tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post688928215481443142..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Punching Bronzino, Punching CoeNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-86511067848052948342008-09-29T15:23:00.000+01:002008-09-29T15:23:00.000+01:00Selena: Recrachez le vin! An admonition I failed t...Selena: Recrachez le vin! An admonition I failed to follow the first time I was in a good cellar (Hubert de Montille's, an acquaintance in Beaune). I fear I became most drunk and did not do a very good job as an ambassador for America, which was my role. Instead, at the dinner later in Hubert's manse on the vineyard, I was about as nutty as Sarah Palin and far less comprehensible. Thank God I can't remember what I said, not most of it anyway. Oh well. Tant pis pour moi -- I could not bring myself to spit out all those grand crus!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-62591925085715294512008-09-29T09:13:00.000+01:002008-09-29T09:13:00.000+01:00As far as Lord Coe is concerned, I believe it is t...As far as Lord Coe is concerned, I believe it is the artistic duty of all right-thinking people to violently set about him, wherever he may be. Don't you remember those cringeworthy "Man at C&A" ads he used to do?Sophie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212037697701712380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-90001980315679627592008-09-28T16:28:00.000+01:002008-09-28T16:28:00.000+01:00The whole thing may well go on the back boiler Nig...The whole thing may well go on the back boiler Nige, I think the purse is sort of empty at the moment and will be for some considerable time. Unless of course that American abacus operator cuts UK PLC a slice of the action. <BR/>My brother in laws dog pee'd on the base of the angel of the north.<BR/>A/ can the angel of the north in any way, shape or form be considered as art.<BR/>B/ can a dog relieving itself be considered as an act (as in act of vandalism).<BR/>The dog actually has a better pedigree than Gormley, and Selena, he would never, ever boast that he could afford to drink Dom fizzy, actually, he can't stand the stuff.<BR/>I was reprimanded in the Tate for pointing a finger at a Canalleto, DONT touch the picture, she hissed, I wasn't I replied, I was pointing out to my son just how crude it was when viewed from a few inches away, that did it, she went into a huff and retreated.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-10054014768729057662008-09-28T12:56:00.000+01:002008-09-28T12:56:00.000+01:00"...vomiting over a Carl Andre installation seems ...<I>"...vomiting over a Carl Andre installation seems reasonable enough"</I> <BR/><BR/>You're right, of course. In art as in so many other fields, throwing up is almost never a sign of admiration. Nor does Dom PĂ©rignon ever taste the same coming up as going down. Still, I am for regurgitation, complete and without reservation...Selena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.com