Stepping out into a vast bed of snow is like venturing into the freezing sea, walking through it and forging your own path, however, is a measure of stronger willpower. If you know the lay of the land, then everything will be alright, if not, you might be in for a deeper surprise... It goes without saying, that if you know by heart the footpaths walked by generations and the way the land flows intimately, then navigating the covered terrain will be far easier, than to step blindly as a stranger on the first outing.

Swiss visual artist Alexandra Mia Monkewitz will guide you step-by-step to realise a beginner friendly acrylic portrait of your pet. How? After booking this event, you will be asked to send up to 5 photos of your pet (or any animal you’d like to paint) via e-mail. Alexandra will choose one with the best composition for your painting and she’ll also prepare a drawing template what you’ll transfer onto the canvas with carbon paper. After just 3 hours you can walk off delightedly with a self-made portrait of your animal friend.

La Belle Époque (French for "Beautiful Epoch") is the term often given to a period of French and European history, usually dated to between 1871–80 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Occurring during the era of the Third French Republic, it was a period characterised by optimism, regional peace, economic prosperity, colonial expansion, and technological, scientific, and cultural innovations. In this era of France’s cultural and artistic climate (particularly within Paris), the arts markedly flourished, with numerous masterpieces of literature, music, theatre, and visual art gaining extensive recognition.

The Kiss is Klimt's most popular work and visitors flock annually to see it in Vienna's Austrian Gallery. At a remarkable 180cm x 180cm, its powerful presence resounds from the wall as the life-size figures, wrapped in gold, embrace.

Harry Potter meets van Gogh...

Rousseau and his Parisian contemporaries were fascinated by wandering gypsies, the Romany people known in France as bohémiens: men and women exiled to the fringes of society during the dramatic changes of the mid-nineteenth century. French writers and artists had historically linked the Romany to Egypt as well as Bohemia, which may explain Rousseau’s depiction of a dark-skinned woman sleeping calmly—despite the large lion sniffing at her shoulder—in an arid landscape.