After exhibiting at the Jeu de Paume last year, Corsican-born, New York-based artist Agathe Snow returns to Paris for a solo show at Galerie Hussenot. Using a variety of found materials: wood, fabric, masonite, Snow has created colourful patchworks, which are suspended in the gallery space. Each piece is said to represent one of her [...]
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, [...]
AVAF, a flexible acronym - short for “Assume Vivid Astro Focus” amongst other things (artistiquement voué au feu, alarmante vision absolument furieuse, aujourd’hui vous aurez faim…) - is a group or artists spearheaded by Brazilian artist Eli Sudbrack. For their (his?) new Paris exhibition they have transformed the whole environment of galerie Hussenot.
alarmante vision absolument [...]
The Fondation Cartier is exhibiting Beat Takeshi Kitano’s work in an exclusive exhibition Gosse de Peintre (“Painter’s kid”). Kitano – best known for his arthouse films or cult TV show Takeshi’s castle – is a filmmaker, actor, comedian, presenter, and now artist. This is his first solo show in a gallery [...]
Esther Shalev-Gerz, Les Inséparables, 2000-2010
Upstairs at the Jeu de Paume is a survey exhibition of Lithuanian born artist, Esther Shalev-Gerz. Unfortunately the projects on show – carried out in Germany, Sweden, France and England – are telling of the dubious nature of publicly commissioned art projects. Each project in the show deals with the appropriate [...]
Marco Decorpeliada, detail from Schizomètres
Out of the three new exhibitions at the Maison Rouge it might be as well to begin at the end, as that’s where you’ll find the best of the bunch – a small exhibition of Marco Decorpeliada’s Schizomètres. Marco Decorpelida fits into the sketchy category of “Outsider Art“, [...]
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 [...]
Transit Systeme, a young collective of dynamic artists, are about to embark on their second major event as a group. The eponymously titled exhibition, Transit Systeme, opening on Saturday, will include works by the artists of the collective: Antoine Alliot, Sophie Boniface, Liz Bullen, Molly SJ Lowe and Marine Nyiri and guest artists: Audrey Anastasy, Blo, Emma [...]
This year’s Jeune Création (“young creation”), an exhibition of young contemporary artists, is held at the 104. The cavernous basement level of this new-ish arts centre provides ample space for the various projects and performances taking place over the next few days.
Enrico Centonze, Everybody wants gold
A couple of projects were attracting attention on the opening [...]
It’s that time of year again, the majestic entrance to the Grand Palais swarming with art enthusiasts, well-heeled art market aficionados and casual onlookers. The Fiac (unimaginatively la Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain – International Contemporary Art Fair) is in its 36th edition and is taking over the Grand Palais, the Tuileries and the Cour Carré [...]