Tag: museums and exhibitions
The Mona Lisa of the Champs-Elysées (How Le Cat Killed Curiosity)
Paris seeks herd immunity against curiosity by installing 20 monumentally insipid bronzes of Philippe Geluck's Le Chat on the Champs-Elysees.
Pierre Soulages: Beyond Black in Rodez
Corinne LaBalme saw only the dark side of Pierre Soulages, France’s most celebrated living artist, until she visited his namesake museum in Rodez, Aveyron, and saw the light.
Cute, Kitsch and Tacky Gifts from France’s National Museums
You can’t take the art from the Louvre, the Orsay or Versailles home with you, but you can take home a Venus de Milo tchotchke, a Marie-Antoinette manicure set, a Mona Lisa serving tray, and an I Louvre You teddy bear.
Autumn 2019 Museum and Exhibition News
October is an especially artful month in Paris and elsewhere, a time to consider new exhibitions and to take stock of ongoing or completed restorations, including news about the Louvre, the Orsay, the Army Museum, the Maritime Museum, the Game of Throne, and more.
The Abolition of Slavery Route in Burgundy – Franche-Comté
Honoring the victims of slavery and the slave trade as well as major abolitionist figures of the 18th and 19th centuries, two dozen sites in eastern France and Switzerland form a constellation known as the Abolition of Slavery Route. This article concerns several of those sites in the Burgundy - Franche-Comté region in central eastern France.
France Revisited’s Early Autumn Newsletter
Autumn was slow in coming to France this year, but it has finally arrived and with it a shift in our approach to enjoying life in Paris and travels in France as sunset creeps toward teatime. This newletter contains links to articles as well as information about exhibitions, books and tastings.
A Montmartre Treasure Hunt: Been There, Not Done That
The Montmartre Museum is just 300 yards from Sacré Coeur and Place du Tertre yet it feels well off the beaten track. As it should since this is a connoisseur’s museum with a quiet garden café. An end your Montmartre treasure hunt.
Fall 2017: Art Shows and Other Exhibitions in Paris
As their summer country and seaside tans fade, Parisians take on the many shades of culture in the capital’s urban autumn museumscape. Here are the makers and shakers of the fall art and exhibition season, including Gaugin at the Grand Palais, Dior at the Arts Décoratifs, Rubens at the Luxembourg, Dada Africa at the Orangerie, and more.
Camille Claudel’s Great-Niece Shines Light on the Sculptor’s Life and Work
The Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent sur Seine, 65 miles southeast of Paris, not only brings the sculptor out of the shadows of her Auguste Rodin, it also shines light on Claudel’s work as a talented and innovative sculptor in her own right. An interview of Camille Claudel’s great-niece, Reine-Marie Paris, by Janet Hulstrand.