Césars 2021 winners The French version of the Oscars had a tumultuous awards ceremony this year, complete with nudity, fake blood and plenty of political commentaries. Variety offers a rundown of the winners here and an analysis of the state … Read More
“Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World” is one of the most spectacular and ambitious exhibitions held to date at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. It is also the first to make such full use of the various spaces – ranging in … Read More
Painting has been declared dead many, many times – and not just by the Constructivists in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution (see our review of the exhibition “Red” at the Grand Palais) – but the patient always makes a miraculous … Read More
With The Courtauld Gallery in London closed for renovation, some of its treasures have been shipped back to where they came from: France, where they are being shown at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in the exhibition “The Courtauld Collection: A Vision … Read More
The Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris is simultaneously holding two blockbuster exhibitions, one on Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) and the other on Egon Schiele (1890-1918). The show on Basquiat, a young painter who went from being an iconoclast to an art-market … Read More
New York’s Museum of Modern Art has not been moved lock, stock and brushes to Paris, but it may seem that way when you visit the exhibition “Being Modern: MoMA in Paris,” at the Fondation Louis Vuitton through April 18. … Read More
Painter, Jokester,Player, Thinker “Le Roi et la Reine Entourés de Nus Vites” (1912). © 2014 photo The Philadelphia Museum of Art/ArtResource/Scala, Florence © Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris 2014 Marcel Duchamp was not interested in painting pretty pictures, but he was … Read More
Arty Toys for Every Taste and Budget A detail of Frank Gehry’s spectacular building for the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Photo © Iwan Baan Last week was the week of openings in Paris. While FIAC and its many fringe events hawked … Read More
