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Possibly the best plates ever.

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Everybody knows I love tacky souvenirs and have a weakness for royal ones. Owen Davey’s plates, which mock the ridiculous royal wedding memorabilia by commemorating entirely mundane happenings, are even better. You can see them all here and if you like his work, why not buy a little something to support him?

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Vintage travel posters

 

Picasso in Paris

A few days ago I spent the day in Barcelona (where I will be at the time of this post’s publishing) and I took advantage of some free time to visit the temporary exhibition at Picasso’s Museum. Devorar París shows works painted by the Spanish artist during his first stay in Paris from 1900-1907, as well as paintings by other artists who were popular in the French capital at the time. It is great to see how Picasso’s art evolved into something absolutely unique and how he was influenced by painters like Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. I’m a big fan of impressionism and turn-of-the-century Paris (though not really a big fan of Picasso), so it is not a surprise that I really enjoyed this exhibition. It will be on at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona until October, so if you’re planning a trip there this summer I advise you not to miss it. Here are some works I liked:

Moulin de la Galette
The Wait (Margot)
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Vintage Spanish Postcards

 

Monet in Amsterdam

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Dutch landscapes

 

People I love: Anne Emond

 

All my clean friends

 

Women I admire

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Google kindly reminded us that today’s international women’s day. It’s a shame that even in times of supposed equality the number of women musicians, writers and artists (not to mention world leaders and other positions of power) is so low compared to men. It’s a shame that people still assume that if a woman is a feminist she hates men, that if she’s in a band the band sucks, that if she’s into music it’s because she once had a boyfriend who was into music, that if she has a good job she had to fuck somebody to get it, that if she likes to have sex with multiple partners she is a slut, that if she doesn’t want to get married she is weird, that if she writes it’s probably chick lit and that if she has short hair she’s a lesbian. What’s even worse is that this train of thought is so common that women often think like that. I find it unbelievable that some women are happy to live their lives like their grandmothers did, that an ideal of femininity that has been outdated for decades is still forced upon us and that the mere existence of a holiday celebrating women is still necessary.

But let’s stop moaning and celebrating the existence of some of my favourite ladies, shall we? (more…)