Back from Paris, Kassel and Frankfurt
Hard to acclimatise however I am not talking about the weather that was similar to here.
I have seem loads and loads of artwork with out thinking of my work at all...liberating indeed it was!
with an average of 3 exhibitions or museums or sites seen every day my library of images is full to the brim n my brain...yes topped up for the next 2 years am sure...

Some of the highlights were:

the Triennale of contemporary art called Proximite
http://palaisdetokyo.com/fr/expositions/la-triennale-intense-proximite

and the Gerhard Richter survey called Panorama
http://www.centrepompidou.fr/

The Leonardo Da Vinci St Anne: The ultimate masterpiece at the Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/saint-anne-leonardo-da-vinci-s-ultimate-masterpiece

Wim Delvoye at the Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/contemporary-art-wim-delvoye-louvre

Artemesia Genthileschi at the musee Maillol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2GsySAwl28

Rodin: La chair et le marbre in Paris
vhttp://www.musee-rodin.fr/

the Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXFkTdeR1CY

and the Jeff Koons survey in 2 museums in Frankfurt, Germany
Paintings at
http://www.schirn.de/en/exhibitions/2012/jeff-koons/koons-exhibition.html
Sculptures at
http://liebieghaus.de/lh/index.php?StoryID=454&websiteLang=en

enjoy some of the Utube videos presenting these works!

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