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18Mar

Cultural Events: Exhibitions and Expositions Around The World, March Edition

If you find yourself complaining about having nothing to do, here are a few suggestion around the world’s most popular cities for you to choose from.  Because life is too short to spend it inside.

Paris

Saut Hermès: a night-time gallop at the Grand Palais

Wager won, Paris conquered. In seven years, the Saut Hermès at the
Grand Palais has become an unmissable sporting event, which brings the
international show-jumping elite together in the heart of the French
capital. The celebration has always been stunning and it will be so
again on the 17th, 18th and 19th March 2017.

Pad Paris+Art and Design

PAD, pioneering event for Art and Design aficionados and collectors, has
been reinventing for the past 20 years the Cabinet d’Amateur and the
notion of eclecticism, anticipating the esthetic aspirations of its
time. Season after season, it offers an intimate cocoon to those who
have made decorative arts and design the core of their collection,
driven by passion and heritage.  From March 22-26.

New York

13Aug

Cultural and Fashion Events Around The World: August Edition

August is a month with not much happening in the Cultural or Fashion scene.  This is the month when many people in Europe take their vacation.  Mayor cities like Paris become empty when their denizens take off to the plages or country side.  Perhaps something not too bad for a tourist that prefers to stroll the streets of Paris solo, like we did two summers ago.  In America, however there is no such thing as taking a month-long vacation… yet still we prefer to say outdoors and enjoy the warm weather as long as we can.

For those who still prefer to head inside during those very hot afternoons, here are a few interesting fashion and cultural events around the world available this month, from fashion to Arts, and to take a look at those events that are trailing from past months you can go here.

London,

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05Dec

December Events From Museums to Galleries Exhibitions

December is for enjoying family members over soirees and being merry, but between those reunions there is always time to take a break from the stress of the Holidays and catch the exhibits of our favorite artists.  Here is the December roundup of events from museum and gallery exhibitions in your favorite Cities.

December events from museums to galleries exhibitions, Irving Penn, Grand Palais

New York

Art in the Open: 50 Years of Public Art in New York, at Museum of the City of New York Through May 13, 2018

The Museum of the City of New York is highlighting some of the most influential works ever displayed in the street of New York, so if you missed some of these artists work, this is the time to catch up and see the most innovative ones under one roof.  Among the artists exhibiting are Kara Walker and Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

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17May

New at Belle Vivir?

Hi and welcome.  Thank you for being here, I hope you enjoy Belle Vivir and decide to hang around…there’s a lot to see and discover.

Here at Belle Vivir, we like all kinds of beautiful things, Chic Comfortable Interiors, exotic and exclusive places, chic fashion, good food and home decor.  Not that a fashionable life is the essence of true self-discovery nor self-fulfillment, but it sure doesn’t help to aspire one.  Therefore at Belle Vivir Interior Design and Lifestyle blog we regularly cover everything that encompasses Living Beautiful hence our name Belle for Beautiful in French and Vivir for Living in Spanish.  Some of our regular features are Interior Design and Home Decor, Travel,  Fashion Shopping Suggestions, Art with a monthly round-up of Cultural Events Around The World and endless inspirations to accessorize your life and living it beautifully.  Belle Vivir also has a feature about Art History under the label of Wednesday Classics.

In 2006 without any specific direction or motto other than of course featuring beautiful things, Belle Vivir was born in an apartment in the island of Manhattan, New York City is the first Interior Design blog in Manhattan, after Design Sponge in Brooklyn and Apartment Therapy.  My main and only intention was to share with whoever would be interested in the beautiful things I came across on a daily basis.

Throughout the almost 11 years of Belle Vivir, many things happened: marriage, a son, back to school and Interior Design clients with exiting projects in the City.

Until my family was presented with a once in a lifetime opportunity of living abroad.  We took the plunge, put my career and blog on hold and lived abroad for five years, 3 years in Brazil and 2 in Germany.  During my time overseas I decided to fully focus on my family, embrace the different cultures and discover new horizons which prompted me to put the blog on pause for those five years only stopping by to sporadically say hello.

Since beauty is what really feeds my soul, while abroad I created a jewelry line, Tyche Jewelry which quickly became recognized worldwide and published in numerous magazine.  The jewelry line started in Brazil made by local artisans until eventually ended up being made in New York City by family-run goldsmiths.  Tyche Jewelry is offered in two different metals, Silver-gold plated and brass-gold plated.  You can pre-order it here.

“I’m going to make everything around me beautiful, that will be my life.”  Elsie de Wolfe

12Sep

The Collection of Alberto Pinto at Christie’s Paris

Concurrently with La Biennale Paris, the auction house Christie’s Paris is offering The Collection of Alberto Pinto auctioning objects from the Interior Designer’s Paris apartment.  The over 1,000 lot collection spans a great range of artistic periods and styles from the Renaissance to European and Asian porcelain, silverware, linens and works by Claude Lalanne.  Besides being a passionate collector, Pinto also knew how to decorate the most extraordinary table settings for his clients and his own parties.  The Collection of Alberto Pinto at Christie’s Paris will be offer from Sept 12-14 and you can bid online.

The collection of alberto pinto at christie's paris

The collection of alberto pinto at Christie's paris

Alberto Pinto was born in Casa Blanca to Argentinean parents.  His many cultural influences since a child can be easily seen in his eclectic interiors.  Pinto studied at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris after he moved to New York City where he founded a photo agency specializing in architecture and decoration.  After doing various photo shoots for press group Conde Nast, he developed a particular flair for Interior Design.  His newly discovered passion led him to open his own design firm in Paris.  After Alberto’s passing in 2013, his sister Linda who had always worked at his side, took over the management of Alberto Pinto Interior Design which employs 80 people.  Architectural Digest featured Linda’s Parisian apartment early this year, you can see it here.

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