Niki de Saint Phalle's larger-than-life sculptures are now in Washington DC; to date, the only major outdoor sculpture corridor in our nation’s capital by a woman. Through October 2011 on New York Avenue NW, between 12th &13th
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Known for her sense of color and playfulness, Niki de Saint Phalle died in 2002 but her work lives on in her famous sculptures, whimsical gardens and grottos throughout the world, and in her perfumes in sculpted bottles.
Her Tarot Garden in Tuscany, Italy Il Giardino dei Tarrochi click here
FREE EVENT Those in Washington DC on Saturday 10 September 2011 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts for all ages 11AM-5PM. Materials are provided to create Niki-inspired works click here
photos: Niki de Saint Skull
Niki de Saint Phalle's Queen Califia Patty Mooney
Sagittarius
in collaboration with the Embassy of France in Washington DC
Two Aromatic Events
with Luca Turin
Tania Sanchez
Patricia de Nicolaï
reservations required
ticket includes the book Perfumes: The Guide, bevvies, and gift bag from Bloomies
The Art of Fragrance
Friday 5 February 2010
6:45 PM
$25 members, $40 general admission
click here for Friday ticket information
Perfumes: An Exquisite Exploration
Saturday 6 February 2010
10 AM - 1 PM
$125 members, $150 general admission
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Embassy of France - Auditorium4101 Reservoir Road, NWWashington, DCBusiness Attire & Photo ID requiredFriday's lecture, with scented examples, discusses enjoying fragrance, chemical breakthroughs that make modern perfumery possible, and the still-a-mystery how do our noses figure it all out?
Saturday, you get to smell new scents, natural and synthetic raw materials, and You Lucky Duckies !!! masterworks that have been unavailable for decades, courtesy of a rare collection from the Versailles’ Osmotheque, International Conservatory of Perfumes.Perfumer Patricia de Nicolaï is director of the Osmotheque, founder of Parfums de Nicolaï, and author of Once Upon a Time... Perfume.
Luca Turin, biophysicist at MIT, author of The Secret of Scent, founder/CTO of Flexitral - an odorant molecule design company; Seen on TED and BBC regarding how the sense of smell works; Co-author of Perfumes: The Guide,
with Tania Sanchez, who publishes on the topic of perfumes.
Books & authors available for signing!
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Related links to right under Feed Your Inspiration.
photo: French Embassy in Washington DC
