Heidi Ellison
Albert Marquet: Itinéraires Maritimes
Paris by the Sea “Sailboats in Sète” (1924). © Adagp, Paris 2008 What better way to spend a couple of hours on a winter day in Paris than looking at pretty pictures of the sea at the Musée National de … Read More
Seventies: Le Choc de la Photographie Américaine
Seeing Is Believing “USA, Alabama, Anniston, Woman in Training” (1977) by Mary Ellen Mark. © Mary Ellen Mark The exhibition “Seventies: Le Choc de la Photographie Américaine,” in its final days at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, may tell us … Read More
Dial M for Merde
Fishing for Trouble in the South of France
Paris-based British writer Stephen Clarke has made the word “merde” something of a trademark – well, whatever works for you. And this franchise apparently works well for Clarke, since he has just published the fourth in a series of novels … Read More
Rapa Nui: Easter Island
Islanders Vindicated Moaï Papa. © Galerie Louise Leiris Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, has always exerted a strong fascination: a tiny “lost” island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 2,000 kilometers from the nearest land, it was home to … Read More
L’Art de Lee Miller
Convulsive Beauty “Portrait of Space” (1937). © Lee Miller Archives, England 2008. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk What a life Lee Miller led! The exhibition now on at the Jeu de Paume tells us rather more about its fascinations than about … Read More
Museum Miscellany
Picasso may be lording it over the Paris art world right now with “Picasso et les Maîtres,” a mega-exhibition at the Grand Palais and two smaller ones at the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay, but there are plenty of other rewarding … Read More
Ron Arad: No Discipline
A Laughing Matter: Escapist Art “Well Tempered Chair” (1986), made from four sheets of stainless steel. © Vitra Design Museum An explosion of sheer exuberance greets visitors to the Centre Pompidou’s new show of designer Ron Arad’s work: exuberant swooping … Read More
L’Avant-Garde Russe & Le Futurisme à Paris
No TimeLike the Future “Architectonique Picturale à la Planche Jaune” (1916) by Ljubov Popova. At a time when Russian art is at the center of a storm of censorship – as incredible as it may seem, in October French customs … Read More
Objectivités
Serious Series “The Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Weimar II” (2004) by Cadida Höfer. © ADAGP, Paris 2008 The walls of Paris museums and galleries are plastered with photos during the biannual Mois de la Photo (Oct. 27-Nov. 30), a month-long … Read More
Lab-Labanque
The Art of Capitalism An intruder in the bank vault. Photo: Claude Lévêque. Courtesy the artist and Kamel Mennour, Paris. © ADGAP The northern French city of Béthune has come up with a great idea for making use of empty … Read More