This is not an uplifting exhibition, but “Red, Art and utopia in the land of Soviets” has enough striking paintings, designs and films that you might want to visit it any way. There are two parts in the exhibition as Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov, the curator, was telling us, ten years from 1917 of intense activity by Russian artists and at the … Read More
The Emil Bührle Collection at Musée Maillol
What is fascinating in a private collection is to discover the taste of the owner. In the case of Emil Bührle’s fascinating acquisitions, one is overwhelmed by the quality of each painting. And seeing them in the intimate premises of Musée Maillol on rue de Grenelle, is a bonus. Fifty seven masterpieces are lent by the Bührle Foundation, while the … Read More
Château de Chantilly is in full swing !
Château de Chantilly is going through fascinating times and the official inauguration of the Petits appartements was a true family event with very prestigious good fairies. First, the new director of the Foundation, Fériel Fodil, is a beautiful young woman who worked on the Louvre Abu Dhabi for eight years and she conducted the ceremony with authority and great charm. … Read More
Hammershøi, a resurrection, at Musée Jacquemart André
If you have time for only one exhibition this week, just rush to Musée Jacquemart André to see “Hammershøi, Master of Danish painting”, a complete discovery for many art lovers. Born in Copenhagen, in 1864, Vilhelm Hammershøi died young of a throat cancer in 1916. And disappeared from the art world until he was rediscovered (in France) in the … Read More
Prix Bob Calle du livre d’artiste, a grand occasion
For the second time, the 5 000€ Bob Calle Prize for an artist’s book was awarded at Ecole des Beaux Arts in the magnificent Amphithéâtre d’Honneur. This year’s laureate is Jean Marie Krauth with a miniature book, “0…103” in a print of 100 at Editions Ju Young Kim in Strasbourg. Laurence Dumaine Calle conducted the ceremony in the presence of … Read More
The tragic destinies of Franz Marc and August Macke
Musée de l’Orangerie always shows original painters. After Paula Rego this winter, Cécile Debray, director of the museum, has curated a beautiful and tragic show, “The adventure of the Blue Rider” about two German painters, Franz Marc and August Macke, who were both killed in the first years of World War I. At 36 and 27, they hardly had time … Read More
Oceania, an aesthetical delight at Quai Branly
After the amazing exhibition of woven baskets, Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac is inviting us to a new show, “Oceania”, devoted to the art of the 25 000 Pacific islands from Hawaii to Papua New Guinea, Samoa and New Zealand. Following Captain James Cook‘s first voyage in 1768, we travel through the great artistic richness of these populations, who … Read More
“L’Orient des Peintres” at Marmottan, a little jewel
The rivalry between Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Eugène Delacroix was huge and yet they had a common fascination for the Orient which is well illustrated at Musée Marmottan Monet where fifty chefs d’oeuvre of the 19 th and 20th century are assembled in a remarkable exhibition. From Ingres’ odalisque to Marquet and Kandisnky, the curator Emmanuelle Amiot-Saulnier asserts that “travelling to the … Read More