Hello art lovers,
Julie and I have been traveling in France and Italy visiting with three extraordinary artists since the beginning of August. The genesis of the trip was the 6 month residency Michelle Gagliano was offered by Galleria La Nica in Rome because of a series of paintings she did on Dante. This is the 700th year anniversary of Dante’s death and the 1st Municipality of Rome awarded her patronage of her exhibition “Once Again to See the Stars” in a municipal venue. She is in the company of Banksy and Damian Hurst with this honor.
We spent four glorious days with Raymond Douillet seeing art in Paris and working on an upcoming project of a Catalog Raisonne that will be published in 2022. Additionally, we decided on an exhibit of paintings he made in 2020 and 2021 to be shown in New Orleans in November.
Anne Bachelier joined us in Rome for 3 whirlwind days of The Borghese, The Vatican, the Coliseum and more art!
Sadly, Neil Zuckerman, a longtime friend of Anne’s, her art dealer and publisher, passed away on August 12th after a long battle with cancer. He was an extraordinary person with an exceptional career in the art world for over 50 years. It was Neil who brought Anne Bachelier into my life and I’ll be forever grateful for that gift.. He enriched people’s lives by bringing art into their surroundings. Our love goes out to his life partner Tom Shivers.
We will be home in New Orleans on the 22nd but sadly the news of the COVID resurgence in Louisiana and across America is staggering. Approximately 97% of new cases occur in unvaccinated people. Let’s sway opinions and in the spirit of love and cooperation encourage universal vaccination and return to a safe and healthy existence…
With faith in people,
Angela
