<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/p>\n
Exhibition on the history of postcards at the Postal Museum<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/cooking-postcards-01cLweb-150x106.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/cooking-postcards-12L-150x106.jpg\")
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tIn marshlands they used stilts for lots of things besides mail delivery\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1270100-web-112x150.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tOccasionally people would write in two directions when there wasn’t enough space\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1270059-Lweb-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nMus\u00e9e Carnavalet, the Paris history museum<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-15-46-46-web-111x150.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tEarrings depicting Louix XVI and Marie Antoinette with guillotines. At the top is the liberty cap aka Phrygian cap which also appears on several U.S. state flags. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-13-06-54-web-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPerfume bottle “R\u00e9volte” (1937) in the shape of a cobblestone, referring to their use in the barricades in the Paris Commune in 1871\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-14-00-36-web-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tVoltaire’s desk!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-13-44-32-cLweb-150x128.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tContainer for artificial beauty spots, which were made of fabric (1771)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-14-31-36-web-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tShoes with flags of the Allies made on the occasion of the liberation of Paris (1944)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-14-33-26-web-111x150.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPoster for cartoonists’ show (1934)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-14-15-50-web-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMasks used by Grace Jones in her shows (early 1980s) which she would break as part of the performance.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-14-04-26web-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tYou don’t think of Ben Franklin as someone who was around French kings but here he is arranging a treaty with Louis XVI (1779)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-16-37-00-web-110x150.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tLibretto from a ballet in which Louix XV performed in 1720. He was not the only French king to dance in ballets.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-16-06-34-cweb-150x132.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tLouis XV wrote and printed this book on his own little printing press when he was 8 and already king – “Courses of the Main Rivers of Europe by Louis XV King of France & Navarre”\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-17-16-15-10-Lweb-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMap from 1718\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-17-16-15-30-Lweb-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tArea around my hometown St. Louis, which hadn’t been founded yet but many of the place names are still in use\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-16-45-00cLweb-150x120.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tAnonymous letter to the regent Philippe, duke of Orl\u00e9ans, who ruled France during the time that Louis XV was king but still a child and too young to rule\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-17-16-34-18Lweb-112x150.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRebuses about current events such Louis XIV’s recent death, the court and an opera ball (1715)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-17-13-50-14-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tEtching of fireworks (1763). The words “Vive le roi” are backwards but the label didn’t say why.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-14-08-16-web-111x150.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tI did not know that Beaumarchais, author of the plays The Marriage of Figaro and Barber of Seville, was also a clockmaker (and activist for American independence). He made this around 1750.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/joute-des-mariniers-web-150x91.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMany bridges at the time were filled with buildings like this. A jousting game is taking place in the river; the central building is a pump works.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Carnavalet-Fabrique-cartes-a-jouer-Pl-Dauphine-1web-150x77.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPlaying-card factory (17th c.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-17-15-33-56-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWallpaper with Declaration of the Rights of Man (1871)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-17-15-35-00-150x113.jpg\")
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tShop signs, which were how people found places in the days before addresses were used\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-17-17-00-34-web-112x150.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nOdd and ends<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/L1260432-web-111x150.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tIn the subway there’s mini-lockers where you can leave your keys for someone.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/L1260796-comp-web-150x66.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tVivienne Westwood in a photography exhibition in the subway\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01-17-19-18-06-Jerusalem-history-BDweb-150x112.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThere were lots of big ads in the subway for a graphic book history of Jerusalem. Graphic novels are immensely popular in France.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/FA3DjiIXMAgLD7u-150x84.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tIf you forget your umbrella they’ll loan you one for free in the subway for an $8 deposit which is returned when you bring it back. No receipt, no paperwork and if you want to keep it you just keep it (photo found online).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1270018web-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tIn the train stations they have people on the platforms to help you figure out the schedules and find your way, unlike in Berlin where the rail staff stood by and watched while someone threw me to the ground and poured a beer on me and did nothing when I shouted for help.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/L1260894-web-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA little crazy but I took three photos of the very nice bakery section at France’s version of Target.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/L1260893-web-150x113.jpg\")
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tDuck mousse shaped liked ducklings\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1260872web-150x113.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA bouillon, a type of cheap traditional restaurant\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe Spirit of Electricity<\/em> (La F\u00e9e Electricit\u00e9<\/em>)<\/h3>\nThis 30 by 200-foot mural was painted by Raoul Dufy for the electricity pavilion at the 1937 World’s Fair and is now at the Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris. It depicts the history and role of electricity in society. They sort of folded it in half to fit into the limited space which is not how it was originally displayed.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fee-electricite-original-install-1-150x105.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t1937\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nIn case you go to Paris brace yourself for museums being crowded like a bar on Saturday night even on weekdays in late January which is probably about the slowest time of the year and with timed tickets. The demand seems to soar every year with no end in sight. From the crowds in the Louvre you’d never guess they’ve set caps on admissions because they were getting twice as many visitors as the pyramid entry complex was designed to handle.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nNicolas de Sta\u00ebl retrospective – Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1260811-150x113.jpg\")
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe Louvre<\/h3>\n
Not posting a lot of photos because as always I only post things you can’t easily see online, if at all.<\/p>\n
This basket of strawberries (1761) by Chardin is one of the Louvre’s highest-profile purchases in years. In 2022 it was going to leave France forever after a museum in Texas made the highest bid at an auction but at the last minute the state pre-empted the sale by assigning it national treasure status. This means the seller has to let the state buy it for same price as the foreign buyer was going to pay.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nSome famous Chardins we saw…<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/0000135610_OG-150x118.jpg\")
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nAlso Louvre… seems like an awful lot to interpolate from a few really small fragments…<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nA few things from a colossal exhibition on Paris 1905 – 1925 at the Petit Palais<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/richardkarty.org\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/L1260931-Lweb-112x150.jpg\")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCostumes from the Rite of Spring ballet with choreography by Nijinsky and music by Stravinsky (1913)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nMus\u00e9e Carnavalet, the Paris history museum<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tEarrings depicting Louix XVI and Marie Antoinette with guillotines. At the top is the liberty cap aka Phrygian cap which also appears on several U.S. state flags. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPerfume bottle “R\u00e9volte” (1937) in the shape of a cobblestone, referring to their use in the barricades in the Paris Commune in 1871\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tVoltaire’s desk!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tContainer for artificial beauty spots, which were made of fabric (1771)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tShoes with flags of the Allies made on the occasion of the liberation of Paris (1944)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPoster for cartoonists’ show (1934)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMasks used by Grace Jones in her shows (early 1980s) which she would break as part of the performance.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tYou don’t think of Ben Franklin as someone who was around French kings but here he is arranging a treaty with Louis XVI (1779)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tLibretto from a ballet in which Louix XV performed in 1720. He was not the only French king to dance in ballets.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tLouis XV wrote and printed this book on his own little printing press when he was 8 and already king – “Courses of the Main Rivers of Europe by Louis XV King of France & Navarre”\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMap from 1718\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tArea around my hometown St. Louis, which hadn’t been founded yet but many of the place names are still in use\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tAnonymous letter to the regent Philippe, duke of Orl\u00e9ans, who ruled France during the time that Louis XV was king but still a child and too young to rule\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRebuses about current events such Louis XIV’s recent death, the court and an opera ball (1715)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tEtching of fireworks (1763). The words “Vive le roi” are backwards but the label didn’t say why.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tI did not know that Beaumarchais, author of the plays The Marriage of Figaro and Barber of Seville, was also a clockmaker (and activist for American independence). He made this around 1750.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMany bridges at the time were filled with buildings like this. A jousting game is taking place in the river; the central building is a pump works.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPlaying-card factory (17th c.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWallpaper with Declaration of the Rights of Man (1871)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tShop signs, which were how people found places in the days before addresses were used\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nOdd and ends<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tIn the subway there’s mini-lockers where you can leave your keys for someone.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tVivienne Westwood in a photography exhibition in the subway\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThere were lots of big ads in the subway for a graphic book history of Jerusalem. Graphic novels are immensely popular in France.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tIf you forget your umbrella they’ll loan you one for free in the subway for an $8 deposit which is returned when you bring it back. No receipt, no paperwork and if you want to keep it you just keep it (photo found online).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tIn the train stations they have people on the platforms to help you figure out the schedules and find your way, unlike in Berlin where the rail staff stood by and watched while someone threw me to the ground and poured a beer on me and did nothing when I shouted for help.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA little crazy but I took three photos of the very nice bakery section at France’s version of Target.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tDuck mousse shaped liked ducklings\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA bouillon, a type of cheap traditional restaurant\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe Spirit of Electricity<\/em> (La F\u00e9e Electricit\u00e9<\/em>)<\/h3>\nThis 30 by 200-foot mural was painted by Raoul Dufy for the electricity pavilion at the 1937 World’s Fair and is now at the Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris. It depicts the history and role of electricity in society. They sort of folded it in half to fit into the limited space which is not how it was originally displayed.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t1937\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nIn case you go to Paris brace yourself for museums being crowded like a bar on Saturday night even on weekdays in late January which is probably about the slowest time of the year and with timed tickets. The demand seems to soar every year with no end in sight. From the crowds in the Louvre you’d never guess they’ve set caps on admissions because they were getting twice as many visitors as the pyramid entry complex was designed to handle.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nNicolas de Sta\u00ebl retrospective – Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe Louvre<\/h3>\n
Not posting a lot of photos because as always I only post things you can’t easily see online, if at all.<\/p>\n
This basket of strawberries (1761) by Chardin is one of the Louvre’s highest-profile purchases in years. In 2022 it was going to leave France forever after a museum in Texas made the highest bid at an auction but at the last minute the state pre-empted the sale by assigning it national treasure status. This means the seller has to let the state buy it for same price as the foreign buyer was going to pay.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSome famous Chardins we saw…<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nAlso Louvre… seems like an awful lot to interpolate from a few really small fragments…<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nA few things from a colossal exhibition on Paris 1905 – 1925 at the Petit Palais<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCostumes from the Rite of Spring ballet with choreography by Nijinsky and music by Stravinsky (1913)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nOdd and ends<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tIn the subway there’s mini-lockers where you can leave your keys for someone.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tVivienne Westwood in a photography exhibition in the subway\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThere were lots of big ads in the subway for a graphic book history of Jerusalem. Graphic novels are immensely popular in France.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tIf you forget your umbrella they’ll loan you one for free in the subway for an $8 deposit which is returned when you bring it back. No receipt, no paperwork and if you want to keep it you just keep it (photo found online).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tIn the train stations they have people on the platforms to help you figure out the schedules and find your way, unlike in Berlin where the rail staff stood by and watched while someone threw me to the ground and poured a beer on me and did nothing when I shouted for help.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA little crazy but I took three photos of the very nice bakery section at France’s version of Target.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tDuck mousse shaped liked ducklings\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA bouillon, a type of cheap traditional restaurant\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe Spirit of Electricity<\/em> (La F\u00e9e Electricit\u00e9<\/em>)<\/h3>\nThis 30 by 200-foot mural was painted by Raoul Dufy for the electricity pavilion at the 1937 World’s Fair and is now at the Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris. It depicts the history and role of electricity in society. They sort of folded it in half to fit into the limited space which is not how it was originally displayed.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t1937\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nIn case you go to Paris brace yourself for museums being crowded like a bar on Saturday night even on weekdays in late January which is probably about the slowest time of the year and with timed tickets. The demand seems to soar every year with no end in sight. From the crowds in the Louvre you’d never guess they’ve set caps on admissions because they were getting twice as many visitors as the pyramid entry complex was designed to handle.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nNicolas de Sta\u00ebl retrospective – Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe Louvre<\/h3>\n
Not posting a lot of photos because as always I only post things you can’t easily see online, if at all.<\/p>\n
This basket of strawberries (1761) by Chardin is one of the Louvre’s highest-profile purchases in years. In 2022 it was going to leave France forever after a museum in Texas made the highest bid at an auction but at the last minute the state pre-empted the sale by assigning it national treasure status. This means the seller has to let the state buy it for same price as the foreign buyer was going to pay.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSome famous Chardins we saw…<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nAlso Louvre… seems like an awful lot to interpolate from a few really small fragments…<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nA few things from a colossal exhibition on Paris 1905 – 1925 at the Petit Palais<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCostumes from the Rite of Spring ballet with choreography by Nijinsky and music by Stravinsky (1913)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tThe Spirit of Electricity<\/em> (La F\u00e9e Electricit\u00e9<\/em>)<\/h3>\nThis 30 by 200-foot mural was painted by Raoul Dufy for the electricity pavilion at the 1937 World’s Fair and is now at the Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris. It depicts the history and role of electricity in society. They sort of folded it in half to fit into the limited space which is not how it was originally displayed.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t1937\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nIn case you go to Paris brace yourself for museums being crowded like a bar on Saturday night even on weekdays in late January which is probably about the slowest time of the year and with timed tickets. The demand seems to soar every year with no end in sight. From the crowds in the Louvre you’d never guess they’ve set caps on admissions because they were getting twice as many visitors as the pyramid entry complex was designed to handle.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nNicolas de Sta\u00ebl retrospective – Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe Louvre<\/h3>\n
Not posting a lot of photos because as always I only post things you can’t easily see online, if at all.<\/p>\n
This basket of strawberries (1761) by Chardin is one of the Louvre’s highest-profile purchases in years. In 2022 it was going to leave France forever after a museum in Texas made the highest bid at an auction but at the last minute the state pre-empted the sale by assigning it national treasure status. This means the seller has to let the state buy it for same price as the foreign buyer was going to pay.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSome famous Chardins we saw…<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nAlso Louvre… seems like an awful lot to interpolate from a few really small fragments…<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nA few things from a colossal exhibition on Paris 1905 – 1925 at the Petit Palais<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCostumes from the Rite of Spring ballet with choreography by Nijinsky and music by Stravinsky (1913)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tIn case you go to Paris brace yourself for museums being crowded like a bar on Saturday night even on weekdays in late January which is probably about the slowest time of the year and with timed tickets. The demand seems to soar every year with no end in sight. From the crowds in the Louvre you’d never guess they’ve set caps on admissions because they were getting twice as many visitors as the pyramid entry complex was designed to handle.<\/p>\n
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nNicolas de Sta\u00ebl retrospective – Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe Louvre<\/h3>\n
Not posting a lot of photos because as always I only post things you can’t easily see online, if at all.<\/p>\n
This basket of strawberries (1761) by Chardin is one of the Louvre’s highest-profile purchases in years. In 2022 it was going to leave France forever after a museum in Texas made the highest bid at an auction but at the last minute the state pre-empted the sale by assigning it national treasure status. This means the seller has to let the state buy it for same price as the foreign buyer was going to pay.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSome famous Chardins we saw…<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nAlso Louvre… seems like an awful lot to interpolate from a few really small fragments…<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nA few things from a colossal exhibition on Paris 1905 – 1925 at the Petit Palais<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCostumes from the Rite of Spring ballet with choreography by Nijinsky and music by Stravinsky (1913)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe Louvre<\/h3>\n
Not posting a lot of photos because as always I only post things you can’t easily see online, if at all.<\/p>\n
This basket of strawberries (1761) by Chardin is one of the Louvre’s highest-profile purchases in years. In 2022 it was going to leave France forever after a museum in Texas made the highest bid at an auction but at the last minute the state pre-empted the sale by assigning it national treasure status. This means the seller has to let the state buy it for same price as the foreign buyer was going to pay.<\/p>\n
Some famous Chardins we saw…<\/p>\n Also Louvre… seems like an awful lot to interpolate from a few really small fragments…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/p>\nA few things from a colossal exhibition on Paris 1905 – 1925 at the Petit Palais<\/h3>\n
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