Heidi Ellison
Capturing the Model & Only Drawings
Auguste Rodin’s “Cerbère.” © Musée Rodin. Photo: Jean de Calan Who knew that sculptors were such fanatics about drawing? Two exhibitions in Paris reveal this little-known side of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and Antoine … Favorite
Doisneau: Paris Les Halles
The Life and Death of The ‘Belly of Paris’ “Triporteur aux Halles.” © Atelier Robert Doisneau. Who doesn’t love the photographs of Robert Doisneau (1912-94), maker of innumerable witty and iconic images images of Paris? I tried to pick one … Read More
Berenice Abbott & Ai Weiwei
Two Views of New York City ”Park Avenue and 39th Street, New York, October 8, 1936.” © Berenice Abbott/Commerce Graphics Ltd, Inc. Of the two new main exhibitions at Paris’s Jeu de Paume photography museum, “Interlacing,” the one focusing on … Read More
Dessins Contemporains Surréalistes de Rotterdam & Un Univers Intime
Old Masters Upstairs, Surrealism Downstairs ”San Giorgio Maggiore Seen from the Giudecca” by Francesco Guardi. © Fondation Custodia, Frits Lugt Collection, Paris At first glance, there would seem to be no relation at all between the two excellent new exhibitions … Read More
Matisse: Pairs and Series
Two Matisses Are Better than One Matisse’s: ”Le Luxe I” and Le Luxe II” (both 1907). © Succession H. Matisse “Not another Matisse exhibition!” you may be thinking. It’s true, the man gets a lot of coverage, but don’t forget … Read More
Le Cercle de l’Art Moderne: Collectionneurs d’Avant-garde au Havre
Port in a Storm for Artists Seeking Inspiration & Support Alfred Sisley’s ”La Seine au Point du Jour” (1877). Musée d’Art Moderne André Malraux © MuMa, le Havre–Florian Kleinefenn Le Havre in the late-19th and early-20th centuries held great appeal … Read More
Dans l’Intimité des Frères Caillebotte: Peintre et Photographe
The Charmed LIves of the Brothers Caillebotte
Gustave Caillebotte is well known as an Impressionist painter, but who knew that he had a brother named Martial who was a talented and passionate photographer? Working not together but in parallel, the two brothers enjoyed documenting life in the … Read More
Raoul et Jean Dufy, Complicité et Rupture
Raoul Dufy’s “Fête Maritime et Visite Officielle au Havre” (c. 1925-26). © Adagp, Paris 2011. A nice complement to the show on the Caillebotte brothers at the Musée Jacquemart-André is an exhibition featuring another brother act: “Raoul et Jean Dufy, … Read More
Monumenta: Leviathan
The interior of Anish Kapoor’s “Leviathan” at the Grand Palais. (c. 1925-26). © Adagp, Paris 2011. Warning! This article is a spoiler. If you can, go see Anish Kapoor’s exhibition “Leviathan” at Paris’s Grand Palais before you read on. The … Read More
Safari in Nantes
Mathieu Mercier’s “Cage à Oiseaux.” The French city of Nantes is one of the last destinations you would consider for a safari, unless you were on the hunt for works of animal-themed art, currently the … Favorite