Gérard Garouste: Correspondences
Kafka Explained?
The prolific French painter Gérard Garouste (b. 1946) likes a good story, whether it comes from mythology, religion or fiction. He seems to use these sources to explore the depths of his own unconscious – expressed through colorful, energetically painted … Read More
Le Paris de Dufy
La Vie en Rose in Paris
Some French museums are still optimistically putting up exhibitions in hopes that they will be allowed to open their doors before the show’s announced end date arrives. One of them is the delightful Musée de Montmartre, up on the hilltop … Read More
Parc de Sceaux
Escape from Paris
With Covid-fatigued Parisians desperate for a ray of sunshine, every square inch of space in Paris’s parks and on the banks of its waterways is occupied when the weather is good, mostly by people who have taken off their masks … Read More
Galerie Perrotin
Strange Dreams
One of Paris’s leading contemporary art galleries, Perrotin, in the Marais, is currently holding two exhibitions of interest. The first, “Inner Songes,” features the work of Jens Fänge, a Swedish artist I was unfamiliar with but was more than happy … Read More
Massimo De Carlo Pièce Unique
Open Window on Art
Defying the pandemic-induced gloom in the gallery world, commercial spaces seem to be proliferating in Paris’s Marais, with two new ones recently opened, both by Italian gallerists. The latest addition, the tiny Massimo De Carlo Pièce Unique, couldn’t be more … Read More
La Beauté Sera CONVULSIVE
Chance Encounters
A small exhibition in a gallery hidden away in a courtyard in the Marais is garnering high praise from some of the powers-that-be in the Paris art world. At the opening, the head curator of a major contemporary art museum … Read More
Gallery Hopping
On the Move in Paris Galleries
In line with its mission – promoting contemporary drawing and raising awareness of its importance in all artistic fields – the nonprofit Drawing Lab gallery has teamed up with the Cinémathèque Française to put on the exhibition “Tout un Film!,” … Read More
Galleria Continua
Anarchic Art Space
Paris has a new art gallery, Galleria Continua, the likes of which it has never before seen, and Parisians are happily queuing up to get in. Forget about the forbiddingly austere and elegant white-cube gallery that is the norm here … Read More
David Hockney: Ma Normandie
Four Seasons in France
On a gloomy January morning in Covid-ridden Paris when nothing seemed to be going right, my spirits suddenly lifted when I walked into the Galerie Lelong in the eighth arrondissement and got an eyeful of David Hockney’s recent paintings, made … Read More
Jim Dine: A Day Longer
Like the Wind
Distressingly for art lovers, the reopening of museums in France has been postponed from December 15 to January 7, but the good news is that small art galleries are open. One exhibition well worth seeing is “A Day Longer,” a … Read More