There was
no time to linger long this morning as we were booked to go and see the Freida
Khalo and Diego Rivera exhibition at the Orangerie near the Louvre. Freida, has
been the mai selling point of the expo but there were more of Rivera’s work
than of hers. Nothing can compare to his murals in Mexico City which I saw back
in 1982. Still it was all very interesting and we were glad to have seen the
film “Freida” which prepared us for the agony of many of her paintings. There
were also colourful paintings of herself in better health and of Mexican women
to give some relief. To our surprise, the permanent collection was also interesting
with a number of works by Renoir, Cézanne, Picasso, Derain, Soutine and other
others. http://www.musee-orangerie.fr/ From here we went back to where we were on Friday night in the hope of
getting into “Le Chartier” but the queue was too long so we made do with an
Italian restaurant on the opposite side of the road. Looking at the website, it was a real shame that we didn't persevere http://www.bouillon-chartier.com/index.php/en Ah well, next time.Weather:
Cloudy 10°
News:
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