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McDermott&McGough
Although younger for several years, Steven was the first to introduce me to gay nightlife. I vaguely recall a Saturday evening when my mother suggested I join Steven for an evening out. Why not? We drove to a small gay nightclub in Gent. I remember we had to go down the stairs, and in that…
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culinary Athens bis
We were in Athens a year ago and were pleasantly surprised by the local gastronomy. This is what I wrote. What we experienced then was not a lucky shot. Aleria Kerameikos, once the pottery area of Athens, is an emerging neighborhood. The ancient Greek cemetery is worth a visit. But it also has plenty of…
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Larry Stanton (1947 – 1984)
Larry Stanton was a portraitist. Skill in portraiture is an instinct. It cannot be taught (the only “method” it can have is a dreary measurement, but even that without instinct is not very interesting.) The portraitist is an observer of people. His attitudes and feelings will be reflected in his observations, and usually the interest…
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snapshot
I am of a generation who still remembers what it meant to buy a film roll. You had to choose between 12, 24, or 36 “exposures.” And there was always that difficult choice to make between Kodak and Fuji. They said the first had warmer colors; the latter had a cooler, more green-blue feel. At the…
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David Bowie: Lector in fabula
David Bowie spans a career of almost 60 years. There is more than one Bowie. He is different artists, personalities, and avatars. I love books, booklovers, bookshops, and publishers. Editions La Baconnière is a small Geneva editor. At Art Geneva, I discovered their offer. My eye fell on “David Bowie: Lector in fabula”, by Yann…
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ti amo (about the first sentence)
Each book has a first sentence, a first paragraph, and a first page. That first can make all the difference. Some books had an ever-lasting impact on me just because of the first words. I wrote earlier that I was blown away Andrew Sean Greer’s “Portrait of a Marriage”, especially the opening. I love you.…
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art business
I don’t recall when I was first exposed to art. There is a vague remembrance of art lessons in primary school, and I liked it. No teacher was pivotal in my appreciation of art. The real change came when 25 years ago I met my partner Filip. Him being an art historian, there were always…
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a healthy business life
I became a junior manager in my thirties. With the appointment came plenty of business lunches and dinners. The result: I gained 8 kilograms; my husband Filip – although he didn’t join these lunches – 12. That lasted for a year or three until he decided that enough was enough. So overnight, we changed our…
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marc didden over cinema
De loopbanen van Marc Didden en mezelf kruisten toen ik nog netmanager bij Eén was. Dat is intussen al meer dan een tijdje geleden. Ik werk niet meer voor Eén, en zelfs niet meer bij VRT. Vermits ik nu Europees lobby in het belang van het Europees publiek omroepbestel, staan zowel mijn bureau als mijn…
JEAN PHILIP DE TENDER 