Les Roses de Fantin Latour
Roses (détail), 1889, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon Hommage au Musée du Luxembourg en > 150 oeuvres Sur Les Roses de Fantin-Latour, le poète Paul Claudel a écrit : “Chaque tableau […]
Roses (détail), 1889, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon Hommage au Musée du Luxembourg en > 150 oeuvres Sur Les Roses de Fantin-Latour, le poète Paul Claudel a écrit : “Chaque tableau […]
Mystère, représentation et philosophie, un angle inédit J’ai vu l’expo la plus attendue de la rentrée : Magritte au Centre Pompidou. L’exposition offre une approche inédite du peintre surréaliste belge, […]
Abstract Expressionism was a phenomenon “Wow… wow…” said my art husband ‘J’, as we moved from room to room, “the Royal Academy exhibition is the “greatest hits” of Abstract Expressionism”. […]
Flowers = symbol of eroticism? This year, I learnt that flowers are a symbol of eroticism (Georgia O’Keeffe at Tate, Dorothea Tanning at Alison Jacques, Araki at Musée Guimet). Critics, […]
Hockney A Bigger Splash 1967, on display at Tate Britain (not in the RA exhibition) When I think of David Hockney (b. 1937), I think of his paintings of swimming […]
Landmark show of at the MoMA in 1976 William Eggleston (b. 1939 – Memphis, Tennessee, US) is best known for his “snapshot” style, banal subjects and, most importantly, for being […]
I write mostly about the exhibitions that I have enjoyed/loved, Ragnar Kjartansson’s show (b. 1976, Reykjavik, Iceland) at Barbican Art Gallery joins the list. I didn’t expect to like […]
Grater, nails, slicer, strainer, electric current, cages: works by Mona Hatoum (b. 1952 in Beirut) appear hostile. Hatoum was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Palestinian family, although her works […]
Most known for his controversial ‘Piss Christ’ I didn’t know what to expect going to ‘Andres Serrano Uncensored photographs’ at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels. […]
The Lille show would have been a blockbuster if held in Paris or London The best Modigliani exhibition I have ever seen is currently in Lille, North of France – […]