Diep Festival
“Le Pont Tournant de Dieppe” by Olivier Mériel. Dieppe’s charms are not obvious, and that is precisely the major attraction of this slightly down-at-the-heels northern French seaside resort, battered over the centuries by … Favorite
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Medieval and Renaissance Illuminations: Painting on the Page
The Boucicaut Master’s “Departure of Louis IX for the Crusade.” © RMN /Thierry Le Mage Numerous acts of vandalism have made possible the Louvre’s exhibition “Medieval and Renaissance Illuminations: Painting on the Page,” as the medieval scholar who … … Read More
Memories of the Future
Jake & Dinos Chapman’s “Sex I” (2003). © Jake & Dinos Chapman. Courtesy White Cube Gallery, London. Photo: Stephen White “Memories of the Future,” the current exhibition at the Maison Rouge/Foundation Antoine Galbert, explores certain themes as treated by … Read More
Jia Juanli
Paris Update What’s New in Paris LADIES OF THE PALACE Photo: Princewel Eklu The Chinese artist Jia Juanli has lived in Paris for the last 19 years, but her mind is decidedly elsewhere. An exhibition of her work, “A … Read More
Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin
French GagosianLikes to Provoke “Nasutamanus” (2012), by Daniel Firman. Photo: Guillaume Ziccarelli Emmanuel Perrotin, France’s answer to Larry Gagosian, is celebrating his Paris-based gallery’s 25th anniversary with a major exhibition, “Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin,” Favorite
Thé, Café ou Chocolat?
‘Foreign Drugs’ in 18th-Century France “La Tasse de Chocolat” (1768), by Jean-Baptiste Charpentier. Musée Jacquemart-André Chaalis The Musée Cognacq-Jay, the repository of a collection of 18th-century art and a sort of memorial to the Age of Enlightenment, is currently hosting … Read More
Osiris: Mystères Engloutis d’Egypte
Fishing for Artifacts in Egypt’s Watery Underworld The head of a priest from the Ptolemaic period, discovered in the eastern port of Alexandria. Photo: Christoph Gerigk © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation Legend has it that the dismembered body of Osiris, a … Read More
Splendeurs et Misères: Images de la Prostitution 1850-1910
The Manly Art of Portraying Prostitution “Rolla” (1878), by Henri Gervex. © Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Patrice Schmidt Oscillations in representations of prostitution are almost as violent as the hazards of the profession itself. The exhibition “Splendour and Misery: Pictures … Read More
Florence: Portraits à la Cour de Médicis
Picturing the Medici: Power Personified “Portrait of Cosimo I De’Medici” (1560), by Bronzino. © The Alana Collection, Newark, Delaware, USA. The year is 1530, the setting is the Florentine court: the scene is set for the return of one of … Read More
Monumenta 2016: Empires
Physically Brutal,Metaphysically Rich “Empires” by Huang Yong Ping. © Adagp, Paris 2016. Photo: Didier Plowy for RMN-GP To misappropriate one of Donald Trump’s favorite words, this year’s Monumenta installation at the Grand Palais is “HUGE.” For the next few weeks, … Read More