Tag: artists
Van Gogh and Zadkine in Auvers-sur-Oise: Is There Anything to See?
“There’s nothing to see here,” he says before we enter room #5 at the Auberge Ravoux, the inn where Vincent Van Gogh lived and...
The Seine of the Impressionists and of Our Daily Train
Two ways of looking at the Seine: through the eyes of the Impressionists in the guidebook "La Seine Impressionniste" and through the eyes of a videographer in the video "Notre train quotidien" (Our Daily Train).
Uruguayan artist Alba Aranda at Galérie Art Présent
Early autumn in Paris a travel writer and culture journalist can be lulled into thinking he’s working by the mere fact that he’s received a dozen invitations for art openings.
Va-nu-pieds: Running in Parc Montsouris with Christian Boltanski
Va-nu-pieds, the Barefoot Photographer, is a frequent visitor to the gardens and parks of Paris. Here in Parc Montsouris he captures a runner against the stillness (and murmur) of a bench.
Mother and Son, Together and Apart, at the Pinacotheque de Paris
"It makes no sense to compare," Marc Restellini, director of the Pinacothèque de Paris in Paris told me when I asked him why Maurice...
Van Dyck Portraits at the Jacquemart-André Museum
Nov. 2008 -- Paris has pulled out all the stops to examine how Picasso looked at and dialogued with the greats that preceded him: Picasso and...
Of Artists and Collectors: Six Museums for the Return Traveler
The time is long gone when France could create a great museum by simply beheading the king, gathering his royal art collection in the old palace of the Louvre and declaring it open to the public.
Van Dyck portraits at the Jacquemart-André
I’ve always confused Van Dyck with Titian and Velasquez and El Greco. I'm a bit clearer about Van Dyck after visiting the exhibition at...
Something Old, Something New: Culture in the Court of Honor
Across the street from the Louvre, the Palais Royal, its court of honor and garden, and their surroundings are a stunning microcosm of culture in Paris: its history a background for its present, its present a dialogue with its past, its future clearly in need of change... but gently, please.