Category: Art and Culture
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Hometown Tourist: Immigration Museum and Birrarung Wilam Walk
I took the day off on Wednesday to be a hometown tourist. I needed to go into the city to drop some books off at the theological library so I decided to make a day of it. I caught the train into the city and then the tram up to the library. While I was…
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Some More Local Outdoor Art
A couple of weeks ago I posted about some of the street art and graffiti in our local area. I’ve since captured a few more examples of public art. I think most of this is commissioned to prevent graffiti.
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A Half-Day in the City
Thursday morning I was at a stand still with the work project I’d been doing this week as I had to wait for out IT guy to give me some extra permissions. I decided to grab the opportunity while I waited, to go into the city and get some shoes for E’s wedding. While I…
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Neighbourhood Street Art and Graffiti
I’m walking every street in Brighton, Elwood and Gardenvale. Here’s a selection of the street art I’ve passed on my wanderings. Street Art is often commissioned here to reduce the amount of ugly graffiti and tagging. Do you like street art? Do you have much where you live?
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Friday Thoughts #21
Each year the NGV puts on a special Winter Masterpieces Exhibition. I went to The Picasso Century in 2022 and last year I went to Pharoah. Yesterday I took myself off the the city for this year’s exhibition—French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This was actually one that we had plans to…
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List #19: What I Did on A Mid-Week Day For Myself
Last year, I started booking my next hair appointment after I got my haircut. There were too many times when I was overdue because I forgot/ put off / procrastinated over ringing for an appointment. When I was planning for this week and saw my haircut appointment for yesterday, I decided to shuffle my week…
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Pharaoh at the NGV
Each year, the NGV puts on a Winter Masterpieces Show, sourcing exhibits from galleries and museums around the world. I went to their Picasso exhibition in 2022 and also Van Gogh in 2017. When they announced that this year’s exhibition would be Pharaoh—ancient Egyptian artifacts, I knew I had to go and see it. Like…
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Reading, Watching, Listening – December 2023
It’s been a while since I did one of these posts, but maybe you have a bit of time to surf the net in this week? Reading First up some posts to help you reflect on the year that was, or the year to come. End of Year Reflection Questions by Tsh Oxenreider on the…
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New York Museums – Sat 4 Nov
This morning G had to drop his bag at the bag drop in Central Park so we walked together to do that. Central Park is looking beautiful with all the autumn leaves. After dropping the bag G headed back to the hotel and I went to The Met. So, it’s huge, but I am obsessed…
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Lightscape 2023 – The Royal Botanic Gardens
Last year I was keen to see Lightscape at the Royal Botanic Gardens, but the tickets were sold out when I got myself organised. This year I vowed not to make the same mistake, so I decided we would go as soon as we had a good weather forecast. A flurry of messages in our…