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Picasso's Kitchen Museu Picasso, Barcelona To September 30, 2018 "An exhibition on the subject of Picasso’s kitchen? Why not? There is nothing at all incongruous in the idea, because cooking is a subtle revelation of Picasso’s art: painting, engraving, sculpture, ceramics, poetry and theatre. What is more, we should not neglect the role of the restaurant as a meeting place for the avant-gardes, from the Quatre Gats tavern in Barcelona to the cabaret Au Lapin Agile on Montmartre, where the bohemians of the time and Picasso’s little entourage would share a table." From the exhibit catalog "The exhibition will include the exceptional collaboration of chef Ferran Adrià who will introduce a dialogue between the artist’s creative process and contemporary culinary art. The Mauri gallery– which is the gallery of the museum devoted to contemporary art- will house an intervention from the internationally acclaimed chef, who will showcase ‘Sapiens”, his methodology fo...

~~~ "Traveling along the Côte d'Azur from Nice by train gives flirtatious glimpses of the Mediterranean at every tilting bend. (We) tumble out at a deserted station and walk across the tracks to the entrance of Les Roches Rouges. The hotel’s structure is partially built into a cliff face so we’re ushered through its airy lobby and onto its upper terrace to be met by a stunning seascape. The staff, perhaps reading our hungover expressions, immediately present us with deliciously sticky orange Campari cocktails while our bags are taken to our room..." [ read more ]. ~~~ Situated midway between St. Tropez and Cannes, Hôtel Les Roches Rouges re-opened in the past year, transformed from a former 2-star hotel into a 5-star cliffside oasis. "A savior came in the somewhat unlikely guise of 42-year-old Valérie Grégo, founder of the French boutique-hotel chain Les Hôtels d'en Haut. 'When I first came to check the place out I saw this two-star hotel, and th...