 01. 
Tour Eiffel 02. 
River Seine / from the Tour Eiffel. 
