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The encounter
The encounter Marie d’Orléans died shortly after the birth of her son in 1839. She was 26 years old. During her short life as Princess of Orleans and, after her marriage, as Duchess of Württemberg, she devoted herself to sculpture with considerable success. In the museum of the Monastère royal de Brou, I was struck…
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Dynamic white
Dynamic white Ryman examined meticulously what he could do with, mainly, white paint on differently coloured surfaces. He himself would not easily give a title like ‘Dynamic white’ to a painting of his. He was very much aware of the materials he used, the kind of paint, the surface, the visible mounting to the wall,…
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Love and devotion
Love and devotion Mother and child: the universal feeling of love.Praying nun: the religious feeling of devotion.The feelings may be close to each other but they are not the same. Photos of the week: statues of Mary in the chapel of Besanceuil, and of a devotional nun in Eglise Saint-Thomas, Cuiseaux, France 2025
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O Holy Night
O Holy Night Nativity scene in Chartres cathedral. Photo of the week: Christmas at Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Chartres, France 2024
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Bleu de Chartres
Bleu de Chartres When you enter Chartres Cathedral, the blue light in the stained-glass windows immediately catches your eye: the famous blue of Chartres. There are many different colours in the stained glass, red, yellow, green, white … but it is the intensity of the blue that dominates the image. The photo shows a detail…
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Curiosity
Curiosity Feeling small under their inquisitive looks. Photo of the week: Petit Veyriat, Foissiat, France 2025
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The A of Achilles
The A of Achilles In 1962, Cy Twombly created two paintings “about” Achilles: “Achilles Mourning the Death of Patroclus” and “The Vengeance of Achilles”, depicted here. In both paintings, as is often the case with Twombly, the title of the work is a fairly inconspicuous part of the composition. What is all the more striking…
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Art and Nature
Art and Nature Thousands of dried laurel leaves caught in an open wire construction.A play of infinite shades of brown.The richness of Arte Povera. Photos of the week: Breathing the Shadow (Respirare l’ombra), Laurel Leaves, 2005, detail and in full in the back of Earth Shadow (Ombra di terra), Bronze and Terracotta, 2003, by Giuseppe…
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Weeping Beech
Weeping Beech More than 50 years ago, in 1972, the Floriade world horticulture exhibition opened in Amsterdam. One of the young trees in what is now called Amstelpark has grown into this beautiful weeping beech.From the very beginning, individuals and couples in love have carved arrows and hearts with their names or initials into the…
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Our living soil
Our living soil A rhizotron is a type of underground laboratory in which the interaction between the soil, the roots and animals below the surface and the plants above can be studied. The invisible is made visible.Placed above ground in the light, the rhizotron becomes a true work of art. Photo of the week: Rhizotron…
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
καιρός remembered 