Heidi Ellison
L’Art de Lee Miller
Convulsive Beauty “Portrait of Space” (1937). © Lee Miller Archives, England 2008. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk What a life Lee Miller led! The exhibition now on at the Jeu de Paume tells us rather more about its fascinations than about … Read More
Museum Miscellany
Picasso may be lording it over the Paris art world right now with “Picasso et les Maîtres,” a mega-exhibition at the Grand Palais and two smaller ones at the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay, but there are plenty of other rewarding … Read More
Ron Arad: No Discipline
A Laughing Matter: Escapist Art “Well Tempered Chair” (1986), made from four sheets of stainless steel. © Vitra Design Museum An explosion of sheer exuberance greets visitors to the Centre Pompidou’s new show of designer Ron Arad’s work: exuberant swooping … Read More
L’Avant-Garde Russe & Le Futurisme à Paris
No TimeLike the Future “Architectonique Picturale à la Planche Jaune” (1916) by Ljubov Popova. At a time when Russian art is at the center of a storm of censorship – as incredible as it may seem, in October French customs … Read More
Objectivités
Serious Series “The Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Weimar II” (2004) by Cadida Höfer. © ADAGP, Paris 2008 The walls of Paris museums and galleries are plastered with photos during the biannual Mois de la Photo (Oct. 27-Nov. 30), a month-long … Read More
Lab-Labanque
The Art of Capitalism An intruder in the bank vault. Photo: Claude Lévêque. Courtesy the artist and Kamel Mennour, Paris. © ADGAP The northern French city of Béthune has come up with a great idea for making use of empty … Read More
Les Bloggeurs de Paris
Les Bloggeurs de Paris Little Shiva in disguise. Photo: Richard Nahem Who knew that Paris had so many English-language bloggers? A bevy of them recently tore themselves away from their computers to socialize (and network, of course) at a cocktail … Read More
Picasso et les Maîtres
Riffing on the Masters Picasso’s “Still Life with Sheep’s Head” (below, © Succession Picasso, 2008) interprets the incredible pathos of Goya’s original with rather less subtlety but plenty of drama. Yes, of course, Picasso was a genius, but there is … Read More
Van Dyck
Gentleman Painter “Portrait of a Family” (c. 1620). © Hermitage National Museum/Vladimir Terebenin, Leonard Kheifets, Yuri Molodkovets, Svetlana Suetova Anyone who thinks portrait paintings are boring should rush to see the new Van Dyck exhibition at the Musée Jacquemart-André. Although … Read More
Taxi Jaune
Yellow Cab Cuisine Cheerful dining with often sublime results. February 2005; updated Oct. 15, 2008 THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED The cheerful Taxi Jaune, located in the wholesale leather-goods section of the Marais (where tourists often fear to tred), has … Read More