Joseph Kosuth, ni apparence ni illusion, installation view
© Louvre 2009 / Antoine Mongodin
Contemporary artist, Joseph Kosuth, is the latest to bring a touch of contemporary to the hallowed walls of the Louvre. After Jan Fabre’s intervention amongst the Northern paintings last year, Kosuth has chosen the medieval foundations for his installation of neon messages. Fifteen verbal meditations [...]
The Louvre’s latest blockbuster, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese… Rivals in Renaissance Venice, is an exploration of the painters and paintings produced in sixteenth century Venice. Often recognised for their use of vivid colours, this exhibition chooses instead to emphasize different aspects of these painters’ work, from their use of reflective surfaces to night scenes and the [...]
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 [...]
Golden Gates is an group exhibition of some of the Middle East’s most exciting artists. Engaging with social, political, local and global issues, the different works are united by their compelling subtlety.
Like Amal Kenawy’s I am an Organ Garbage, essentially paintings of a dead dog. The scale and angle of the mutt’s corpse, along with [...]
Deadline is an interesting, if somewhat dark, idea for an exhibition: works produced by artists at the end of their life, exploring how the awareness of death effected their creative output. From this starting point come two divergent themes: previously overlooked late works (Joan Mitchell, Willem de Kooning, Hans Hartung) and works produced by artists [...]
The Musée Carnavalet’s new exhibition, La Révolution française, trésors cachés du musée Carnavalet (‘The French Revolution: hidden treasures of the Musée Carnavalet’), is a must for any French Revolution enthusiast, including fragile works on paper, ceramics, customised Revolution buttons, Revolution inspired wallpaper and a slipper which belonged to Marie Antoinette (very small feet). I overheard [...]
The Bon Marché’s exhibition of Guy Bourdin’s films is a homage to this fashion photography heavyweight. The film clips, documenting fashion shoots and capturing the tactual glamour of models, clothes, shoes and landscapes, show Bourdin’s knack for colour and form. It is almost worth going for the impressive sceneography alone. Mirrored rooms, film clips projected [...]
Workshop of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Pieter Bruegel the Younger, The Massacre of the innocents at Bethlehem, c. 1566 – 1567
As a foil to the Louvre’s Renaissance sensation Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, the musée Jacquemart-André is exhibiting masterpieces from the Brukenthal collection of Flemish masterpieces from the 16th and 17th centuries. Set out thematically, the small [...]
Paul Nougé, La Jongleuse, from the series Subversion des images, 1929-1930
The title of Pompidou’s new surrealist extravaganza La Subversion des images: surrealism, photography, film, comes from a series of photos by Belgian surrealist Paul Nougé (see above), where improbable dreamlike scenarios appear in everyday surroundings. The exhibition brings together photographs, film and documents, exploring the [...]
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Phantoms of Nabua, 2009
Primitive is the latest project of artist and film maker, Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Inspired by the discovery of Nabua, a town in north east Thailand, eight short films follow local youth and evoke Nabua’s brutal past as a site of violence against ‘communist insurgents’ (in fact many were just innocent farmers) [...]