Sophie Calle has invaded and taken over the entire Picasso Museum in Paris for the exhibition “À Toi de Faire, Ma Mignonne,” part of an ongoing tribute to the master on the 50th anniversary of his death. Visitors can still … Read More
Nicolas de Staël (1914-55) ended his own life at the youthful age of 41, but he managed to pack a lot of living, loving, painting and traveling into those short years on Earth: though he only worked for a period … Read More
Paris has an amazing lineup of exhibitions this fall. Among the most exciting are “Mark Rothko” at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, “Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: The Final Months” at the Musée d’Orsay, “Nicolas de Staẽl” at the Musée d’Art Moderne … Read More
“Viva Varda!,” at the Cinémathèque Française, represents yet another first for the late, beloved French filmmaker Agnès Varda (1928–2019): this is the first exhibition the Cinémathèque has devoted to the work of a woman filmmaker (the first solo show on … Read More
To Jean Cocteau, she was a “sacred monster.” To Victor Hugo, she was “the golden voice.” To her many lovers in the demi-monde of Second Empire and Third Republic Paris, she was a grande horizontale, one of those entrancing, talented … Read More
Is there anything new to say about Edgar Degas? Anything produced by one of the best-known 19th-century French artists, so famous for his paintings and pastels of ballerinas and horses, that we haven’t already seen over and over? It turns … Read More
If art is about having a visceral effect on viewers, then Ron Mueck is a true artist. On entering the exhibition of his work at the Fondation Cartier, visitors are confronted with the amazing sight of piles of supersized skulls … Read More
Who knew (or cared) that the great Impressionist painter Claude Monet had a big brother? Well, he did, and now the Musée de Luxembourg is devoting an entire exhibition to Léon Monet (1836-1917). What makes a famous artist’s brother interesting … Read More
If you happened to visit the retrospective “Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History” at the Jeu de Paume without knowing anything about the German photographer, you might think, “How boring! These photos are technically impressive, but the subject matter is … Read More
Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929) was a big beast in his lifetime, one of a triumvirate of famed French sculptors, alongside Auguste Rodin and Aristide Maillol. After he died in 1929, his reputation faded, but he’s been rediscovered in recent years, and … Read More
