A DIFFERENT PILGRIMAGE TO VERSAILLES
Laurent and Jerome had just come back from the Mauritius Islands and I was impatient to catch up with news. To my delight they ‘phoned and suggested Versailles as an outing on the Sunday. Usually Anne and I visit Versailles once a year. A pilgrimage to discover the artist who has been chosen to install « something » in the grounds and sometimes in the chateau. Over the years you have seen our discoveries but this year, the critics had slashed the installations even more than usual. Olafur Eliasson had been a discovery for me at the Tate in London with the weather project installed at the London's Tate Modern in 2003 as part of the popular Unilever series. The installation filled the open space of the gallery's Turbine Hall. Quite startling. In all probability we had also seen his work at the Biennale in 2005. Another place was for sure. The Fondation Louis Vuitton in 2015. There I know that I had been most impressed. The First Visit to the Foundation with Marielle