There is nothing more exciting for me than the first day of a summer holiday. I love to drive my little red car and aim directly for the South, with one project in mind and many friends to visit. This time, it was the three exhibitions devoted to Jean Hugo (1894-1984) in Sète, Montpellier and Lunel. I had to stop … Read More
In Chantilly, André Charles Boulle glitters!
At 37 and after two years of running Musée Condé in Chantilly, Mathieu Deldicque proves that research and integrity in art history are not only essential but also winning qualities when you organize an exhibition. The André Charles Boulle show that just opened, is a masterpiece of excellence as glittering as the exceptional bronze ornaments set on the royal desks … Read More
The Grand decors of Notre Dame are stunning at the Gobelins…
The new exhibition of Mobilier National at the Gobelins, is a rare occasion to see at eye level, thirteen of the (77) large “Mays” offered to Notre Dame by the Goldsmiths guild of Paris from 1630 to 1708, during Louis XIII and Louis XIV th’ reigns. And also nine more paintings, a very large carpet offered by Charles X in … Read More
At Musée Guimet, “Guardians of time” celebrate the year of France-China in red!
Yannick Lintz, the dynamic president of Musée Guimet, is a fervent lover of China and to celebrate President Xi Jinping’s visit to France on 6-7 May, for the inauguration of the France China Year, she asked Shanghai artist Jiang Qiong Er to disguise her museum into a bright red monument. It is even visible from the Eiffel Tower! The façade … Read More
Here and there people you should know about…
PAD, the design fair in Jardins des Tuileries, was celebrating its 24 th edition since 1998, and it was a beautiful and refined occasion to discover new galleries of ceramics, lamps and furniture. Everyone was under 40 years old on the stands and in the aisles and very glamorous. I discovered Aurélie Galois’s works at Mouvements Modernes, a gallery set … Read More
Imperial silks for Versailles at the Grand Trianon
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
Indian architect Bijoy Jain at Fondation Cartier and on film
I have to admit I had never hear of Indian architect Bijoy Jahin, b. 1965 in Mumbai, who studied at Washington University in Saint Louis and practiced in L.A. between 1989 and 1995 at Richard Meier‘s model workshop, making models for the Getty Museum. He returned to India in 1995 after a stint in London and created Studio Mumbai, a … Read More
Rambouillet is the new place to be!
It’s always very exciting to enter a newly restored house and Château de Rambouillet, managed by Centre des Monuments Nationaux, is particularly interesting for it glittered under three different regimes. First, King Louis XVI who used to hunt there often (it is close to Versailles) and he asked Hubert Robert to conceive laiterie (milk farm) for Marie Antoinette who did … Read More