Théodore Rousseau: The Voice of the Forest
Planting the Radical Idea of Forest Preservation
12th March 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Exhibitions
It’s hard to imagine a painter of trees and other manifestations of nature being considered a wild-eyed radical, but back in 1830 the idea of painting a landscape just for the sake of painting a landscape was academic-art-world heresy. Being … Read More
Constant Pape: La Banlieue Post-impressionniste
Around and About Paris
2nd March 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Exhibitions
The Paris Olympics and Paralympics this summer will shine a new light on the city’s suburbs, especially those in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, where most events will be held and where the Olympic and Paralympic Village is located. In the runup … Read More
La Bête (The Beast)
The Indelible Beast Within
2nd March 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Film
Director Bertrand Bonello’s latest film, La Bête (The Beast), is a very stylish movie, carried along by its star Léa Seydoux’s undeniably charming pout, or should I say pouts, as she seems to be pouting – and otherwise expressionless – … Read More
Antony Gormley: Critical Mass
About Time: Gormley Meets Rodin
29th February 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Exhibitions
It seems like such a felicitous pairing that one wonders why British sculptor Anthony Gormley has never before made an appearance at the Musée Rodin in Paris. The two have finally been brought together there for the exhibition “Critical Mass,” … Read More
Demain Est Annulé
Activist Art
2nd February 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Exhibitions
With all the ongoing attacks by climate activists on famous artworks – the most recent, the notorious (pumpkin?) soup-bombing of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre last week, which made headlines around the globe – the art world is finding … Read More
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