“Monochrome abstraction—the use of one color over an entire canvas—has been a strategy adopted by many painters wishing to challenge expectations of what an image can and should represent. Klein likened monochrome painting to an “open window to freedom.” He worked with a chemist to develop his own particular brand of blue. Made from pure [...]
I visited Eric DelaLonde this morning, the owner of the Chateau Residence de Bois Briand. This beautiful castle, now set amongst a back-drop of industrial units near Saint Luce sur Loire, offers Chambres d’Hôtes and apartments on long and short term lets. (2 of which are currently available for long or short-term rentals.) The property [...]
Every month Knowing Nantes meets for its monthly bar in le Lieu Unique Bar LU or the LU as it’s known. I have never really sat down and read about the history of LU until one of my students recently did a marketing project for me on the Petit Dejeuner biscuit. I didn’t know that [...]
Yesterday was a full day but my contact that I had arranged to meet “placed me a rabbit” and didn’t turn up which left somewhat of a bad taste in my mouth. Never mind as I did more exploring and in the evening I noticed that the TNT theatre, not far from La Commerce, was [...]