SHARING WITH ME

I would think that the name Dominique Strauss-Kahn rings a bell ? He was a brilliant politician but unfortunately was also a brilliant seducer. There have been many court cases against him. I have always been in admiration of his second wife, Anne Sinclair. She may have come from an extremely influential family, not to mention rich, but she stood by him until the end. The rumors of how much was « spent » to keep him out of prison or simply out of court cases is an amount that none of those I know would see in a life time. I have a lot of respect for her. One evening at the theatre I was carefully going up the stairs to the balcony studying my feet as I do these days and banged into someone. It was Anne Sinclair. She was always a beauty with those huge blue eyes and for her years (1948-) I would think that many men are still after her. The man with her that evening was Pierre Nova, a French historian and quite a bit older than she is. The only disagreeable moment about that encounter wa

And let the fiesta begin…Karel Appel was a member of the COBRA group. When I went to Eve & Adele, there was a photo at the end of the chapter showing us that the new exhibition was about to start. Jerome called and said let’s go on Sunday. Exhibitions at the weekend are not my cup of tea due to the crowds. We arrived and hardly a soul around. Into the exhibition and virtually no-one. We would see Appel in the best of conditions.    No way I could tell you where and when I « fell in love » with Karel Appel’s (1921-2006) work. He was Dutch and died at 85, in Switzerland. I’m pretty sure that I came across him when I discovered the COBRA group -I already knew Asger Jorn’s work but it really began with another Dutch Painter - Constant. Appel was looking for a new opening, another expression. The Dutch artists went to Paris in 1948 for and international conference on avant-garde art organized by the Surrealists. To show their disagreement with the French the 7 artist