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Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas
One of the pleasures of traveling is unexpectedly discovering the people who helped shape a place. Walking along the waterfront in Sitges, I came across this bronze monument honoring two of Catalonia’s most celebrated artists, Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas. Their presence here is no accident. More than a century ago, these two friends helped […]
Columbus Sculpture
There is a gift that certain artists have, the ability to capture a moment so completely that the story is understood before it is explained. That is how I felt standing before the Columbus sculpture at the Museum of Jewish History in Girona. Created by Frank Meisler in 1994, this is not a single image, but […]
“La Verema”
It was great to spend a day in Sitges, exploring a new town after teaching in Barcelona. The views of the Mediterranean stretched out endlessly shifting in color with the light. Walking along the beach was refreshing and a quiet transition for our time in Barcelona. Sitges is a town of white buildings against the blue of […]
