Heidi Ellison
Louise Bourgeois & Henri Matisse
Left: “Bédouine – Souvenir de Manon” (1947), an aquatint by Henri Matisse. © Sucession H. Matisse. Photo: Michael Matisse. Right: “Eugénie Grandet” (2009), a gouache drawing by Louise Bourgeois. Photo: Christopher Burke. © Adagp, Paris 2010. © Louise Bourgeois Trust. … Read More
Exhibition Miscellany
From John Batho’s “Parasol Series” (1981-2002). © John Batho. The exhibitions reviewed below – “John Batho: Le Champ d’un Regard,” “Henri Gaudier-Brzeska” and “Tarzan!” – have nothing in common except that … Favorite
Three Exhibitions
Duane Hanson’s “Old Couple on a Bench” (1994). Photo: Roy G. Crogan © ADAGP, Paris 2010. Even if you are already familiar with Duane Hanson’s hyper-realistic sculptures of ordinary people, that doesn’t mean they won’t still be able to spook … Read More
Ainsi Font les Rêveurs
Derek Boshier’s “So Ad Men Became Depth Men” (1962). Paris is an eternally surprising place. Although I have lived here for over 20 years, I still come across places whose existence was completely unknown to me. So it was … … Read More
L’Or des Incas: Origines et Mystères
Gold mask from the Sicán Culture (800-1350). © Brüning National Archaeological Museum, Lambayeque-Instituto Nacional de Cultura del Perú, Lima. Photo © Joaquín Rubio Roach “Gold” is the magical word, guaranteed to pull in the crowds, in the name of the … Read More
Gabriel Orozco
Gabriel Orozco’s “DS” (1993). © Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Paris You will be forgiven for feeling nonplussed when you walk into the Gabriel Orozco show at the Centre Pompidou. The large … Read More
Claude Monet
Monet’s“La Falaise à Dieppe” (1882). © Kunsthaus Zürich / All rights reserved Monet mania is back. Just when you thought you had seen as many water lilies, red poppies and sunrises over the Thames as you ever wanted to see, … Read More
Rubens, Poussin et les Peintres du XVIIe Siècle
“The Concert” (1650)by the Frères Le Nain. © Studio Sébert Photographes The exhibition “Rubens, Poussin and the Painters of the 17th Century” at the Musée Jacquemart-André has a good story to tell and illustrates it well, but you would never … Read More
France 1500
“Nativité au Cardinal Jean Rolin” (c. 1480) by Jean Hey, a Flemish artist working in France. © Ville d’Autun, Musée Rolin The ambitious exhibition “France 1500: Entre Moyen Age et Renaissance,” which opens today at the Grand Palais, offers a … Read More
Cézanne and Paris
Cézanne’s “Le Quartier du Four à Auvers-sur-Oise” (c. 1873). © Philadelphia Museum of Art Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the painter recognized by the great artists of the early 20th century as “the father of us all,” is perhaps best known … Read More