We had to look up the word “vernissage” when we were invited to one by our blogging friend Martin Frid - a Swedish national and long time Japan resident who writes the blog Kurashi News from Japan. Perhaps a vernissage is some kind of Swedish Massage? Oh, my! But, no. The word is of French origin meaning “to varnish”. It comes from the old days of private showings of paintings the day before a public exhibition during which the artist would varnish his works. These days it is simply any private showing of art. This one was planned for the Sunday afternoon of February 11th.
These images (which I shamelessly stole from Martin’s blog) show him preparing for the vernissage.Martin lives in Saitama City, northwest of Tokyo and among his many talents is painting with oils and acrylics. In addition to the display […]
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