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
Paris Update Art Notes PRIVATE VIEWS “Full Lake” (2012) by Haeri Yoo. “Hidden restaurants,” i.e., restaurants in private homes, have been all the rage in Paris for some time, but the latest trend seems to be “hidden art exhibitions.” Last … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes CHAOS AND CATHARSIS Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Exu” (1988). © The estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ ADAGP, Paris 2012 For its exhibition “Les Maîtres du Désordre” (“Masters of Chaos”), the Musée du Quai Branly has come up with a … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes TORMENTS OLD AND NEW Joel-Peter Witkin’s “Poussin in Hell” (1999). © Joel-Peter Witkin. Courtesy Baudoin Lebon Joel-Peter Witkin is not everyone’s cup of bile. Even those accustomed to his over-the-top, death-obsessed (some with real corpses for … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes ART GALLERY AT SCHOOL “Seasons in the Abyss.” Artists’ residencies are common around the world, but it is perhaps rarer for an internationally renowned artist to donate his time to a grammar school. French artist Claude … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes BUREN’S GRAND PALAIS Mirrored discs on the floor give visitors a new perspective on the roof of the Grand Palais. For this year’s Monumenta, French artist Daniel Buren, famed for his obsession with stripes, has been … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER,YOUR IMPERIAL MAJESTY “Kashan” (2010), by Wim Delvoye, in the apartment of Napoleon III in the Louvre. © 2012 Musée du Louvre/Olivier Ouadah © ADAGP The exhibition “Wim Delvoye at the Louvre” … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes PARIS ON A VELIB BUILT FOR TWO Prototype for a tandem Vélib, from the exhibition “Lost in Paris.” “Lost in Paris,” the current show at the Lieu du Design (74, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris; … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST IN PARIS Mary Cassatt: “The Bath” (1890-91), an etching with drypoint and aquatint. American Impressionist Mary Cassatt (1824-1926), who lived most of her life in France, is best known for portraying mothers and babies. … Read More
