Heidi Ellison
Masters of Chaos
Paris Update Art Notes CHAOS AND CATHARSIS Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Exu” (1988). © The estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ ADAGP, Paris 2012 For its exhibition “Les Maîtres du Désordre” (“Masters of Chaos”), the Musée du Quai Branly has come up with a … Read More
Joel-Peter Witkin
Paris Update Art Notes TORMENTS OLD AND NEW Joel-Peter Witkin’s “Poussin in Hell” (1999). © Joel-Peter Witkin. Courtesy Baudoin Lebon Joel-Peter Witkin is not everyone’s cup of bile. Even those accustomed to his over-the-top, death-obsessed (some with real corpses for … Read More
Seasons in the Abyss
Paris Update Art Notes ART GALLERY AT SCHOOL “Seasons in the Abyss.” Artists’ residencies are common around the world, but it is perhaps rarer for an internationally renowned artist to donate his time to a grammar school. French artist Claude … Read More
Monumenta
Paris Update Art Notes BUREN’S GRAND PALAIS Mirrored discs on the floor give visitors a new perspective on the roof of the Grand Palais. For this year’s Monumenta, French artist Daniel Buren, famed for his obsession with stripes, has been … Read More
Wim Delvoye at the Louvre
Paris Update Art Notes GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER,YOUR IMPERIAL MAJESTY “Kashan” (2010), by Wim Delvoye, in the apartment of Napoleon III in the Louvre. © 2012 Musée du Louvre/Olivier Ouadah © ADAGP The exhibition “Wim Delvoye at the Louvre” … Read More
Lost in Paris
Paris Update Art Notes PARIS ON A VELIB BUILT FOR TWO Prototype for a tandem Vélib, from the exhibition “Lost in Paris.” “Lost in Paris,” the current show at the Lieu du Design (74, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris; … Read More
Katsinam Auction
Paris Update Art Notes AMERICAN MASKS IN PARIS The Zuni rattlesnake kachina, a Situlilu helmet mask, is made of leather, wood, turkey feathers, and wool. Estimate: €20,000-€25,000. Under strong protest from the Hopi community in the United States (read about … Read More
Brasilia
Paris Update Art Notes THE MAKING OF BRASILIA Construction of the Ministries Esplanade in Brasilia, 1958. Photo by Marcel Gautherot. Collection de l’Institut Moreira Salles, Brésil The exhibition “Brasilia” at the Paris headquarters of the French Communist Party (PCF; 2, … Read More
Tuck Shop
Paris Update Flash News MEAT-FREE HOME COOKING Long gone are the days when it was almost impossible to get a decent vegetarian meal in a Paris restaurant. Now almost all of them offer at least one non-fish veggie option, and … Read More
Domaine de Chamarande
Paris Update Art Notes THE PERFECT ESCAPE The Château de Chamarande and a London plane tree that is approaching its 150th birthday. The Domaine de Chamarande is a rare place: a handsome 17th-century château that is easily accessible from Paris, … Read More