Lenny Rébéré
Paris Update Art Notes DRAWINGS WITH DEPTH Complex new drawings by the talented young artist Lenny Rébéré are on show at the Galerie Isabelle Gounod (13, rue Chapon) through Oct. 22. Favorite
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Raw Vision
On the OutsideLooking Inward “Bardo Being” (2002), by Alex Grey. © Halle Saint Pierre The Halle Saint Pierre, a museum specializing in underground, outsider and folk art, located at the foot of the Sacré Cœur in Paris, always holds thought-provoking … Read More
Carrier-Belleuse: Le Maître de Rodin
A Forgotten Victorian-era Artist “Leda et le Cygne” (c. 1870). © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Image of the MMA Rescued from the oblivion of “unfashionable-ness” by the head of collections at the Palace of Compiègne, sculptures by … Read More
Sade: Attaquer le Soleil
Artworks for a Depraved Imagination “The Temptation of Saint Anthony” (1877). © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski For generations following his death in 1814, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade, was referred to only … Read More
Maurice de Vlaminck
Artist on the Move, Literally and Figuratively “Les Meules” (1943), by Maurice de Vlaminck. © Photo Archives Wildenstein Institute, Paris/ADAGP Paris 2015 The work of Frenchman Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), now on show at the Atelier Grognard in Rueil-Malmaison, just … Read More
Poussin et Dieu
The Godly Side of French Baroque Painting “The Holy Family on the Steps” (1648). © The Cleveland Museum of Art The Louvre’s remarkable exhibition of works by the French master Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) invokes divine inspiration as its theme. There … Read More
Sorolla: The Paris Years
Technical WizardryLights Up the Canvas “The Return from Fishing” (1894). © Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Photo: Gérard Blot/Hervé Lewandowski The paintings of Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923) are full of bravura technical wizardry. Even as a youngster, the Spanish artist was … Read More
Les Couleurs du Ciel
Heavens Above! Painting Religion in the 17th Century “La Manne dans le Désert,” by Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne, from the Èglise Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris. © COARC/Roger-Viollet The French Revolution may have helped launch the Republic and open the way to modern … Read More
Les Couleurs du Ciel (2)
Heavens Above! Painting Religion in the 17th Century “La Manne dans le Désert,” by Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne, from the Èglise Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris. © COARC/Roger-Viollet The French Revolution may have helped launch the Republic and open the way to modern … Read More
Maison&Objet
Trendspotting at Interior Design Fair Vincent Grégoire’s “Elsewhere” installation for Nelly Rodi. Photo: Colin Eaton Trends come and go, but during the last few editions of the twice-yearly Maison et Objet interior-design trade fair in Paris, issues of sustainability and … Read More