Here is an initiative which must be heartily applauded. The Dynasty exhibition is being held simultaneously at the Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris and at the Palais de Tokyo. It brings together 40 young artists who will each exhibit one piece at each venue. It is like an echo from the future, [...]
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Jun 10
Jun 10
Willy Ronis – a century of politically aware poetry
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Almost a year after his death, the Monnaie de Paris pays tribute to Willy Ronis who would have been 100 in August. The 150 photographs, some of which are being seen for the first time, are divided into five themes: the street, work, travel, the body and Willy Ronis’s own life. The photographer always wanted [...]
Read the rest of this entryFollowing publication of his autobiography by Grasset, it is definitely Takeshi Kitano’s year in France. And this man for all seasons, indefinable and wonderfully offbeat and the man of the moment in Japan, is coming to the Cartier Foundation to exhibit his pictures. Because this 63-year-old has more than one string to his bow, which [...]
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Apr 10
Apr 10
The Lalannes: union, animals and exhibition
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Les Arts Décoratifs pay tribute to the Lalannes. A rare retrospective in many ways. Their subject first. Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, a couple of artists united in a creativity they always exhibit together, to such an extent that they merge to become one in the public’s minds. Secondly, their medium. The Lalannes have taken nature [...]
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