Heidi Ellison
Daniel Templon
Paris Update Art Notes TEMPLON FÊTES FIFTY YEARS Daniel Templon and Andy Warhol at the Centre Pompidou in 1982. © André Morain Distinguished Parisian contemporary art dealer Daniel Templon is celebrating his 50th anniversary in the business with the publication … Read More
Ernst-Tanguy: Two Visions of Surrealism
United by Surrealism, Divided by Style “La Belle Saison” (1925), by Max Ernst. Photo: Raphaël Barithel, Geneva. © ADAGP, Paris, 2016 The exhibition “Ernst-Tanguy: Two Visions of Surrealism” at the Musée Paul Valery in Sète, France, demonstrates how, unlike artistic … Read More
Charles Gleyre: The Reformed Romantic
Philosopher-PainterResurrected from Oblivion “Evening, or Lost Illusions” (1843). Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) /Michel Urtado Don’t be ashamed if you have never heard of Charles Gleyre (1806-74), the subject of an exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay. Few have, … Read More
Maurizio Cattelan: Not Afraid of Love (2)
Post Requiem forThe Artist “La Nona Ora” (1999). Photo: Zeno Zotti. In 2011, at the age of 51, the artist Maurizio Cattelan announced he was giving up his art career, an event marked by a major retrospective (or “artistic suicide,” … Read More
Take Me (I’m Yours)
Paris Update What’s New in Paris FREE ART EXHIBITS TO GO Visitors to the exhibition “Take Me (I’m Yours)” at the Monnaie de Paris can have a bite of this skeleton by Daniel Spoerri (bone-shaped bits are offered on … Read More
L’Atelier en Plein Air: Les Impressionistes en Normandie
The Impressionists Go to the Beach “Étretat: La Porte d’Aval, Bateaux de Pêche Sortant du Port” (c. 1885), by Claude Monet. © Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. Photo: François Jay Yet another exhibition on Impressionism? you might well ask yourself. … Read More
Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso
Life Cut Short, Career Resurrected “Titre Inconnu (Clown, Cheval, Salamandre)” (c. 1911-12). Lisbon, CAM/Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Photo: Paulo Costa I was alerted to the exhibition “Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso” at the Grand Palais by a friend in Portugal, who wrote to … Read More
Paula Modersohn-Becker: L’Intensité d’un Regard
The Artist’s Life as A Short, Intense Celebration “Jeune Fille Tenant des Fleurs Jaunes dans un Verre” (1902). © Paula-Modersohn-Becker-Stiftung, Brême Paris museums are hosting a welcome spate of exhibitions of artists whose work has been more or less neglected … Read More
Chefs-d’Œuvre de Budapest
Visiting Art from Budapest Brings a Galaxy of Stars “Portrait d’Homme” (1634), by Frans Hals. © Musée des Beaux-Arts, Budapest 2016 The current show at the Musée du Luxembourg, “Chefs-d’Œuvre de Budapest,” promises a panoply of superstars from the history … Read More
Un Art Pauvre
The Riches of Poor Art “Igloo di Giap” (1968), by Mario Merz. © Centre Pompidou/Dist. RMN-GP © Adagp, Paris 2016 For the past few millennia, fine art has mostly been the exclusive preserve of the affluent, who could afford the … Read More