I don't mind staying in nice hotels when someone else is picking up the tab, especially when the view is like this. The Australian Open (tennis) was on in the blue courts on the first photo - I didn't go, but I could see it ... And the view the other way was over the river to the ocean.
Melbourne was fun, but unfortunately the garden at Heide, which I'd been so looking forward to seeing, was badly affected by drought. I would have thought, given that it's an art gallery/museum, and the gardens are part of the 'story' of John & Sunday Reed, that they might have watered and tended to the gardens more assiduously, but apparently not.
The Louise Bourgeois: Late Works exhibition was worth seeing.
Spider, 1997, steel, tapestry, wood, glass, fabric, rubber, silver, gold and bone, 449.6 x 665.5 x 518.2cm
And then we came back to Sydney, and the kids had to be picked up from sailing camp and I had to organise Spouse's birthday party before packing to go on a houseboat this week. It's been busy ...
2 comments:
Too bad the garden disappointed, but lucky you to spend time with Bourgeois' work. She had such a big vision. . .
I agree, mater. And the fact that she kept working, exploring and creating right up until she died is inspiring.
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