Heidi Ellison
Le Musée Rodin de Meudon & La Villa des Brillants
Country Cousin: The Other Musée Rodin The tomb of Auguste Rodin and Rose Beuret in Meudon, topped by ”The Thinker.” Did you know that there was another Musée Rodin just outside of Paris? I didn’t, but now that the Paris … Read More
Cima da Conegliano
A Venetian Master Rediscovered in All His Glory ”Madonna with Child,” by Cima da Conegliano. © Archives Alinari, Florence, Dist. Service Presse RMN–Grand Palais/Daniela Camilli In the late 15th century, Giovanni Battista Cima (1459-1517) came out of nowhere to make … Read More
Gerhard Richter: Panorama
Ode to Joy From Greatest Living Artist Gerhard Richter’s “Yellow-Green” (1982), © Gerhard Richter, 2012 Gerhard Richter, born in Dresden in 1932, has been toiling away at his paintings, photographs and installations for 50 years now, but it is only … Read More
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modernity
Manet’s “Au Père Lathuille” (1879). © Collection du Musée des Beaux- Arts de Tournai, Belgium “Manet: The Man Who Invented Modernity,” the new exhibition on Edouard Manet (1832-83) at the Musée d’Orsay, does not make much … Favorite
Beauté, Morale et Volupté dans l’Angleterre d’Oscar Wilde
Frederic Leighton’s “Pavonia” (1858-59). © Christie’s Images The exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay with the ungainly title “Beauty, Morals and Voluptuousness in the England of Oscar Wilde” is rather ungainly itself. Exhaustive … Favorite
Capturing the Model & Only Drawings
Auguste Rodin’s “Cerbère.” © Musée Rodin. Photo: Jean de Calan Who knew that sculptors were such fanatics about drawing? Two exhibitions in Paris reveal this little-known side of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and Antoine … Favorite
Doisneau: Paris Les Halles
The Life and Death of The ‘Belly of Paris’ “Triporteur aux Halles.” © Atelier Robert Doisneau. Who doesn’t love the photographs of Robert Doisneau (1912-94), maker of innumerable witty and iconic images images of Paris? I tried to pick one … Read More
Berenice Abbott & Ai Weiwei
Two Views of New York City ”Park Avenue and 39th Street, New York, October 8, 1936.” © Berenice Abbott/Commerce Graphics Ltd, Inc. Of the two new main exhibitions at Paris’s Jeu de Paume photography museum, “Interlacing,” the one focusing on … Read More
Dessins Contemporains Surréalistes de Rotterdam & Un Univers Intime
Old Masters Upstairs, Surrealism Downstairs ”San Giorgio Maggiore Seen from the Giudecca” by Francesco Guardi. © Fondation Custodia, Frits Lugt Collection, Paris At first glance, there would seem to be no relation at all between the two excellent new exhibitions … Read More
Matisse: Pairs and Series
Two Matisses Are Better than One Matisse’s: ”Le Luxe I” and Le Luxe II” (both 1907). © Succession H. Matisse “Not another Matisse exhibition!” you may be thinking. It’s true, the man gets a lot of coverage, but don’t forget … Read More