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Marcel Readily Made Paintings, Even. Marcel Duchamp at Centre Pompidou
(Paris.) L.H.O.O.Q. Not to confuse with L.V.M.H., the name of Bernard Arnault’s little shop of luxury, that is indirectly honoured on...
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Nov 3, 2014
The Godzilla of Drawing: Hokusai at Grand Palais
(Paris.) “Evening, and a lowly servant sat beneath the Rashomon, waiting for the rain to end.” These are the first words from Ryunosuke...
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Oct 22, 2014
Big Girls: Niki de Saint Phalle at Grand Palais
(Paris.) It was a more than slightly embarrassing moment when, having lived for years in France and deeming myself no longer a stammering...
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Oct 8, 2014
You Really Don’t Look Your Age! Thirty Years of Cartier Foundation
(Paris.) If Fondation Cartier were a wearer of Cartier jewellery, this would be the time to stop counting years and celebrate her 29th...
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Jul 24, 2014
Put Them Up Against the Wall: Le Mur at La Maison Rouge
(Paris.) La Maison Rouge, as we all know, is the pastime of choice for supermarket heir Antoine de Galbert. His foundation either...
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Jul 21, 2014
Under the Skin: Tattoo Art and Tiki (no Taka) at Musée du quai Branly
(Paris.) Opened in 2006 as the pet project of President Chirac, Musée du Quai Branly tries hard to be the 21th Century version of an...
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Jul 15, 2014
Martial Arts at Centre Pompidou
(Paris.) Let’s start with our apologies: If you’ve clicked the title in hope to read about the free performances given at Centre Pompidou...
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Jul 7, 2014
The (W)Hole Art of Lucio Fontana at the MAMVP
Paris. In a big retrospective show, the MAMVP (Municipal Modern Art Museum of Paris) presents Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) as an artist who...
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May 26, 2014
White Space, No Cubes: Ilya and Emilia Kabakov’s “Strange City” at Monumenta Grand Palais
(Paris.) Earlier editions of Grand Palais’ Monumenta series have brought us excellent installations from the likes of Richard Serra...
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May 15, 2014
Sky's the Limit? L'état du ciel at Palais de Tokyo
(Paris.) Previously on PdT: In February, the Palais de Tokyo presented the first instalment of its exhibition series L’état du ciel (The...
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May 7, 2014
Art and Press: Martin Parr at the MEP vs. Henri Cartier-Bresson at the Centre Pompidou
(Paris.) Two heavyweights are competing for the most successful photo show this spring: In the red corner the “Godfather of...
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Apr 10, 2014
Bare Naked Sculptures: Robert Mapplethorpe at Grand Palais
(Paris.) The Grand Palais completes the Parisian photo circuit with a show dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe, that adds to Cartier-Bresson...
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Apr 10, 2014
Paris, Your Collectors. Gagosian and Marmottan
(Paris.) It’s common knowledge that the importance of the classic European model of publicly financed art museums is constantly...
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Apr 1, 2014
Let's Get VIOLAted: Bill Viola at the Grand Palais
(Paris.) To fully appreciate the works of Bill Viola – one of today’s most relevant video artists and currently on show at the Grand...
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Mar 20, 2014
I want to believe: Astralis at Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton
(Paris.) Louis Vuitton Foundation’s exhibition space on the Champs Elysees never gets the attention it deserves. We’ve said it in the...
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Mar 6, 2014
On the Road with Robert Adams and Mathieu Pernot, at Jeu de Paume
(Paris.) Our Parents, Our Children. Along, Some Rivers. Eden, Colorado. From the Missouri West. Cotton Woods. - What sounds like country...
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Feb 14, 2014
Le Cube-ism: New Media gets arty with Nexus Productions
(Issy-les-moulineux.) Le Cube is an institution dedicated to “art 2.0” and the creative possibilities of new technologies. Which makes it...
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Feb 11, 2014
Let’s go a-hunting: Art-oriente-objet at the Musee de la chasse et de la nature
(Paris.) For an animal rights activist, the Musée de la chasse et de la nature (“Museum of Hunting and Nature”) is a giant morgue that...
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Feb 2, 2014
Hasta la victoria, siempre: Latin America at Fondation Cartier
(Paris.) The recent Cartier exhibition with the marque celebrating itself at Grand Palais was an exception amongst the jeweller’s...
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Jan 25, 2014
Apples’n’Frogs: New York Art at Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery
(Paris.) When an Austrian art dealer orders a British curating legend to select New York artists for a show in his Parisian gallery...
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Jan 21, 2014
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