今日の午前は新潟のセリ。ヘンリー・ムーアの版画を買おうか迷って声が出ず、買えず、ダメ画商ぶりを発揮。
床屋。
昼食後、新潟県立万代島美術館で開催中の「THE ドラえもん展 NIIGATA 2020」。誕生は1970年なんだとさ。とっても空いていたので全作品独り占め。
午後は作品借用、車検手続、出張準備など。しばらくバタバタが続く。

This morning, in an art auction of this city, a Henry MOORE's print was put up, but I hesitated about bidding and lost it as an useless art dealer.
Barbering.
After lunch, I visited "The Doraemon Exhibition Niigata 2020" at The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum.  It started in 1970, did you know that?  There were almost no people, so I had the big rooms to myself.
In the afternoon, borrowing some artworks, arranging my car's inspection and preparing for my business trip from tomorrow.  My restless days continue a little while more.

地方都市のそのまた郊外に住んでいるとあまりコロナウイルスの影響を感じないが、お客様や取引先が変化するからこちらも変化せざるをえない。
今日は集荷に来てもらった宅配便やさんと少々世間話。ついさっき電話で受付の人に話したことがドライバーさんに伝わっておらず苦笑い。暑い中、マスク、ご苦労様です。
人と人とのコミュニケーションなんてこんなもん、ましてや美術作品が持つ情報なんて伝わるはずない、と安心した１日でした。

Living in a suburb of a provincial city, I feel less influence from covid-19.  But I need to change the way of business according to that of my customers.
Today I talked with the courier service came for picking up for a while.  He just smiled that he did not know some things that I talked to the operator on the phone only one hour ago.  With a flu mask on such a sunny day, I wanted to thank him well.
Our communication is like this, it is needless to say that nobody would receive the information artworks have.

イタリアの芸術歴史家、評論家、キュレーターでアルテ・ポヴェラの名付け親でもあるジェルマーノ・チェラントさんが昨日亡くなった。
私もこんな風になりたい、こんな風に社会と関わりたいと思った人。
コロナウイルスが世代交代や社会変化を速めているように感じるけれど、おさまったらまたみんな忘れちゃうのかな。

Germano Celant, an Italian art historian, critic and curator who made the term "Arte Povera", died of Covid-19 yesterday.
You hear his name in the world's modern and contemporary art history.  He is one of those I want to be like, I want to relate to the society like him.
Covid-19 seems to accelerate the generation and social change, but do we forget everything when it subsides?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germano_Celant

某百貨店での総合展は１週間のはずが２週間に延長。私の次に個展をするはずだった陶芸家がキャンセルしたためだ。
イタリアで仕入れたジジ・ペドローリの油彩画も２点展示。明るい色使いと独創的な作風で目立つ。元気が出たり幸せな気分にしてくれる作品はどんな時でも必要とされるという当たり前のことを実感。さすが90歳

The period of my exhibition at a departmentstore is extended from one to two weeks due to cancellation of the potter after me.
Two oil paintings by Gigi PEDROLI are also exhibited.  They stand out for their vivid colors and unique style.  Art giving us energy and making us happy is always needed, I realize such obvious thing.  Worthy of 90 years old experienced artist

ミラノの大きな教会前で見つけた古代ミラノの地図とヴェネツィア門。ミラノもかつては立派な城郭に囲まれた町だったことがわかる。建設された時代は主にローマ時代、中世、スペイン時代に区分されるらしい。
今回の出張では、●●門で待ち合わせとか、■■通り（かつての壁の跡）を走ったら早く着くとか、コロナウイルス対策で都市封鎖とか、壁に関することが多かった。
ちなみに私が泊まっていたアパートは今はミラノ市郊外の住宅街ですが、この地図の時代は壁の外。あったか無いかもわからない。

A map of Milan in ancient times I found in front of a big church, and Porta Venezia.  Milan was a strong walled city.  The period of its construction is devided mainly into three, the Roman period, the medieval period and the period of Spain.
During this business trip, I rememberd this wall many times, for example, an appointment in front of ●● gate, taking ■■ street constructed where there was the wall, cities under a lockdown and so on.
By the way, the place I was sleeping is located in the suburbs of Milan city.  It was outside this wall, who knows how it was.