Saturday, February 21st, 2009
Portrait of Yves Saint Laurent, photograph by Duane Michals, courtesy of the Metropolitain Museum of Art, New York.
The excitement and emotion surrounding the sale of Yves Saint Laurent’s collection is palpable. The pre-sale exhibition at the Grand Palais is the not only the opportunity to see the collection of a much-loved style icon, it is [...]
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
Les Funérailles de Monna Misa, Courtesy Reuters
Yan Pei-Ming is the latest in a series of contemporary artists to be invited to the Louvre to offer their interpretations and reactions to the Old Masters. Les Funérailles de Monna Lisa, or The Mona Lisa’s Funeral, is an installation of five impressively sized oil paintings, hung between the [...]
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