Heidi Ellison
Paris Musées Collections
Paris Update Art Notes CITY’S ART MORE ACCESSIBLE “Portrait of George Sand” (1838), by Auguste Charpentier, part of the collection of the Musée de la Vie Romantique. The distinction may not be obvious to most visitors, but some of Paris’s … Read More
Emile Bernard
Painting Through the Eyes of Others “Femmes à cheval à Robinson” (1887). © D.R. Emile Bernard (1868-1941) is a painter whose work I have occasionally had an intriguing glimpse of in various group exhibitions, but retrospectives of his work seem … Read More
Olafur Eliasson: Contact
Magic Made of Light and Mirrors Olafur Eliasson’s “Map for Unthought Thoughts” (2014), Photo: Iwan Baan The artist Olafur Eliasson is something of a genius at creating spectacular effects and fabulous illusions using the simplest of means, a talent … Read More
Maison Européenne de la Photographie
Prison Break-ins, Fathers and Sons, and More “Intérieur d’une Cellule” (2010). © Grégoire Korganow pour le CGLPL There are no real links between the new crop of photography exhibitions at Paris’s Maison Européenne de la Photographie, but each one of … Read More
Lumières: The Play of Brilliants & Takis: Champs Magnétiques
Let There Be Light . . . And Movement “Circular” by WHITEvoid and “Disco Disco” by Haberdashery. Photo: Emmanuel Donny The name of the show “Lumières: Play of Brilliants” might not make much sense in English, but this exhibition at … Read More
Les Tudors
The True Story BehindA Royal Soap Opera “Elizabeth I” (detail, c. 1600), by an English artist. © National Portrait Gallery, London, England The Musée du Luxembourg is holding another one of its enjoyably didactic biographical-historical exhibitions, similar to last year’s … Read More
Degas: An Impressionist Painter?
Degas Put to the Test: Is He or Isn’t He?
“Portraits dans un Bureau (Nouvelle-Orléans)” (1873) © RMN-Grand Palais/Photos: Michèle Bellot and Madeleine Coursaget The exhibition’s title says it all: “Degas: An Impressionist Painter?” The Musée des Impressionismes Giverny has set out to answer a question that was already being … Read More
Keys to a Passion
New Slant on Modern Art “Three Women (Le Grand Déjeuner)” (1921), by Fernand Léger. © Adagp, Paris 2015. Photo © 2015 Digital Image, the Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence The current exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, “Les Clefs … Read More
American Icons
Mod, Ab Ex, Mini and Pop “Cité” (1951), by Ellsworth Kelly. © Ellsworth Kelly © SFMOMA. Photo: Ben Blackwell A great follow-up to “Keys to a Passion” at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, an original and illuminating exhibition on the art … Read More
William Eggleston: From Black and White to Color
The Eccentric Eye of A Master of Color From Los Alamos Folio 1, Memphis (1965). © William Eggleston. Courtesy Wilson Centre for Photography. It is always interesting to take a look back at an artist’s first steps to understand how … Read More