Heidi Ellison
Biennale de Lyon/Biennale de la Jeune Création Européenne
Sarah Sze’s “Untitled (Portable Planetarium)” at the Biennale de Lyon.Photo: Blaise Adilon It would be difficult for any Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon to live up to the wow power of the first one I attended, in 2000. The enormous … Read More
Biennale de Lyon/Biennale de la Jeune Création Européenne
Sarah Sze’s “Untitled (Portable Planetarium)” at the Biennale de Lyon.Photo: Blaise Adilon It would be difficult for any Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon to live up to the wow power of the first one I attended, in 2000. The enormous … Read More
Renoir in the 20th Century
“Les Vignes à Cagnes” (1908). © Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA Having OD’d on paintings by Renoir during a visit to the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia at the beginning of the year, I had trouble working up any … Read More
Titien, Tintoret, Véronèse…: Rivalités à Venise
Titian’s “Danaë” (1544-46). © Scala, Florence The Louvre has prepared a wonderful treat for lovers of Italian painting: a trip to 16th-century Venice, where a number of great … Favorite
Bienvenue à la Ferme
Angora goats at the Mohair du Pays du Corlay farm in Brittany. Here’s a great vacation or weekend idea for those who like to get up close and personal with animals: a stay on a farm. On a recent visit … Read More
La Rentrée Littéraire September 2009
Some writers are even upping the ante: Yann Queffélec will publish an autobiographical novel, Le Piano de ma Mère (L’Archipel), at the end of September, after having already published two other books earlier this year: La Puissance des Corps in … Read More
Max Ernst: Une Semaine de Bonté
A reference to theOedipusstory in Une Semaine de Bonté (1933). © Isidore Ducasse Fine Arts. Photo: Peter Ertl © ADAGP, Paris 2009 An early perpetrator of the graphic novel, Max Ernst created his third, Une Semaine de Bonté, in 1933 … Read More
Le Beau XVIe
Sainte-Marguerite from the Eglise Saint Laurent in Bouilly © P. Praliaud The much-vaunted devolution of France’s cultural riches to the provinces is moving ahead apace, with a branch of the Louvre being built in the northern city of … Favorite
Planète Parr: La Collection de Martin Parr
“United Arab Emirates. Dubai. DIFC Gulf Art Fair” (2007), from the “Luxury” series. © Martin Parr, Magnum Photos/Kamel Mennour Before you go to see the exhibition “Planète Parr. La Collection de Martin Parr” at the Jeu de Paume, I recommend … Read More
Henri Cartier-Bresson: L’Imaginaire d’après Nature
“Sifnos, Greece” (1961) © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos Ho-hum, you might think, another exhibition of photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson, but that would be very wrong thinking. Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was such a master of his genre that his … Favorite