NEW ART SPACES AND EXHIBITIONS The Lille Métropole Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Brut, with the new extension on the right. New art spaces: Just outside of Paris, in Saint-Ouen l’Aumône, an enormous space called The Storage (38 avenue du … Read More
FERAT REDISCOVERED “L’Homme à la Guitare” (c. 1914-15) by Serge Férat. © Galerie Berès. The Galerie Berès is attracting a great deal of attention with its show of works by little-known artist Serge Férat (1881-1958). Although he dabbled in a … Read More
RADICAL UPDATE FOR VERSAILLES The dauphin’s bedroom at Versailles, redecorated with a folding Gobelins screen after Aki Kuroda and other contemporary furnishings. © EPV, JM. Manaï, C. Milet During and after the French Revolution, the Château de Versailles was stripped … Read More
BASELITZ’S BIG BOYS “Meine neue Mütze” (“My New Baseball Cap,” 2003). Photo: Jochen Littkemann, Berlin © Georg Baselitz Georg Baselitz (b. 1938) is probably best known today for his large-format paintings, which look abstract at first glance but on closer … Read More
PRIVATE LIVES IN POMPEII Dionysus enthroned in a Pompeian fresco. © Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei / Photo Archivio dell’Arte – Luciano Pedicini/fotografo Anyone who has ever visited the haunting ruins of Pompeii will … Read More
ART FOR AN URBAN REVOLUTION One of Pascal Marthine Tayou’s “poupées” from his installation at the Musée d’Aquitaine. The city of Bordeaux’s biannual citywide contemporary art festival, Evento, took a sociopolitical turn this year under the artistic direction of Italian … Read More
ART FOR AN URBAN REVOLUTION One of Pascal Marthine Tayou’s “poupées” from his installation at the Musée d’Aquitaine. The city of Bordeaux’s biannual citywide contemporary art festival, Evento, took a sociopolitical turn this year under the artistic direction of Italian … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes OUTSIDERS COME IN FROM THE COLD Less than a week remains to see these two worthwhile art exhibitions. “Exil,” at the Réfectoire des Cordeliers (15, rue de l’École-de-Médecine, 75006 Paris; free admission) through Jan. 12, is … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes DEFINITIVE IMAGES James Joyce, Paris, 1939 © Gisèle Freund/IMEC/Fonds MCC Gisèle Freund (1908-2000) seems to have been born under a lucky star. As a young Jewish woman, she left Germany in 1933 to study in Paris … Read More
Paris Update Flash News ELECTRIC ART Claude Lévêque’s “Revez!” (2008). Photo: Adagp/Courtesy of Claude Lévêque and Kamel Mennour. Who knew that neon lighting, probably most closely identified with Las Vegas, was introduced in 1912 in France by company called Air … Read More
