A Living Métier Tracks the Stages of Life “Ça Sent Bon” (1987), after Gérard Schlosser. Beauvais As works of art go, tapestries are not particularly sexy, but they have their own special allure and reward long contemplation, with their tactile … Read More
On the Road To Abu Dhabi Equestrian Portrait of Maharao Sheodan Singh of Alwar India, Rajasthan, Alwar (c. 1863). © Louvre Abu Dhabi/Agence photo F The new exhibition at the Louvre, “Birth of a Museum: Louvre Abu Dhabi” is a … Read More
Arty Toys for Every Taste and Budget A detail of Frank Gehry’s spectacular building for the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Photo © Iwan Baan Last week was the week of openings in Paris. While FIAC and its many fringe events hawked … Read More
Archaic Precursors to Classical Greece Anthropomorphic vase (2600-1800 BCE) from Troy II-V. © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre)/Franck Raux The impressive, oft-renovated Château de Saint Germain en Laye, dramatically outlined against the sky, has no lavishly furnished period rooms to … Read More
Early Renaissance Altarpieces Temporarily Reunited “Cinq Anges Dansant au Pied d’un Trône” (c. 1430-35), by Giovanni di Paolo (13981482). © RMN-Grand Palais (Domaine de Chantilly)/Harry Bréjat The Musée Condé in the Château de Chantilly has literally pieced together an exhibition … Read More
Art That Saves, Art That Kills “Les Trois Grâces” (1995-2003). © 2014 Niki Charitable Art Foundation. Photo: Philippe Cousin It seems that everyone in the world is familiar with Niki de Saint Phalle’s “Nanas,” those monumental sculptures of curvaceous goddesses … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes THE IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS THAT GOT AWAY FROM THE MUSEUMS “Tournant du Loing à Moret. Printemps” (1886), by Alfred Sisley. Pérez Simón Collection, Mexico. © Arturo Piera Even if you think you never want to see another … Read More
Worshipping at The Church of Art “L’Etrange Cité,” by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov for “Monumenta 2014.” Photo: Didier Plowy pour la Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais Each year, for the event called “Monumenta,” a single artist is invited to fill … Read More
Pop! Goes the Art World “Portrait of Pharrell and Helen – Dance” (2014), by Takashi Murakami. Not everyone is clapping along for the exhibition “GIRL,” curated by pop star Pharrell Williams in Parisian gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin’s new Paris space, the … Read More
American ImpressionistsBring It All Back Home “Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood” (1885), by John Singer Sargent. © Tate, London, 2014 Anyone planning a trip to Monet’s garden in Giverny – a lush riot of color at … Read More
