When Guy Cogeval was campaigning for a third term as president of the Musée d’Orsay this year, one of his strongest arguments was his record as a producer of money-pulling blockbuster art shows. His reappointment this month by President François … Read More
Photo of the Week No, Paris is not being attacked by a giant snowman. Photographer Margo Berdeshevsky has just superimposed the image of a snowman built by two little boys near the Stravinsky Fountain on a picture of the fountain … Read More
Photo of the Week Café Campana at the Musée d’Orsay. Photo © ParisUpdate.com Favorite
Artworks for a Depraved Imagination “The Temptation of Saint Anthony” (1877). © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski For generations following his death in 1814, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade, was referred to only … Read More
Off with the Fig Leaf: Baring the Male Body Paul Cézanne’s “Baigneurs” (c. 1890). © RMN (Musée d’Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski After you leave the exhibition “Masculine/Masculine: The Male Nude in Art from 1800 to the Present,” don’t be surprised if you … Read More
Artaud: Van Gogh Killed by Society and Shrinks “Self-Portrait” (1889). © Musée d’Orsay, dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Patrice Schmidt Any excuse is a good one to put together an exhibition of paintings by Vincent Van Gogh, and the curators at the Musée … Read More
Dressing to Kill for the Impressionists Renoir’s ”Jeune Femme à la Voilette” (1870). © Musée d’Orsay. RMN/Patrice Schmidt The title of the exhibition “Impressionism and Fashion” at the Musée d’Orsay may be off-putting to those who have little or no … Read More
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
The Gilded Life of aProlific 19th-Century Artist Gustave Doré’s “Souvenir de Loch Lamond” (1875). © French & Company, New York As an artist, Gustave Doré doesn’t fit comfortably into standard categories, which may be why serious 19th-century art critics turned … Read More
The Light and Dark Sides of A Beloved Artist Pierre Bonnard’s “Vue du Cannet” (1927). © Musée d’Orsay, dist. RMN-Grand Palais/ Patrice Schmidt © ADAGP, Paris 2015 Pierre Bonnard had a way with animals, winningly capturing their expressions and movements, … Read More
