All posts tagged: children

Superheros, cartoons and giant balloon dogs. What kid wouldn’t want to see that?

Taking kids to any museum is a little stressful, there’s always the chance that you turn your head for a second and they’re touching the 17-century painting that changed the course of history! However, there is one artist that seems pretty safe and fun to take the Small People to, and that is American artist Jeff Koons. Not because his works haven’t changed the face of modern art (he is after all the artist who tops the list of the most expensive work by a living artist sold at auction – just a cool US$58.4 million) but because his works even appealed to my 4-yr-old. He is widely regarded as one of the most prominent, popular and provocative artists of the postwar era and kids get it. His famed giant inflatables (Balloon Dog Magenta, 1994-2000), cartoons and Super Heros (Hulk Friends and Hulks Bell both 2004-2012), Play Doh works and stainless steel cast trains (Jim Beam – Baggage Car 1986) will keep even the smallest of people’s attention while you can enjoy the exhibit too. Bonus! Jeff Koons retrospective showing at the …

Christmas is a MONSTEROUSLY fun time!

The department store windows are always a mini stage for visual creativeness in Paris and never more so then at Christmas time! This year my favourite favourite has to be the windows at Galleries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussman. They are freakishly fun and less outwardly commercialised than some of the others, in fact not a logo in sight. Giant luxurious red velvet curtails flank a stage of fuzzy monsters in a rainbow of bright neon colours, collosal fluffy fiends trapped in over-sized glass baubles – perfect for my little people who squealed in delight at the the one-eyed, long-eared monsters peeking out of top hats! Seriously, you won’t believe your eye! (Okay bad Monsters, Inc movie joke).