Cy Twombly’s ceiling, Louvre
The Louvre yesterday unveiled the newest contribution to its collections: a ceiling painting by contemporary artist, Cy Twombly. The painting is in the Salles des Bronzes, housing classical bronzes. Predominantly blue, it is reminiscent of Renaissance and Baroque ceilings depicting the heavenly skies, albeit in a more paired down aesthetic.
Twombly, American-born but residing [...]
Last week saw an alternative to the official offerings of the “year of Russia” events. A small show France-Russie, l’art en liberté – dessins d’une Cour d’(In)justice, opened just a stone’s throw from the official opening of the Sainte Russie exhibition at the Louvre (more on that soon), in the presence of Monsieurs [...]
Russian art and buyers make themselves known on the international scene.
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It is also “l’année de la Russie” in France in 2010, find the program of cultural events here.
Christian Boltanski’s monumental installation Personnes opens today in the immense, drafty nave of the Grand Palais. Boltanski’s installation follows Anselm Kiefer and Richard Serra as part of the Monumenta programme.
Part flea market, part memento mori, piles of old clothes are lined up to form a grid across the cold floor. These are dwarfed by a [...]
Spending the holiday in Paris? Finally have a bit of time to see the big autumn shows before they end in January? Here’s a round up of what’s on (but not for much longer).
For painting head to the Louvre for voluptuous Venetian masters in Venetian Rivalry, and for a more Northern flavour The Brukenthal Collection [...]
Everyone knows the French love to strike. It’s a national stereotype that is often gets a laugh, especially from the British. Not so funny for tourists (or anyone who wants to see an exhibition or do research for that matter) now that strike action has struck Paris’s main museums.
The Pompidou Centre’s staff have been on [...]