Paris Update
Controluce
Paris Update Art Notes URBAN REINTERPRETATIONS “Controluce,” a show at the pop-up gallery Le Huit (8, bd Saint-Martin, 75010 Paris) features the work of the appropriately named Italian artist Nicola Villa, who interprets urban scenes in a new light and … Read More
Au Temps de Klimt, la Sécession à Vienne
Kiimt and Cohorts in Turn-of-the-Century Vienna “Judith” (1901), by Gustav Klimt. © Belvedère, Vienna. © Conception graphique: Serge Perraudin-Grapholon.com The centerpiece of the exhibition “In the Time of Klimt: The Vienna Secession” at the Pinacothèque de Paris is a copy … Read More
Germaine Krull: Un Destin de Photographe
One Woman’s Century: Revolution, Erotica & Ads “Rue Auber à Paris” (c. 1928). © Estate Germaine Krull, Museum Folkwang, Essen Germaine Krull’s versatility as a photographer echoes the varied tapestry of her life experience. The current exhibition of her work … Read More
L’Inca et le Conquistador
Two ‘Great Men’ Battle for Land and Gold “Portrait of Atahualpa, Inca XIV” (19th century). © Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú, Lima “L’Inca et le Conquistador,” currently showing at the Musée du Quai Branly, chronicles a … Read More
Lenny Rébéré
Paris Update Art Notes DRAWINGS WITH DEPTH Complex new drawings by the talented young artist Lenny Rébéré are on show at the Galerie Isabelle Gounod (13, rue Chapon) through Oct. 22. Favorite
Gregory Crewdson
Paris Update Art Notes PHOTOS WITH A STORY TO TELL Photographer Gregory Crewdson’s haunting, hyper-detailed images are on show at the Galerie Daniel Templon (30, rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris) through Oct. 29. Favorite
Raw Vision
On the OutsideLooking Inward “Bardo Being” (2002), by Alex Grey. © Halle Saint Pierre The Halle Saint Pierre, a museum specializing in underground, outsider and folk art, located at the foot of the Sacré Cœur in Paris, always holds thought-provoking … Read More
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
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{youtubejw width=”300″}ort9gP6DMTE{/youtubejw} Paris’s Grand Palais has been turned into an indoor amusement park called Jours de Fêtes through Jan. 1, 2010. Favorite
One-Minute Paris: Christmas lights 2012
Paris Scene on the Street {elioyoutube}BZwpoqAz26o{/elioyoutube} One-Minute Paris: Christmas lights around town. Favorite