Slide Show of Past World Cup Celebrations -- and Fine Galleries, Too!

Dierk Haasis has an excellent slide show on his Front Page, in honor of the World Cup tournament now taking place in South Africa.

He's also made improvements in the galleries at his website, and they're now more user-friendly and therefore even more enjoyable than before. I like to look at these images full-screen. Beautiful and satisfying, as they succeed one another on my monitor.

Some of them -- chiefly selections from his landscapes -- I have as prints, framed and displayed in my hall and in other places around my house. Truly they are works of art, and living with them enriches my life every day. These can also be seen in his Imagekind galleries, where they're available for purchase.

Nashville Public Television Documents Chihuly Glass Sculptures at Cheekwood

Scroll down and click on the video for a short preview. These are the sculptures I wrote about in my blog for June 13, 2010. Truly magnificent.

Chihuly Art at Cheekwood

The Chihuly exhibition at the Cheekwood botanical garden and art museum is spectacular. No photographs are allowed to be taken inside the museum, but there is an installation of several of the stunning glass sculptures behind the reception desk in the Visitors Center lobby, and I had permission to photograph those, as well as any of the outdoor sculptures.
Here's the one titled "Sun," which is on the museum's front lawn:





And here are three views of the exhibit in the Visitors Center lobby, behind the reception desk: