A FAMILY DYNASTY IN COMO
Today the skies have opened and the rain thrashes down. After four days in Italy and over 35° this is a pleasant change but hopefully it will not go on for too long. Long enough for me to get some notes down on the marvelous Italian trip and also update my conference notes on the Underground art history.
Marielle and I are good traveling mates. As I rarely if ever travel with anyone it is a pleasure to share art moments and others with a good friend. Our tastes are not the same but she has taught me a lot over the years. Some months ago I discovered there was a retrospective of th Bruegel dynasty collection - nearly all of it coming from private collections around the world. For insurance purposes it was not sure if this collection would be shown elsewhere. I asked Murielle if she was interested and organized the trip. My idea would have been to visit the Villa Olmo and return to Paris the following day. But now I was told that the Lake was beautiful and that there wer...