Films Français

I love contemporary French films and I just watched 'Delicacy' with Audrey Tautou and it was really cute and life-affirming, as she always manages to pull off (see 'Priceless', 'Beautiful Lies' & of course 'Amelie' and 'Mood Indigo' which comes out soon). Here's a few other french films I've loved spanning stories of revolution, heartbreak, prison, communism, locked-in-syndrome and love:

and I really want to see these:

Amour won Best Film not in the English Language & Emmanuelle Riva Best Actress at the Baftas & is up for an oscar tonight....

and another film with Audrey Tautou where she moves to the country, gets bored and poisons her husband! (How's your french? I couldn't find an english subtitled version!)

Also really want to see, these others that I missed:

the first day of the rest of your life, the beat that my heart skipped, happiness never comes alone

paris, sarah's key, 8 women, the class, rust and bone, delicatessen, umbrellas of cherbourg, a bout de souffle, l'homme du train, belle de jour, little white lies, love like poison

and then basically all these listed in the Top 100 French Films by Time Out Paris.

Vive le Films Francais! 

Fashion Friday: Paul by Paul Smith

Cream Polka Dot Shirt

There's nothing quite like the crispness of a new (or at least newly washed!) shirt, and Paul by Paul Smith knows how to make a good one... I'm loving the simplicity of polka dots and florals combined with edgy colour combinations. Also the tees and jumpers are great too, gorgeous faded block colour, photo prints, a bit of fair isle and the classic stripes. 

 

Blue Spot Shirt

 

Surrealist Collage Chambray Shirt

 

Hazy Botanical Print Shirt

Block Colour t-shir
 

Scrapbook t-shirt

 

Check Shirt Print t-shirt

 

YOOX Collection t-shirt

Fair Isle cardigan

Multi-Stripe Jumper



 

Quiet solitude playlist #03

Here's a little playlist on quietness & solitude: the need to be silent with your own thoughts and reflections is so needed and in this on the go, connected all the time world, can be hard to achieve. So while these tracks aren't necessarily quiet, they are the perfect (un)companion for solitude, time alone and inspiration for being by yourself. 

I'm a really quiet, introverted person and while for me it's natural, a lot of the time it's seen as a negative, Susan Cain is helping to turn this thinking around & on its head, did you see her amazing TED talk and I really need to read her book 'Quiet: The power of introverts in a world can't stop talking' and visit 'The Silence Room' at Selfridges in London

 

(playlist created on grooveshark)

— Did you like playlist #01 Chains/freedom & #02 Aloha Hawaii!? —

International Art to See: Europe (part II)

The European art journey continues....here's part 2 of 'International Art to See: Europe —

(If you missed it here's part I)

If I was in Poland I'd see...

 

Maurizio Cattelan at Centre for Contemporary Art            Artur Zmijewski: Working at Centre for Contemporary Art

 Jenny Holzer Benches at Centre for Contemporary Art

Piotr Uklanski at Zacheta

Realistic & weird sculptures, outsider art, permanent advice benches & huge textile installations in Warsaw...

If I was in Spain I'd see:

Heimo Zobernig at Reina Sofía        

 

 Maria Blanchard at Reina Sofía

 

Architectural art and cubist paintings...

Impressionism & Open-air painting: From Corot to Van Gogh, 

 Hyperrealism: 1967-2012, 

Pissarro all on at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

 ...lush landscapes, paintings as photos and more lush landscapes in Madrid...

 
Lara Almarcegui at MUSAC

Jorge Pineda at Centre Julio Gonzalez 

 

Huge dirt piles in Leon.....Conceptual drawings in Valencia...

Ceramiques de Picasso at Museu Picasso

 

Explosion! The Legacy of Jackson Pollack at Joan Miro Foundation

Face plates & the legacy of action painting in Barcelona...

 

Richard Deacon at CAC

 

 & Abstract sculpture in Malaga.

If I was in Switzerland I'd see...

 

Ferdinand Hodler                    Calder Gallery at Fondation Beyele

 Visions of the Alps and sculptural mobiles in Basel...

Michael Craig-Martin at Andres Thalman

Chagall: Modern Master at Kusthaus Zurich

The ordinary turned extraordinary & colourful fantasies in Zurich...

    

Giovanni Anselmo at Kunstmuseum Winterthur                       Luciano Fabro: 100 Drawings at Kunstmuseum Winterthur

100 yrs: Friends of Kunstmuseum Winterthur

(including this Monet waterlilies painting)

 

Giuseppe Penone at Kunstmuseum Winterthur                   Henri Michaux at Kunstmuseum Winterthur

Arte povera photos, free drawings, classic paintings, arte povera sculptures & automatic drawings in Winterthur.

If I was in Austria I'd see...

 Awakening the Night at Belvedere

Nippon Chinbotsu at MAK 

Nightscapes & Japanese Manga in Vienna...

 

 

Imi Knoebel at Thaddaeus Ropac                                 Anslem Kiefer at Thaddaeus Ropac

 

Colourful sculptural hangings & huge Kiefer paintings in Saltzburg...

If I was in Denmark I'd see... 

 

Edvard Munch: Angst/Anxiety at Aros               Your Rainbow Panorama: Olafur Eliasson at Aros

Klein/Byars/Kapoor at Aros

Munch, see through colour and sculptural colour in Aarhus...

 
[details] at Statens                              Willie Doherty: Secretion at Statens

 Small details and a film about invisible fear in Copenhagen.

If I was in Ireland I'd see...

 
Andrew Vickery at Douglas Hyde 

Analysing Cubism at IMMA

Everyday beautiful paintings & cubism in Dublin.

If I was in Lichtenstein I'd see..

Kiki Smith. Seton Smith. Tony Smith at Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein

 

The Smith family sculpture in Vaduz.

These posts are getting longer and longer, so many amazing exhibitions to see.

What would you go see?

Next up? 'International Art to See: Africa & the Middle East

Sandwich sneak peek

Here's a little peek from some sandwiches that I've been painting with gouache for a new print in my food series.
Can you figure out what they are? It'll be finished and released onto Society6 soon.
If you missed it here's the first in the series: 'Beef cuts'

Fashion Friday: Moschino C&C

  

Just fallen across the Moschino Cheap & Chic line which still isn't very cheap, but it is chic and fun! Bright colours with beautiful patterns, slight references and a bit of cheek. Like the nod to vintage sailor tattoos with the Heart & Anchor dress, or the landscape print t-shirts, subtle and all the more powerful for it.

Love, Love, Love this Notes bag, a simple, clever twist on the LBB (little, black bag).

A chic rendition of a ski sweater, snowflakes that can be worn all year round (especially with the British summer weather) and simple appliqued patches make a black dress or nude jumper edgy and fun. 

Like your style Moschino C&C!