Marianna Hunt
Musée Zadkine
Montparnasse Haven
The work of Russian-born artist Ossip Zadkine (1888-1967) displays an unusually diverse range of influences: brutal Russian modernism, dramatic Cubist angularity, African tribal art and classical Greek sculpture. After emigrating to France in 1910, Zadkine spent the years of World … Read More
Thé, Café ou Chocolat?
‘Foreign Drugs’ in 18th-Century France “La Tasse de Chocolat” (1768), by Jean-Baptiste Charpentier. Musée Jacquemart-André Chaalis The Musée Cognacq-Jay, the repository of a collection of 18th-century art and a sort of memorial to the Age of Enlightenment, is currently hosting … Read More
Osiris: Mystères Engloutis d’Egypte
Fishing for Artifacts in Egypt’s Watery Underworld The head of a priest from the Ptolemaic period, discovered in the eastern port of Alexandria. Photo: Christoph Gerigk © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation Legend has it that the dismembered body of Osiris, a … Read More
Splendeurs et Misères: Images de la Prostitution 1850-1910
The Manly Art of Portraying Prostitution “Rolla” (1878), by Henri Gervex. © Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Patrice Schmidt Oscillations in representations of prostitution are almost as violent as the hazards of the profession itself. The exhibition “Splendour and Misery: Pictures … Read More
Florence: Portraits à la Cour de Médicis
Picturing the Medici: Power Personified “Portrait of Cosimo I De’Medici” (1560), by Bronzino. © The Alana Collection, Newark, Delaware, USA. The year is 1530, the setting is the Florentine court: the scene is set for the return of one of … Read More