Duane Hanson’s “Old Couple on a Bench” (1994). Photo: Roy G. Crogan © ADAGP, Paris 2010. Even if you are already familiar with Duane Hanson’s hyper-realistic sculptures of ordinary people, that doesn’t mean they won’t still be able to spook … Read More
Derek Boshier’s “So Ad Men Became Depth Men” (1962). Paris is an eternally surprising place. Although I have lived here for over 20 years, I still come across places whose existence was completely unknown to me. So it was … … Read More
Gold mask from the Sicán Culture (800-1350). © Brüning National Archaeological Museum, Lambayeque-Instituto Nacional de Cultura del Perú, Lima. Photo © Joaquín Rubio Roach “Gold” is the magical word, guaranteed to pull in the crowds, in the name of the … Read More
Monet’s“La Falaise à Dieppe” (1882). © Kunsthaus Zürich / All rights reserved Monet mania is back. Just when you thought you had seen as many water lilies, red poppies and sunrises over the Thames as you ever wanted to see, … Read More
“The Concert” (1650)by the Frères Le Nain. © Studio Sébert Photographes The exhibition “Rubens, Poussin and the Painters of the 17th Century” at the Musée Jacquemart-André has a good story to tell and illustrates it well, but you would never … Read More
Gabriel Orozco’s “DS” (1993). © Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Paris You will be forgiven for feeling nonplussed when you walk into the Gabriel Orozco show at the Centre Pompidou. The large … Read More
“Nativité au Cardinal Jean Rolin” (c. 1480) by Jean Hey, a Flemish artist working in France. © Ville d’Autun, Musée Rolin The ambitious exhibition “France 1500: Entre Moyen Age et Renaissance,” which opens today at the Grand Palais, offers a … Read More
Picasso Meets Balzac Even jaded longtime residents of Paris often stumble across hidden gems they didn’t even know existed. The other day I discovered a charming example laden with historic, artistic and literary connections. On the Rue des Grands Augustins … Read More
“Chat Polymorphe,” a sculpture by François-Xavier Lalanne with a bar hidden inside, at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Here’s a feel-good show if there ever was one, full of works that are not only admirable but that also inevitably bring … Read More
“Act III, Scene 9” (1996) from William Kentridge’s portfolio of eight etchings “Ubu Tells the Truth,” © 2010 William Kentridge. Photo: John Hodgkiss. The South African artist William Kentridge has made politics his theme ever since the era of apartheid, … Read More
