Imperial silks for Versailles at the Grand Trianon

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This morning at Versailles, I discovered that we owe one important historical moment to the Brits: in sending Napoleon to Elba in April 1814, they prevented Versailles from being turned into a Napoleonic castle with a new façade and new apartments for all his family and military aides. All the plans for the elevation and the decors were recently acquired … Read More

Henry Cros is surprising at MAD and the gala was so cheerful!

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It is a small show on sculptor and drawer Henry Cros that MAD has organized in its second floor galleries, but it is worth seeing especially since curator Jean- Luc Olivié, in charge of glass at the museum, has studied this artist’s work since he was a student.  If you have not been to “Fashion and Sport” (until April 7) … Read More

The Al Thani collection is (again) amazing at Hôtel de la Marine!

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For its second exhibition curated with Emma Edwards from the V&A museum in London, Amin Jaffer, curator of the Al Thani collection, has again created a “Wunderkammer” of treasures, as the Germans called their precious rooms in the Renaissance, 1400-1600. They jointly unveiled numerous jewels, crystal cups, paintings and royal presents which glitter in the dark rooms of Hotel de … Read More

At Musée Picasso, Léonce Rosenberg’s apartment and a new (successful) hanging of the collection.

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It is an interesting historical exercise, that Juliette Pozzo and Giovanni Casini (who wrote his dissertation on Rosenberg) have produced at Musée Picasso. They recreated Léonce Rosenberg‘s 360 squ. m decors for his apartment (in 1928 and 1929), at 75 rue de Longchmap. Commissioned especially from 12 artists, the paintings made by Giorgio de Chirico, Francis Picabia, Fernand Léger, Max … Read More

Charles VII reigns over Musée de Cluny

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I have to admit, I did not remember anything about Charles VII before listening to Mathieu Deldicque and Maxence Hermant, at Musée de Cluny, telling us the story of this French king, 1422-1461. He is the 18 year old dauphin, whom Joan of Arc led to be crowned, remember? He inherited a messy kingdom from his father Charles VI, Le … Read More

Three girls and one show, at Saint-Germain-des-Prés on March 22!

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The new show at Hotel de l’Industrie, on place Saint Germain des Prés, from 22 to 24 March, will not be competing with Salon du Dessin or Drawing Now. It is   the story of three talented girlfriends, Sophie de Ségur, Sandrine de Nicolay and her daughter Juliette Filippi, who have always painted or drawn and want to show 150 … Read More

Théodore Rousseau, a XIX th century environmentalist, at Petit Palais

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La Mairie de Paris who runs the Petit Palais should invite all their employees to see the new exhibition of Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867)’s paintings and drawings, ” The Voice of the Forest”. Especially the mayor Anne Hidalgo and her deputy Dan Lert, who recently replaced trees with wooden pots (see the picture below) on place Saint Augustin… The painter asked … Read More