David Hockney 25
Unstoppable Hockney
One advantage of being possibly the most famous living artist and having reached the grand old age of 87 is that the world gets to see retrospectives of your work at regular intervals. So is it worth making the effort … Read More
Frank Bowling: Collage
Welcome to Paris!
It’s always heartwarming when a long-ignored artist has a moment in the sun while still alive – for so many. it comes too late. It is even more important today: just when things were starting to look up for forgotten … Read More
Lumière: l’Aventure Continue
Big-Screen Pioneers
The release of Thierry Frémaux’s delightful new documentary, Lumière: l’Aventure Continue, has been timed in France to coincide with the 130th anniversary of the first-ever showing of a film on the big screen, Louis Lumière’s Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory … Read More
À Vous de Jouer
Play It Again, Jane/John Doe
What could be more soothing than to hear Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” being played live amid the bustle and stress of a train station or airport? Once, I even came upon a highly professional troupe of musicians and singers performing … Read More
Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace
Up, Up and Away (Maybe)
I have a sad announcement to make: I now know that there is no hope for me ever becoming an airline pilot, despite expert training at the Museum of Air and Space in Le Bourget Airport, just outside of Paris, … Read More
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