Emporte-moi/Sweep me off my feet is an exhibition about love. It may sound slushy or trite but actually Mac/Val, in collaboration with Musée national des beaux-arts in Quebec, have put together a fresh and engaging show.
The exhibition poster shows a photo of a Marina Abromavic performance, entitled Rest Energy, from 1980. With her then partner, [...]
Dynasty, the first exhibition uniting the Palais de Tokyo and the Musée d’art moderne, brings us the best of the young French contemporary art scene. With 40 artists presenting one work in each wing, there is a lot to see.
The show begins with typically Palais de Tokyo-esque monumental installations. After Robin Meier and Ali Momeni’s [...]
South African photographer Pieter Hugo has bagged a section of concept store Colette for his first solo show in France. Three portrait series are represented: Boy Scouts, Orlando Pirates and Catch Congolese Wrestlers. Although differently presented – the wrestlers and pirates posing on a neutral backdrop, the scouts in leafy urban settings, they are united [...]
Accents United and Artspace galleries are proud to present Paris le jour, paris la nuit, an exhibition of contemporary photography. Come on down for the vernissage this Saturday.
How do you photograph the most visited city in the world?
Paris le jour, Paris la nuit brings us the work of nine photographers currently living in Paris. Each [...]
Jeanloup Sieff, Yves Saint Laurent, 1969
The French love Yves Saint Laurent – the man, the legend, the collection, the clothes. Perhaps that’s why the Petit Palais has pulled out all the stops for the first ever major retrospective of his fashion oeuvre. Taking over more than the usual temporary exhibition space, the show includes the [...]
Photographing the inside of prisons is a delicate proposition, showing what is designed to be kept hidden from society. This is especially pertinent in France, where there has been a fair amount of controversy over the state of prisons in the last few years, one case stemming from [...]
Rose, c’est Paris is a photography, film and story-telling project by photographer, Bettina Rheims and writer, Serge Bramly. The series follows a young woman’s search for her lost sister, the action taking place against the sumptous backdrop of oldy-worldy Paris. In addition to the main protagonists, there are cameos by Naomi Campbell, Monica Belluci and [...]
Karen Knorr, The Corridor, Musée Carnavalet, Fables series
Karen Knorr has a penchant for lavish interiors. From museums to country piles and gentlemans’ clubs, her photographs inject humour and narrative into parquet floors, damask drapes and polished dark wood furniture. Fables, a series now on show at the Musée Carnavalet is no exception. Using a combination [...]
Prisonniers du soleil (“Prisoners of the Sun”) is the second part of the Erudition Concrète programme at Le Plateau, and is a adventure through time, space and innovative curating.
In two parts, the exhibition leads us from quirky 19th century bourgeoise interior, through what looks like a door from Bilbo Baggins’ Shire, into the dark mystery [...]
Crime et Châtiment (Crime and Punishment), opened last week at the Musée d’Orsay. The idea for the exhibition came from Robert Badinter, politician and criminal lawyer famous for his campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in France in the 1970s. The show boasts a variety of striking art, grisly documents [...]