Claudia Barbieri

Claudia Barbieri is an independent reporter and critic writing on the arts scene in France and Britain. Her work has been published in print and digital media, including The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Art Newspaper, The DesignEdit and many others.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

February 7, 2010 | By Claudia Barbieri | Archive

Beyond the Decisive Moment,Multiple Cartier-Bressons “Martine Franck, Paris, France” (1967). © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson, wealthy bourgeois, Surrealist, leftist, portraitist and father of photojournalism, was unequivocally one of the great photographers of the last century. … Read More

Théâtre du Monde

February 7, 2010 | By Claudia Barbieri | Archive

Finding Harmony in Organized Chaos “Duet Room.” © MONA/Rémi Chauvin Image Courtesy MONA Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia The Maison Rouge contemporary art space in Paris is currently offering an odd jumble of a show called … Read More

Désirs et Volupté

February 7, 2010 | By Claudia Barbieri | Archive

English Love Affair with Erotic Sensuality “A Song of Springtime” (1913), by John William Waterhouse. Photo © Studio Sébert Photographes In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the English were a pretty rakish lot. Victorian prudery drove that tendency underground, … Read More

André Fougeron

February 7, 2010 | By Claudia Barbieri | Archive

The Paradoxes of a Committed, Electric Artist “Tableau Noir” (1983), by André Fougeron. Photo: A. Leprince. © ADAGP Paris 2014 At a time when modern art was moving toward abstraction, the French artist André Fougeron remained firmly anchored in social … Read More

Mapplethorpe-Rodin

February 7, 2010 | By Claudia Barbieri | Archive

A Century Apart in Time, Brothers in Sensibility Left: “Lucinda Childs” (1985), by Robert Mapplethorpe. © 2014 Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. Right: “Assemblage: Deux Mains Gauches,” by Auguste Rodin. © Paris, Musée Rodin. Photo: C. Baraja The … Read More

Il Me Faut Tout Oublier

February 7, 2010 | By Claudia Barbieri | Archive

Finding Affinity inExistential Cruelty “La Tête aux Clous”(1994), by Philippe Vandenberg. The Maison Rouge can always be counted on to put together daring, offbeat shows, the absolute antithesis of standard blockbusters. Its current offering is no exception. “Il Me Faut … Read More

Lucio Fontana: Retrospective

February 7, 2010 | By Claudia Barbieri | Archive

Homage to the ManWho Invented Attack Art “Concetto Spaziale, New York 10” (1962) © Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milano/by SIAE/Adagp, Paris 2014 For two decades after World War I, Lucio Fontana was, literally, at the cutting edge of Italian contemporary art. … Read More

Avec Motifs Apparents

February 7, 2010 | By Claudia Barbieri | Archive

Girl-Power ArmyInvades Cultural Center “Terracotta Daughters” (2013), by Prune Nourry. Photo © ParisUpdate.com A Chinese army in terracotta stands guard in serried ranks, ready for inspection, at the 104 Cultural Center in Paris’s 19th arrondissement, a long way from the … Read More