Louvre-Lens

Last weekend Daniele and I drove to Lens, a city about an hour north of Saint-Quentin. We wanted to visit Lens's art museum, which is run by the Louvre in Paris (called Louvre-Lens). The museum was cool, with a super modern architectural design. The main gallery, called the Galerie du temps (the Gallery of Time), is organized by chronology, and not by subject. The result is that art from many traditions is displayed in the same space, so visitors can directly compare art that was created at the same time in different places in the world. The gallery is one long room, with a timeline along one wall that corresponds to the art on display. It was a neat way to organize an exhibit, and the works on display were great.

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Berlin Wall: East Side Gallery

Harry and I had a great time in Berlin, and my favorite part was visiting the East Side Gallery. It's a stretch of Berlin Wall, one side of which was painted by artists in 1990 (the other side has also been decorated by graffiti artists over time). Some of the art is controversial and political, some conveys inspiring messages, and other images are just nice to look at. Here are some of my favorite paintings from the East Side Gallery.

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