Great Black Music
Back to Black: A Global Retrospective “Great Black Music” is a great big term that could encompass an awful lot of music, and the exhibition of the same name at Paris’s Cité de la Musique does just that, going out … Read More
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Bob Dylan: L’Explosion Rock 61-66
The Early Years of the ’Electric Rimbaud’ Bob Dylan wearing a top hat in Philadelphia, 1964. Photo © Daniel Kramer The exhibition “Bob Dylan: The Rock Explosion 61-66” at the Cité de la Musique in Paris admirably fulfills a double … Read More
Les Bronzés 3
Low Culture Lives! Gigi (Marie-Anne Chazel) shows off her new boob job in Les Bronzés 3. The big event in France this past week has been the opening of Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la Vie. This is one of … Read More
Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis bad
Schtereotypes Schtrike Again Philippe (Kad Merad, left) eats with his new Ch’ti friends. Comedian Dany Boon, who wrote and directed the film, is on the right. A new cult film has been born. Already, 12 million* spectators have seen Bienvenue … Read More
Mario Ceroli
POPE OF ARTE POVERA “Wave” (1992) by Mario Ceroli. The work of Mario Ceroli, known as the pope of Arte Povera in Italy, will be on show at the Galerie Tornabuoni (16, Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris; tel.: 01 53 53 … Read More
New Art Spaces
NEW ART SPACES AND EXHIBITIONS The Lille Métropole Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Brut, with the new extension on the right. New art spaces: Just outside of Paris, in Saint-Ouen l’Aumône, an enormous space called The Storage (38 avenue du … Read More
Serge Férat
FERAT REDISCOVERED “L’Homme à la Guitare” (c. 1914-15) by Serge Férat. © Galerie Berès. The Galerie Berès is attracting a great deal of attention with its show of works by little-known artist Serge Férat (1881-1958). Although he dabbled in a … Read More
Four Centuries of Design at Versailles
RADICAL UPDATE FOR VERSAILLES The dauphin’s bedroom at Versailles, redecorated with a folding Gobelins screen after Aki Kuroda and other contemporary furnishings. © EPV, JM. Manaï, C. Milet During and after the French Revolution, the Château de Versailles was stripped … Read More
Baselitz Sculpteur
BASELITZ’S BIG BOYS “Meine neue Mütze” (“My New Baseball Cap,” 2003). Photo: Jochen Littkemann, Berlin © Georg Baselitz Georg Baselitz (b. 1938) is probably best known today for his large-format paintings, which look abstract at first glance but on closer … Read More
Pompeii: A Way of Life
PRIVATE LIVES IN POMPEII Dionysus enthroned in a Pompeian fresco. © Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei / Photo Archivio dell’Arte – Luciano Pedicini/fotografo Anyone who has ever visited the haunting ruins of Pompeii will … Read More