Painting, Sketching & Enjoying Arts

Brussels

Visiting Brussels in January was interesting and cold. The most interesting part was the discussion about legal implications of art and art collections. There are more legal issues than I could have imagined. A visit to African Museum was a nice outing and a great place to reflect on colonial art and the possible ethical […]

Sibyl in the Sistine Chapel,

The creation of Adam is probably Michelangelo’s most famous fresco in the Sistine Chapel but Sibyl is a good second. It’s strange to see old Roman and Greek prophets in a Christian church but it is very kind not to forget ancient pagan religions. Sistine Chapel is an amazing experience and just before Covid it […]

Venice Biennale 2022

During the ’22 Venice Biennale (the Milk of Dreams) https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2022I stayed in a wonderful hotel. Nothing really special except that on the 4th floor there was a balcony. In addition there were 3 days of sunlight in the morning at the end of November.  And, oh yes, there was a terrible rainy day too but […]

Belgrade

A few years ago I went to Belgrade (Serbia) with family just to be there, visit some museums and see some art that my mother loved so much. While I was waiting for her to arrive, I made this small sketch of people inside the Schiphol airport. Now in 2022 that would probably be outside […]

Museo Rally Marbella

The Rally museums is actually a group of 5 museums founded by the banker Harry Recanati. The museum in Marbella is one of them. The museums are open to public free of charge since the founder wanted to share his collection of modern Latin American arts with as many people as possible. The museums are […]