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.

今回は自由時間はほとんど無かったけれど、訪問先から近かったのでペドローリさんのアトリエを少しだけ訪問。午後はピアノの練習が日課だそうで、私が着いた時はその真っ最中で、私など目に入らない様子でした。(笑)
２階は住居兼展示スペース。40年前から現在に至るまでの作品がきれいに整理されてました。
何となく気になったので目の前のナビリオ運河をのぞきこんだら、驚くほど水が澄んでいて泳ぐ魚がよく見えました。

This time I did not have time to use freely, but I made a quick call on artist Gigi Pedroli living very close to one of our visits.  When I arrived, he was playing piano as a daily routine in the afternoon.  He was too concentrated to perceive me.
They use the first floor as their house and show rooms.  I found his many works arranged from 40 years ago until the present.
I looked into the canal in front of the atelier somehow.  The water cleared stunningly and I could see fish swimming well in there.

ミラノに来ました。日伊間移動はどこも人が少なく至ってスムーズ。
半日空いたので明日の仕事の下見もかねて市内を少々散策。レオナルドダヴィンチの「最後の晩餐」で有名なサンタ・マリア・デッレ・グラツィエ修道院もコロナウイルス対策で３月２日まで閉館。休憩中の警備員さんが、誰も来ねえな、と煙草を吸いながら携帯電話で話してました。
写真はミラノ郊外の私の部屋から。相変わらず路上駐車がひどい。

I came to Milan.  My trip between Japan and Italy went so smoothly because there were less people everywhere.
Today I went to the centre for a walk and for checking the place for tomorrow.  Santa Maria delle Grazie, which is famous for The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, is closed till 2 March as measures against coronavirus.  A guard taking a break with cigarette was talking to somebody with mobilephone "nobody comes".
I took this photo from my suburban apartment house.  Terrible parking on the street as always.

明日から某百貨店で総合展、39作家、50作品、準備OK。リストでタイトルを見ると「梅」と「桜」が目立つ。自分のこれまでの経験からして、売れたのは花が５割以上、ニーズ大ということ。現役作家と物故作家の割合も調べてみたら約半々。総合展で購入するお客様は作家の生死をあまり気にしない。画廊担当の方曰く、「お客様ファースト」。

A fine art of various kinds exhibition at a departmentstore from tomorrow.  50 works from 39 artists are ready!!!.  Looking at the list, "cherry blossoms" and "plum blossoms" stand out.  According to my experiencse of this kind of exhibitions, flowers are very popular, more than 50% of my sales.  The ratio of active and deceased artists is almost fifty-fifty.  The customers buying arts at this kind of exhibitions don't care if the auther is alive.  The person in charge of this art gallery says "customers first!!!"