Friday 16. 05. 14.Started to explore Melbourne today. Went to Queen Victoria market for breakfast, saw a Piranessi show at the State Library, the Aboriginal galleries at NGV and some installations at the ACCA. Was struck by the similarity of the mark making of Piranessi and the aboriginal bark paintings.
Month: May 2014
Biennale
Thursday 15. 05. 14. Went to another Biennale site yesterday – Cockatoo
Island. An old convict prison and shipyard. The site was more interesting than the installations! Also did the superb Barracks Museum showing early convict life in the colony.
Sydney encore
Tuesday 15. 05. 14 Today went to Museum of Contemporary Australian Art and the NSW Art Gallery. Both excellent. Also stumbled across the Australian Biennale which was really good too.
Sydney
Monday 12. 05. 14 arrived here yesterday at 7.30 in the morning after 14 hour flight from LA. View of harbour from hotel.
The Surprise party
Monday 05. 05. 14 Here are all the usual suspects celebrating Carole’s 70th last Saturday. Her actual birthday is Wednesday.
Le weekend avec les fleurs
Monday 05. 05. 14 Went to organ recital with Daisy on friday celebrating the 100th birthday of the church organ. Afterwards we enjoyed the cake. Yesterday went with Poppy to the Cabbagetown Forsythia Festival where she was in the parade.
Sunday 04. 05. 14 A bright sunny day here today altho a bit cool. Yesterday we celebrated Carole’s 70th birthday chez Jason with an English Tea Party in the afternoon. Dot’s 70th was also celebrated in Plaissan yesterday too and I can now finally show the painting of the Pont du Gard that John commissioned from me