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Continue reading →: Caravaggio, a classic.
Another classic is visiting us in Buenos Aires. This time it is Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610). He was an Italian barok painter, trained in Milan under Simone Peterzano. He moved to Rome where he was considered the most famous painter of his time. He was very successful during his…
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Continue reading →: The crying tree
If you thought that with the Ceibos, the Jacarandas and the Ceiba Speciosa, you know all about Buenos Aires botany I must disappoint you. Here is another tree, one of the most common and most striking trees in Capital. Today, apart from the little bit of purple left on the Jacarandas,…
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Continue reading →: Alberto Giacometti
The name sounds like music. He was a Suisse sculptor, probably most known for his bronze, long and skinny, men and woman. A lot of his work is property of the Alberto and Anette Giacometti foundation, which lends out several works to different museums, either long or short term. Now…
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Continue reading →: Urban Art
MOS (Meeting of styles) are back! It is an international festival of urban art, founded in Germany in 2002, that travels the world. After cities like London and New York (and many others), they pass through Buenos Aires a second time. Both the ministry of culture as the ministry of…
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Continue reading →: Vive le Roi! (Leve de Koning!)
November 15 is the day of the dynasty, the day we Belgians celebrate our monarch. Our royal dynasty is quite recent, Albert II is only our 6th king. Belgium was founded in 1830. Although he has no real powers to run the country, the king does have an important symbolic…
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Continue reading →: Change of Season
Walking through the streets of Buenos Aires, glancing sideways through windows, I wonder if the clothes in the stores are summer or winter collection, and if we are soon to have sales or if the season has just started. After 3 years I am still totally confused about the seasons.…
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Continue reading →: The Daily Bread
Belgium has finally arrived in Buenos Aires. I am thrilled. I am all excited. I can now eat Belgian food in ‘Le Pain Quotidien’ in Capital. I couldn’t believe it until I saw it with my own eyes – and of course, until I had tested it. It was officially…
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Continue reading →: the unexpected
Is it just Argentina, or is it a general Latino kind of thing, the love for the unexpected? Well maybe they don’t love it, but it is definitely a part of their daily life. And how different it is to the life I was used to, when all was well…






