A very personal and subjective view of Paris life for all of you who are curious of what's going on in France

L’atelier 1947,  Bernard Buffet Museum, Surugadaira, Japan

For most of his life in France, Bernard Buffet was an artist so popular and financially successful that art critics never respected him. He had a museum in Surugadaira in Japan as early as 1973, was collected and exhibited all around the world, but not in France! He has to be the most immediately recognizable artist, for his linear paintings are visible from afar and his style of portraits is as unique as Giacometti’s. And he is at last celebrated at Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.Read More

Leonardo da Vinci, La Scapiliata, 1503-1508, oil on wood, Galleria Nazionale, Parma

It is rare enough to see a painting by Leonardo da Vinci from close up and –  to enter the residence of the Italian Ambassador in France, Giandomenico Magliano. So doing both at the same time really made me happy. Especially since three friends had called me saying “How come the diary has not reported on this event yet”?

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A bronze by Maillol sits in front of Ben’s latest painted wall

Fondation Maillol, a museum devoted to the sculptor of generous ladies, is reopening and the program of exhibitions established by Culturespaces is great fun. Irreverent artist Ben Vautier is the first guest to be offered the whole space for his works from the 60’s, which he kept in his personal collection, and there is a whole floor of new installations produced last year by the artist especially for the place.Read More