Worshipping at The Church of Art “L’Etrange Cité,” by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov for “Monumenta 2014.” Photo: Didier Plowy pour la Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais Each year, for the event called “Monumenta,” a single artist is invited to fill … Read More
Pop! Goes the Art World “Portrait of Pharrell and Helen – Dance” (2014), by Takashi Murakami. Not everyone is clapping along for the exhibition “GIRL,” curated by pop star Pharrell Williams in Parisian gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin’s new Paris space, the … Read More
American ImpressionistsBring It All Back Home “Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood” (1885), by John Singer Sargent. © Tate, London, 2014 Anyone planning a trip to Monet’s garden in Giverny – a lush riot of color at … Read More
The Ins and Outs of Weaving an Artist’s Works “Polynésie, le Ciel” (1946), by Henri Matisse. Centre Pompidou, MNAMCCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Jacqueline Hyde. © Succession H. Matisse Last week, we reported on the exhibition celebrating the 350th anniversary of the … Read More
Pop Art A la Française The French artist Martial Raysse, born in 1936, had his 15 minutes of fame in the 1960s, but since then seems to have been more or less forgotten except in his home county, and even … Read More
On the Road To Abu Dhabi Equestrian Portrait of Maharao Sheodan Singh of Alwar India, Rajasthan, Alwar (c. 1863). © Louvre Abu Dhabi/Agence photo F The new exhibition at the Louvre, “Birth of a Museum: Louvre Abu Dhabi” is a … Read More
Flying in the Face of Chagall-mania ”Au-dessus de Vitebsk” (1915-20). © ADAGP, Paris 2013/CHAGALL ® © The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence Like Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is a painter beloved by all, or so it would … Read More
Stormy Weather Suited ‘King of the Skies’ “Marée Montante à Deauville” (1894). © Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid Eugène Boudin may not have considered himself an Impressionist, but, in a way, this master of light, the … Read More
On the Road to The Renaissance Saint Francis preaching to the birds, from the predella of “The Stigmatization of Saint Francis of Assisi” (c. 1295-1300). © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre)/Michel Urtado The Louvre has gathered together its holdings of … Read More
Smooth Surfaces, Seething Undercurrents “Femme Nue Assise dans un Fauteuil Rouge” (1897), by Félix Vallotton. © Rmn-Grand Palais/Jacques L’Hoir/Jean Popovitch How refreshing it is to discover an artist whose work you haven’t already seen over and over, especially when it … Read More
