Heidi Ellison

Heidi Ellison, a long-time Paris resident, is a freelance journalist specializing in art, travel and literature. Her articles have been published in dozens of international publications, and she has contributed to a number of guidebooks on Paris and France.

GIRL

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Pop! Goes the Art World “Portrait of Pharrell and Helen – Dance” (2014), by Takashi Murakami. Not everyone is clapping along for the exhibition “GIRL,” curated by pop star Pharrell Williams in Parisian gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin’s new Paris space, the … Read More

Tisser Matisse

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

The Ins and Outs of Weaving an Artist’s Works “Polynésie, le Ciel” (1946), by Henri Matisse. Centre Pompidou, MNAMCCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Jacqueline Hyde. © Succession H. Matisse Last week, we reported on the exhibition celebrating the 350th anniversary of the … Read More

Birth of a Museum: Louvre Abu Dhabi

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

On the Road To Abu Dhabi Equestrian Portrait of Maharao Sheodan Singh of Alwar India, Rajasthan, Alwar (c. 1863). © Louvre Abu Dhabi/Agence photo F The new exhibition at the Louvre, “Birth of a Museum: Louvre Abu Dhabi” is a … Read More

Chagall: Between War and Peace

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Flying in the Face of Chagall-mania ”Au-dessus de Vitebsk” (1915-20). © ADAGP, Paris 2013/CHAGALL ® © The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence Like Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is a painter beloved by all, or so it would … Read More

Eugène Boudin

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Stormy Weather Suited ‘King of the Skies’ “Marée Montante à Deauville” (1894). © Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid Eugène Boudin may not have considered himself an Impressionist, but, in a way, this master of light, the … Read More

Giotto e Compagni

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

On the Road to The Renaissance Saint Francis preaching to the birds, from the predella of “The Stigmatization of Saint Francis of Assisi” (c. 1295-1300). © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre)/Michel Urtado The Louvre has gathered together its holdings of … Read More

Félix Vallotton: Le Feu sous la Glace

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Smooth Surfaces, Seething Undercurrents “Femme Nue Assise dans un Fauteuil Rouge” (1897), by Félix Vallotton. © Rmn-Grand Palais/Jacques L’Hoir/Jean Popovitch How refreshing it is to discover an artist whose work you haven’t already seen over and over, especially when it … Read More

Paris 1900: La Ville Spectacle

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

The Invention of Gay Paree “Marcelle Lender Dansant le Boléro dans Chilpéric” (1895-96), by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. © Bridgeman Giraudon If Paris were to be summed up in the popular imagination in one period of time, it might well be … Read More