Leaf Arbuthnot
Paris Haute Couture
Getting a LiftFrom Haute Couture Silk evening gown by Madeleine Vionnet (1924). © Collection Musée Galliera For many, haute couture has never seemed so irrelevant. With the euro on the brink of collapse, jobs being lost all over world and … Read More
1931 Face-Dos-Profile
A Forgotten Fashion Year Resurrected from the Archives Evening gown is by Paquin, 1931. © Archives de Paris/D12U10 297 Thirties’ fashion is frequently overlooked in favor of more revolutionary styles of the Roaring Twenties. While modern designers often exhume styles … Read More
La Photographie en France, 1950-2000
Images Plucked from The Sludge of History ”La Vie de Château” (1973) by Philippe Salaün. © Philippe Salaün. Collection Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris Any exhibition that attempts to cover a time span of more than 30 years or … Read More
La Photographie en France, 1950-2000 (2)
Images Plucked from The Sludge of History ”La Vie de Château” (1973) by Philippe Salaün. © Philippe Salaün. Collection Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris Any exhibition that attempts to cover a time span of more than 30 years or … Read More
Anticorps
A Baffling, Freewheeling Vision of Human Hell ”Marseille” (1997) © Antoine d’Agata-Magnum photos. Courtesy Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris Art is not always meant to uplift. The task of an exhibition is just as much to open visitors’ eyes … Read More
La Valise Mexicaine: Capa, Taro, Chim
History in a SuitcaseRediscovered in Mexico ”Spectators Watching the Funeral Procession of General Lukacs, Valencia, June 16, 1937,” by Gerda Taro. © International Center of Photography There are moments in history when the loss of a suitcase does not constitute … Read More
Ziem: J’ai Rêvé le Beau
The French Turner Captures Light on Canvas “Venise, l’Eglise de Crescuati (1870-80). © Petit Palais/Roger-Viollet The lives of 19th-century artists were often remarkably short. A penchant for opium, a meager income and a tendency to spend a lot of time … Read More