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Fin de Millénaire.
Galamb Thorday's pictures are scenes of liquefaction. The old baroness's face is already fading behind the fan, whose choice of colours has become arbitrary. She bears it with composure because, like Madame Pompadour, she knows that "after us comes the deluge". It is triggered by a bearded mermaid who rises from the water, not to seduce but to destroy. Her hair forms a whirlpool and a flywheel that stirs up the sea. Through the eye of the wave, we can already see her destination: A town on the coast, where life still goes on as usual.
But the observant do …