Heidi Ellison
Counterpoint: Russian Contemporary Art
“Business Man Toy Factory” (2008) byAES+F, from the Louvre’s “Counterpoint” exhibition, © AES+F © Adagp, Paris 2009 The other day I spent six hours dashing around every wing of the Louvre for a work assignment. I don’t recommend such an … Read More
Larry Clark & Jean-Michel Basquiat
Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat: “6.99” (1985). Collection Bischofberger, Switzerland © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat © ADAGP, Paris 2010 Larry Clark’s sensational photographs of teenagers having sex and shooting drugs seem to have more to do with his personal … Read More
Mondrian/De Stijl
Nothing is left of Mondrian’s orderly Paris studio (at 26, rue de Depart), a work of art in itself, which has been recreated as it was in 1926 for the current show at the Centre Pompidou. © Adagp, Paris 2010 … Read More
L’Antiquité Rêvée, Gérôme & Anticomania
“Psyche Abandoned” (1795) by Jacques-Louis David. © Private Collection Art styles come and go with the ever-seesawing cycles of fashion just as surely as hemlines and shoulder widths change every few years. One style that is always sure to make … Read More
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