Guest Post · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur Sculpture Trail in Saint-Paul de Vence October 11, 2016It is one of the chicest villages on the Cote d’Azur, a great favourite with the tourists, but right now Saint-Paul de Vence is peaceful and their summer sculpture trail is in place until the end of October. ‘Art en Ciel‘ brings ten artists to the village to show their sculptures, this art expo near …Continue Reading
Guest Post · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste Aix Cours Mirabeau an Italian Trattoria That’s Child-friendly August 8, 2023With petits-enfants (my grandchildren) to cater for, I was pleased to visit the family-friendly Italian Trattoria, which replaced Quick in Aix centre-ville. I remember searching for this very type of place with two increasingly hungry little girls – we ended up with a ‘Pizza Capri while sitting on a bench. Not that that’s a bad …Continue Reading
Artists Inspired by Provence · Inspire · Margo Lestz Henri Matisse, a Nun, and a Chapel in Vence, Provence February 15, 2018“Night Nurse Needed – Should be young and pretty.” This was the ad Henri Matisse placed with the nursing school in Nice, France in 1942. He was seventy-two years old and still working while recovering from a serious surgery. He required constant care and needed someone to fill in while his regular night nurse was …Continue Reading
Guest Post · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur Museum of Contemporary Art Hip Hop Exhibition in Marseille June 23, 2017This week sees a new expo at MAC, Marseille’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Hip-Hop started in the South Bronx, where, surrounded by economic deprivation, the young generation developed creative ways to party, dance, paint the urban environment and challenge the establishment. It spread, district by district, across New York, animating the metro, nightclubs and trendy art …Continue Reading