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
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
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
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
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
A Forgotten Victorian-era Artist “Leda et le Cygne” (c. 1870). © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Image of the MMA Rescued from the oblivion of “unfashionable-ness” by the head of collections at the Palace of Compiègne, sculptures by … Read More
Artworks for a Depraved Imagination “The Temptation of Saint Anthony” (1877). © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski For generations following his death in 1814, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade, was referred to only … Read More
Artist on the Move, Literally and Figuratively “Les Meules” (1943), by Maurice de Vlaminck. © Photo Archives Wildenstein Institute, Paris/ADAGP Paris 2015 The work of Frenchman Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), now on show at the Atelier Grognard in Rueil-Malmaison, just … Read More
The Godly Side of French Baroque Painting “The Holy Family on the Steps” (1648). © The Cleveland Museum of Art The Louvre’s remarkable exhibition of works by the French master Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) invokes divine inspiration as its theme. There … Read More
Technical WizardryLights Up the Canvas “The Return from Fishing” (1894). © Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Photo: Gérard Blot/Hervé Lewandowski The paintings of Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923) are full of bravura technical wizardry. Even as a youngster, the Spanish artist was … Read More
