Getting a LiftFrom Haute Couture Silk evening gown by Madeleine Vionnet (1924). © Collection Musée Galliera For many, haute couture has never seemed so irrelevant. With the euro on the brink of collapse, jobs being lost all over world and … Read More
A Beautiful Vision of Hell “The Moonlight, Waxing Crescent Moon” (2012). © Yang Yongliang. Courtesy Galerie Paris-Beijing For centuries, artists have been inspired by Hell. As a creative font, human suffering has probably only been rivaled by figures of redemption … Read More
A Forgotten Fashion Year Resurrected from the Archives Evening gown is by Paquin, 1931. © Archives de Paris/D12U10 297 Thirties’ fashion is frequently overlooked in favor of more revolutionary styles of the Roaring Twenties. While modern designers often exhume styles … Read More
Canine reception in a neighborhood hotel. Photo © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos-Institut des cultures d’Islam What a great idea: Invite renowned British photographer Martin Parr to be the artist in residence at a little-known Islamic cultural center hidden away … Read More
Mitch Epstein’s “Amos Coal Power Plant, Raymond City, West Virginia 2004.” © Black River Productions, Ltd./ Mitch Epstein “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle,” reads a text in a frame on a desk … Read More
Santu Mofokeng’s “Katse Dam, Lesotho” (1996), from the photo essay “Landscape and Memory.” © Santu Mofokeng The Galerie du Jeu de Paume is holding exhibitions of the work of two photographers interested in alienation: the alienation of South African black … Read More
Images Plucked from The Sludge of History ”La Vie de Château” (1973) by Philippe Salaün. © Philippe Salaün. Collection Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris Any exhibition that attempts to cover a time span of more than 30 years or … Read More
Images Plucked from The Sludge of History ”La Vie de Château” (1973) by Philippe Salaün. © Philippe Salaün. Collection Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris Any exhibition that attempts to cover a time span of more than 30 years or … Read More
A Baffling, Freewheeling Vision of Human Hell ”Marseille” (1997) © Antoine d’Agata-Magnum photos. Courtesy Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris Art is not always meant to uplift. The task of an exhibition is just as much to open visitors’ eyes … Read More
The French Turner Captures Light on Canvas “Venise, l’Eglise de Crescuati (1870-80). © Petit Palais/Roger-Viollet The lives of 19th-century artists were often remarkably short. A penchant for opium, a meager income and a tendency to spend a lot of time … Read More
