MASAI DANCE GOES MODERN Anuang’A Fernando. Photo: Antoine Combier Dancer and choreographer Anuang’A Fernando has created a powerful new dance style that amalgamates traditional Masai dance with modern dance. He will be performing at the Musée du Quai Branly on … Read More
TO BE IRISH IN PARIS With Saint Patrick’s Day (March 17) soon upon us, here’s a reminder that one of the brightest jewels of Paris is the Irish Cultural Center, just a shamrock’s throw from the mighty Pantheon in the … Read More
STUFF OF DREAMS Shakespeare’s The Tempest, considered by many to be the playwright’s most poetic play, is being performed in Russian with French subtitles at the Les Gémeaux theater in Sceaux, in a co-production of the Chekov International Theater Festival … Read More
Fun, Food and Music in the 15th Opus 4 gets Le Muguet swinging. In the southwest corner of the 15th arrondissement is a café with the flavor of southwestern France. Called Le Muguet, it was appropriately opened on May 1, … Read More
Geometric forms in bright colors and squiggly black lines may characterize the quintessential Kandinsky painting that we all hold in our mind’s eye, but to my eye, the pure joy of this retrospective at the Centre Pompidou can be found … Read More
Preparatory sketch by Part One (2009)© Part One This week, we visit three exhibitions that offer a forum for artists whose work may not have been picked up by the mainstream art world’s radar: graffiti artists at the Fondation Cartier, … Read More
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Rembrandt’s “Supper at Emmaus” (1648). © 2010 Musée du Louvre: Philippe Fuzeau Hasn’t everything possible already been said about Rembrandt? Apparently not, and thank the art gods for that. No one can ever get enough of Rembrandt. The current … Read More
“Woman with a Child Frightened by a Dog.” Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris The Rembrandt exhibition at the Louvre closes on July 18, but thankfully Paris will not be Rembrandt-free, since a lovely new show of drawings by … Read More
Jubilation, Jameel Prize and New Paris Housing Designs “Indienne au Jardin” by Charlotte Marchand. For those of you who have already seen most of the major art exhibitions in Paris and are just waiting for the next batch to open, … Read More
