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on my radar: flying over the mont blanc | a pairar sobre o monte branco | french alps

Posted on December 29, 2016

I’m not going to list all the highlights of 2016 — oops, I’ve already done it with food, haven’t I? —, but my recent 50 minute scenic flight over the massive glaciers of Mont Blanc was for sure something that I will keep with me. What a feeling! For those you also follow me on Instagram (if you don’t, please do), you know that I’ve spent a few days at La Sivolìere, a sort of home-away-home hotel in Courchevel 1850…

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ON MY RADAR: TOP EXHIBITS NOT TO BE MISSED IN 2016-17 #5 | EXPOSIÇÕES IMPERDÍVEIS EM 2016-17 #5

“Magritte: La Trahison des Images”, Centre Georges Pompidou, until January 23, 2017, admission: €14 Is it possible to show something new about the work of René Magritte? This exhibit held at Centre Georges Pompidou believes so and brings together Magritte’s…

October 12, 2016

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on my radar: top exhibits not to be missed in 2016-17 #1 | exposições imperdíveis em 2016-17 #1

“Icons of Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection”, Fondation Louis Vuitton, from October 22, 2016 to February 20, 2017, admission: €16 The great French masters on display under the same roof? We have seen it before, but this time is quite different,…

September 30, 2016

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on my radar: art at le bristol paris

For the third year in a row, Le Bristol Paris, still one of my faves hotels in town — a classic is a classic, right? — has invited, in collaboration with Parisian art galleries, top contemporary artists to display…

September 26, 2016

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Hôtel Grand Amour by André Saraiva in Paris | o hotel parisiense de um português cidadão do mundo

There is something about us, Portuguese, that really annoys me: we overrate our genes when it comes to praise one’s success overseas (Freud could certainly explain it but it’s rather simple: small nations usually seek for external approval) Nevertheless,…

January 7, 2016

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picasso mania @ grand palais: master and his creatures | o criador e as criaturas

“Picasso Mania”, Grand Palais (Paris, France), from October 7 2015 to February 29 2016 Picasso was a genius, but art curators have been really ingenious about his legacy — more than 20 solo or group exhibitions since 1973 have focused…

October 7, 2015

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les chouettes: a place to be in Marais | aconchego parisiense

This place in the Parisian neighborhood of Haut Marais is not exactly brand new but, don’t ask me why, my radar has failed to notice it until a few days ago. Better later than never, I guess. The three-storey…

October 5, 2015

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Anish kapoor @ versailles: until november 1 | até 1 de novembro

The Palace of Versailles, nearby Paris, in France, is no stranger to modern art… and to controversial contemporary artists like the American Jeff Koons (in 2008), the Japanese Takashi Murakami (in 2010), the Portuguese Joana Vasconcelos (in 2012) and…

September 11, 2015