
Love the peace of the library…
Montecatini-Terme – hidden gem
We stayed at Montecatini-Terme as a base between Pisa and Florence. An old Spa, it still has thermal springs and a park as we discovered when we explored the town in between the art doses of Florence and Pisa. The town has a lovely old funicular railway, we took it to the top of the…
Leaning Tower of Pisa, had to be done.
Off to Pisa from Bologna, we obviously had to see the leaning tower. But Pisa is so much more than the tower, the Cathedral is magnificent and baptistry allows for fabulous views from the gallery.
Beautiful Bologna
Bologna was rather wet, we had a lovely tour with our cheerful guide but ultimately rushed to get out of the rain for lunch. I’d read that Bologna is a foodie city and they’re not wrong. We had lunch in this lovely deli, it was packed to the rafters with all sorts of delights and…

International Art Contest: Minority Artists Working on Statelessness Themes November 2022, Geneva.
Contest Link What follows is not a review, as I have not been able to visit this exhibition, currently in Geneva. However, I have been sent the link to the exhibition catalogue, which I will share at the end of this brief introduction to an important, striking and moving series of works on the increasingly…

Hotel du Cygne, Tours
On a quick visit to France and this hotel in Tours inspired the Gallery Tart to pick up her pen! We were just on an overnight stop and our fellow traveller had nosed out this little boutique hotel as a characterful place to stay. We weren’t disappointed, situated in a lovely old house, it was…

Exhibitions on Screen: Edward Hopper: An American Love Story.
Exhibtions on Screen Website Following a very successful series of films relating usually to specific art exhibitions, thirty-one to date, the latest offering, on the American Modernist artist, Edward Hopper (1882- 1967), takes a rather different approach. It has the format of a biopic and it examines, in particular, the under appreciated importance of Hopper’s…

Zurbaran Collection at Auckland Castle – Durham
Discover this brilliant collection of Spanish Art by Zurbaran at Auckland Castle

Vivian Maier: Anthology. Milton Keynes Gallery until September 25th 2022.
MK Gallery reveals the secret life of the the Nanny-Photograper Vivian Maier

Cornelia Parker – Tate Britain
Blown away by Cornelia Parker at Tate Britain

A Thousand Words for Weather, Jessica J Lee & Claudia Molitor,
Breaking the silence at Senate House Library.
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