Heidi Ellison
Fra Angelico and the Masters of Light
Fra Angelico’s “The Coronation of the Virgin” (1434-1435). Uffizi Gallery © 2010. Photo Scala, Florence courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali For sheer visions of loveliness in heavenly, harmonious colors, the paintings of Fra Angelico (1387-1455) reign … Read More
Evento
One of Pascal Marthine Tayou’s “poupées” from his installation at the Musée d’Aquitaine. The city of Bordeaux’s biannual citywide contemporary art festival, Evento, took a sociopolitical turn this year under the artistic direction of Italian Arte … Favorite
Cézanne and Paris
Cézanne’s “Le Quartier du Four à Auvers-sur-Oise” (c. 1873). © Philadelphia Museum of Art Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the painter recognized by the great artists of the early 20th century as “the father of us all,” is perhaps best known … Read More
Dance Your Life
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s “Totentanz der Mary Wigman” (1926-28). Wichtrach/Berne, Galerie Henze & Ketterer& Triebold Dance lovers will adore the new exhibition “Vivez la Danse” (“Dance Your Life”) at the Centre Pompidou, but even dance skeptics and the dance-indifferent will … Read More
Rurart
Cultivating Art in the Country From Pascal Bernier’s “Hunting Accident” series. What’s the last thing you would expect to find deep in the heart of the French countryside on, of all places, the campus of an agricultural high school surrounded … Read More
L’Invention de l’Œuvre: Rodin et les Ambassadeurs
Rodin’s “Iris Messagère des Dieux” Photo: Christian Baraja. Since it opened its stripped-down chapel as a temporary exhibition space a few years ago, the Musée Rodin has put on a series of carefully curated exhibitions that not only … Favorite
My Winnipeg
Marcel Dzama’s “Banks of the Red River.” Do isolation and frigid winters breed good art? Apparently so, judging from the just-opened “My Winnipeg” exhibition at the Maison Rouge. Living in the world’s coldest … Favorite
Maya: From Dawn to Dusk
A whistling vase (250-550) from Kaminaljuyu. Photo © Ricky Lopez Bruni The mystery of the collapse of the Maya civilization has never been satisfactorily explained – was it caused by internal warfare, invasion, environmental … Favorite
Paris aux Temps des Impressionnistes & Paris sur Seine
“La Gare Saint-Lazare” by Claude Monet. © RMN (Musée d’Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski It’s a shame that the exhibition “Paris aux Temps des Impressionnistes” is closing at the end of July, since this stimulating show at the Hôtel de Ville is … … Read More
Diep Festival
“Le Pont Tournant de Dieppe” by Olivier Mériel. Dieppe’s charms are not obvious, and that is precisely the major attraction of this slightly down-at-the-heels northern French seaside resort, battered over the centuries by … Favorite