In a letter covered in daubs of paint of many colors, the 29-year-old Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) asked his art supplier to urgently send him paints that were “more liquid than the colors prepared for everyone else,” revealing both his passion for his … Read More
Say what you will about megalomaniac dictators and authoritarian states, but without them much of the great art we revere would not exist. An exhibition at the Louvre, “Théâtre du Pouvoir” (“Power Plays”) amply demonstrates with works from French collections … Read More
Photo of the Week Lovers watch the Seine rise. Photo: Audrey O’Reilly © JR-ART.NET © JR-ART.NET Favorite
Photo of the Week Artist JR’s trompe-l’œil magic has made the Louvre Pyramid disappear. Through June 27. © JR-ART.NET © JR-ART.NET © JR-ART.NET Favorite
Bad news for my mother: I’m a pornographer. Or at least that’s what Google says. But, mainly for the benefit of my mom, I can explain. In January 2012, I wrote a C’est Ironique about the sometimes-delicate dilemma of choosing … 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
Sculptural Glories of the Renaissance Revisited Donatello’s “Pazzi Madonna” (c. 1420-25). © Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz/Antje Voigt Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz/Antje Voigt The Louvre’s sumptuous new exhibition, “The … 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
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
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
