Lascaux à Paris
Cro-Magnon Cave Art Pays a Visit to Paris “The Black Cow.” Photo © Denis Nidos I have never had the opportunity to visit the original Lascaux caves (closed to the public since 1963 because of the damage to the wall … Read More
Lascaux à Paris
Beauté Congo
Exuberant Escape to the World of the Congo
The Fondation Cartier has done Parisians a favor by organizing the vibrant exhibition “Beauté Congo,” a survey of nearly a century of painting, sculpture, photography and music in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a refreshing burst of color … Read More
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