Gart the Gnome’s blog
Gart the Gnome is a travelling gnome. He travels around the world, sees places and meets people. Ok, I admit, it’s a fact that I escaped from MoMA. But I had a good reason. Read more…
Couple under an Umbrella – Ron Mueck
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Hi Folks!If hairy old men wore burkinis for beach, it would have been a lot easier task for Ron Mueck to produce the hyperrealistic human sculpture…
Pärnu – Estonia
Hi Folks!Pärnu is a marvelous town by the Baltic Sea. The beach in there is just great. There’s a bit of everything and that’s why it is only…
Alexanderplatz – Berlin
Hi Folks!I know you are wondering what Europe will look like after Brexit. Since I am so nice, I will share the intel I have with you. I rented…
StartEscape graffiti – Gart
Hi Folks,When I saw this stop-sign, I just could not help myself but add a little paint. I know, I'm guilty of vandalism. But sometimes the end justifies…
Narrow House – Erwin Wurm
Hi Folks!Narrow House (2010) is really narrow and that is how Erwin Wurm designed it just to make a point. And I guess the point is that narrow minded…
Alcatraz – The White House
Hi Folks,Clint Eastwood went through hell to escape from the federal prison in Alcatraz Island. The escape was captured on film by a marvelous documentarist…
The Fertile Crescent – Anselm Kiefer
Hi Folks!The Fertile Crescent (2009) displays the building or demolition of the Tower of Babel. According to the folklore a god demolished the tower.…
supersymmetry – Ryoji Ikeda
Hi Folks,Ryoji Ikedas exhibition project supersymmetry (2014-) welcomes the visitors with the following sign: "The installation contains high and…
Technoparc, Montréal – Canada
Hi Folks,Visiting Montreal in Canada, what a way to finish the year!Wayne Gretzky, Neil Young, Pamela Anderson, Jim Carrey, Leonard Cohen, William…
Dingwall – Scotland
Hi Folks,In the Highlands of Scotland you may still hear the echo of Sir William Wallace's voice: "... they may take our lives, but they'll never take...…
National Art Museum of Catalonia – Barcelona
Hi Folks,Culture in Catalonia is beyond me. Messi, Neymar, Suárez… In Catalonia the work of the best known contemporary artists may be viewed at…
Oriental Pearl Tower – Shanghai
Hi Folks!Ai Weiwei's exhibition inspired me to visit Shanghai in the People's Republic of China. In the 90's "Made in China" was a label for a…
Through – Ai Weiwei
Hi Folks,Pillars penetrating tables is Ai Weiwei's (艾 未未) comment, or even criticism, on structures of power. The art piece is titled Through…
Arlington National Cemetery – Virginia
Hi Folks,Not since World War II have there been so many refugees or IDPs as there is today. The crisis is huge and it's global. People leave their…
St. Peter’s Square – Vatican City State
Hi Folks,In The Big Lebowski (1998) the Dude himself asked: "Does the Pope sh#t in the woods?" The Dude is a pretty sophisticated guy. After all,…
Lily & Co – Julian Opie
Hi Folks!Julian Opie is a virtuoso of contemporary art. Viewing his work leaves you wondering, what the heck did I just see: a reference to art history…
Stasi museum – Berlin, Germany
Hi Folks!Right after the Second World War things got complicated for the whole world as the Cold War begun. Germany was split into two: east and…
Pietà – Michelangelo
Hi Folks!This is a pietà, and not just any pietà but the one that was sculpted by Michelangelo Buonarroti. The most interesting thing about this…