Pilou, you live in a very nice neighborhood. ?
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Thanks MG. You are living in a very nice area of the US which is offering many possibilities of great sailings in the Gulf of Mexico from Texas (love Galveston) to Florida.
Louisiana especially "Nouvelle Orléans" is very special to the French. Here we have a nice saying for the French visiting the US. "No matter where in America you go, New Orleans is always a part of you".
About the Picasso Museum in Antibes (pic attached). The Picasso Museum is in the seaside Chateau Grimaldi in the old town of Antibes, a Roman fort built upon the foundations of the ancient Greek town of Antipolis. The Chateau Grimaldi was rebuilt in the 14th century, later in 1608 the Chateau was the residence of the Grimaldi family (a branch of which still rules the Principaly of Monaco) before being turned into a town hall during the French Revolution, then in 1925 it was bought by the city of Antibes.
It is the first museum in the world to be devoted to Pablo Picasso.
In the summer of 1946, Picasso and his girlfriend Françoise Gilot left Paris and headed for Antibes. Pablo Picasso was invited to set up his studio in a part of the château, called the Grimaldi Museum at the time. At the end of his stay, he left the city 23 paintings and 44 drawings, including the famous work Joie de Vivre. On December 27, 1966, in homage to the artist, the Grimaldi Château became the Picasso Museum.
Today, you can admire about 245 of the artist's works as well paintings and sculptures by other modern and contemporary artists such as Nicholas de Staël, Hans Hartung, Fernand Léger and Joan Miro.
Picasso himself said, 'If you want to see the Picassos from Antibes, you have to see them in Antibes'. It's an opportunity to breathe in the air and soak up the atmosphere of a place that inspired a man widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
It was the same feeling that I had experienced some years ago after visiting The Salvador Dalí Museum in St Petersburg (Florida), the most comprehensive collection of Dalí's paintings outside of Europe, soak in the brilliance as you are surrounded by an unparalleled collection of more than 2,000 works of art in 20,000 square feet of gallery space.
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life" (Pablo Picasso).
Please permit me to add "Art AND the sea breeze"...
Cheers
P.