Marais morning

 

An early start on rue des Écouffes in the heart of the old Jewish quarter.

Farewell to frescoes

 

 

Iconic Montmartre street artist Radhia Novat, better known as Miss.Tic, has passed on.

 

May 22, 2022

 

R.I.P.

 

Above: De mes fraques je fais des fresques - I make frescoes of my pranks

Saturday sweets

 Dessert anyone? 

A waiter tempts with "a little something" to go with our coffee.

Floral Friday

A flower stall at the marché Oberkampf.

And the band played on

 One never knows who might show up at one's table.

A sculptor's sculptor

 

 

Beijing-born Wang Keping is the first artist ever to be welcomed by the Rodin Museum to use its grounds as his personal open-air atelier. Visitors are invited to observe him at work in a magnificent setting from now until June 5, 2022.

 

Wang Keping at the Musée Rodin

(press preview) 

 

- The Good Life France Magazine - 

 

 

 

 

 

"For much of his life in Mao’s China where art was strictly controlled, Keping had no idea that sculptures even existed as an art form, only paintings. His discovery of Rodin’s sculptures with their sensual forms, in particular of the female body, was life-changing." - Barbara Pasquet James

Beret spotting

It's springtime in Paris and Montmartre is rife with Emily In Paris-inspired red berets.