The people of Florence love their dogs and regularly walk their dogs at anytime of the day. Here is a little photo essay of them together I wish I could have captured some of the larger dogs that I've encountered in Florence but maybe next time! I also forgot to catch their names and their dogs, so I took the liberty to name them what I they sounded like. 

Sculptures by the Sea

19th Biennale of Sydney

Yoko Ono

Yoko, Yoko, Yoko.

#GPMBFFS

The General Pants Fashion show for Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival Sydney.

Crate of Art

War and Peace / Degree South by Michael Coyne. This photo is a "rehabilitation centre in Tehran Iran where soliders, mainly basil. went to have their legs replaced after fighting the Iran/Iraq War, 1985"

Rebel Without a Cause

Today Ben and I had a late lunch at le pain quotidien always yummy bread with their white chocolate spread. After lunch we headed to the State Library where they are currently holding two photo exhibitions. The first is Heads On and the second one is Magnum on Set. All these photos are from the second exhibition. They are a collection of candid photography of actors and crew as they film iconic movies- such as the Seven Year Itch, The Misfits, Rebel Without a Cause, The Moby Dick, etc. 

You should check it out if you are ever in the city just cruising. Magnum on Set ends on the 23rd of June 2013. 

Photos are from Ben and I

Metropolitan Auckland, New Zealand

The Art institute of Chicago

MCA

I finally went to MCA after it finished renovating, the view is really great especially if you are on the right lift and on Level 4's verandah. Level 3 is not complete, so I only saw the second floor's collection. I really liked Robert Owen's piece, something about the colours and it contrasting from each other. I don't know, in a way it inspired me. "Live life colourful" in some weird sort of way. But my favourite two pieces particularly were the shell slippers and the china sculpture.  

 Shellworked Slippers is by Esme Timbery an Aboriginal artist. 

 A close up of one of her pairs, my photos seem to have a yellow tint in them.

My second favourite is China, China by Alyxse? (unfortunately I can't remember)

This sculpture just really spoke to me, maybe its the whole second culture identity shit? I think she was born overseas and now lives in Australia. But I just really love it. The detail, the design, the delicateness of it all. Sometimes I really wish that I was able to express myself artistically. Be able to paint or draw or scalp. In Vicky Christina Barcelona, Christina says:

You know, I can appreciate art and I love music, but...
It's sad, really,
because I feel like I have
a lot to express
and I am not gifted.

Woody Allen just understands me so much sometimes. But all my artistic friends tell me to stop thinking and just do. One day.

Afterwards I joined a friend for Pizza at the Pizza Hut buffet and spent 3 hours at Galaxy World.

Vividly

 
Vivid Live at Sydney's Circular Quay.

Behind the art

Meet Victor & his friend, we met whilst we were chilling outside the audibar. They invited us to check out an artist's studio it was amazing to see behind the art. Where they come to express creatively, this is there habitat, there environment. Paint were still fresh and art still drying. So much creativity that it was border lining making me mad from envy. I loved that there was so much different creative energy flowing in the room, there was probably three or four artists who used that space and you can feel and see it.

Chalk Horse

Adventure time!

Art at Night

Art at Night is a monthly art festival curated by the Sydney council, here is the Rozelle edition that I captured.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer exhibition is currently open at MCA