LOURMARIN’S JACQUELINE BRICARD TO HOST “LE BINÔME,” AN ENCHANTING EXHIBIT OF NAΪF ART THAT COMBINES PAINTING WITH PHOTOGRAPHY
If you have not yet received your invitation to the wedding of the year—Brad and Angelina, of course, who [...]
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11 SHADES OF ROSÉ….MUCH BETTER THAN 50 SHADES OF GREY
We opened ten bottles of rosé within 24 hours last week. Good friends David and Mark were visiting their old stomping grounds here in Portsmouth. Since we had enjoyed so many rosés while we were together in Provence in 2008, we made those pink [...]
THE STEINS COLLECT: AN EXHIBITION OF MATISSE, PICASSO, AND CEZANNE
We had dinner with friends in Manhattan a few weeks ago. The discussion naturally gravitated to what we were doing for the weekend. Somewhere between the antipasti platter and my ragu alla Bolognese with fresh tagliatelle, I mentioned that we were going to see the New American Wing at the Metropolitan. Suddenly, our friend Mary Bartos, a native New Yorker and art aficionado when not running her Upper East Side boutique Pan American Phoenix, sprang out of her chair, saying something about Gertrude Stein. She was so excited that I couldn’t understand.. [...]
MAY DAY IN FRANCE: PARADES, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND LILY OF THE VALLEY MARK THIS PUBLIC HOLIDAY
May 1st is La Fête du Travail in France. As in many other countries, it is “the worker’s holiday.” It is a very important day, a public holiday in which public offices, post offices, banks, and many private businesses are closed and some public transportation schedules may follow a holiday schedule. Parades and demonstrations to champion workers’ rights typically cause congestion and delays in traffic in metropolitan... [...]
PAQUES EN PROVENCE: CHOCOLATE FISH, FLYING CHURCH BELLS, BULLFIGHTS, LAMB, AND OMELETS
In our favorite village of Lourmarin, we checked in with friends to see how the celebration of Easter was taking form there. In the predominantly Roman Catholic country of France where there is a church or two in every village, it’s not surprising that Easter is a joyous occasion. Although in Lourmarin, as in other Provençal villages, the celebration is low-key in comparison to other areas of France, most notably the Alsace... [...]
EASTER IN PROVENCE MARKS THE START OF BULLFIGHTING
La Feria Corridas—the bullfighting festival—is so firmly ingrained in the Easter traditions of the Camarague area that, in this south western area of Provence, “Feria,” which means “festival,” seems to be synonymous, this time of year, with both Easter and bullfighting. In the main bullfighting arenas—Arles and Nîmes—as well as in the many small towns that set up temporary arenas, Easter weekend marks the start of bullfighting... [...]
“VAN GOGH UP CLOSE” AT THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: AN EXAMINATION OF LANDSCAPES FROM PROVENCE AND AUVERS AND A FEW STILL LIFES FROM PARIS, TOO
Befittingly, perhaps, we arrived in Philadelphia to find frigid temperatures and falling snow, just as van [...]
4 DECEMBER STARTS CHRISTMAS SEASON IN PROVENCE: PLANT YOUR WHEAT SEEDS AND GET OUT YOUR SANTONS!
Department stores in the United States ring in the Christmas season the day after Halloween—with the [...]
JACQUELINE BRICARD WELCOMES NAÏF ARTISTS TO LOURMARIN
Naïf art is that which takes inspiration from the soul. The artists who produce this style of work are [...]
FÊTE VOTIVE ROLLS INTO LOURMARIN
The annual Fête Votive rolled into Lourmarin last week, completely consuming this tiny Luberon village, as [...]
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