“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
For such a private person, Vivian Maier took an awful lot of self-portraits. That was one of the impressions I got from the current show of color and black-and-white images by the enigmatic street photographer/nanny now on at Les Douches … Read More
While visiting the exhibition “Japan-Japanisms: Inspired Objects” at Paris’s Musées des Arts Décoratifs, it occurred to me that modern Western art as we know it might have been something entirely different if the arts and crafts of Japan hadn’t suddenly … 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
Those who haven’t yet visited the Musée Jean-Jacques Henner, renovated in 2016, now have a good excuse to do so: an exhibition of works by artist-in-residence Eugénie Alméras. Henner (1829-1905) was a successful academic painter whose memory was kept alive … Read More
For full details about an event, click on the title to visit the official Web site (in English when available). Winter dancing > The Faits d’Hiver festival presents seven new dance performances. Various venues, Paris and suburbs, through Feb. 9. … Read More
Paris Update This Week’s Events For full details about an event, click on the title to visit the official Web site (in English when available). Women onstage – shocking! > The International Players present Playhouse Creatures, a comedy (in English) … Read More
Paris Update This Week’s Events For full details about an event, click on the title to visit the official Web site (in English when available). Women’s March on Paris> The day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, women will march in cities … Read More
