She is best known as Picasso's muse and lover, which, alas, often leaves her own work overlooked.
Yet what Maar did as a photographer and as a Surrealist artist occupies a place entirely apart. Indeed, once you have seen her works, you will always recognise her hand in the future.
Maar's works can now be seen at the exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist Manifesto at the Centre Pompidou
At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
