Americans can’t travel to France right now, but their paintings can, so the Terra Foundation for American Art has sent a batch to the Musée des Impressionnismes in Giverny and added others borrowed from the Musée d’Orsay and other French … 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
Paris Update Art Notes MONET SLEPT HERE Monet’s bedroom before and after the restoration. Even in their wildest dreams, most art lovers can’t imagine sleeping surrounded by the works of Cézanne, Manet, Signac, Caillebotte, Morisot, Jongkind, Boudin, Delacroix and other … Read More
Seventy-one masterpieces of 19th-century French painting are making a rare visit to their original homeland. Until October 31, the crème de la crème of the illustrious Clark collection, which usually hangs in Williamstown, Massachusetts, is on display at the beautiful … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes THE MAKING OF BRASILIA Construction of the Ministries Esplanade in Brasilia, 1958. Photo by Marcel Gautherot. Collection de l’Institut Moreira Salles, Brésil The exhibition “Brasilia” at the Paris headquarters of the French Communist Party (PCF; 2, … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes CLOSING SOON “Transat” (1926-29) by Eileen Gray. © Centre Pompidou. Photo: Jean-Claude Planchet © DR Only three weeks left to see two fine exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou: “Eileen Gray” and “Soto.” Eileen Gray (1878-1976) was … Read More
