It is an exceptionally creative and glamorous photograph that set a milestone price for a living photographer last June 8th during the Monaco Car Auction at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The […]
Critic’s Choice: The Fine Eye of Philippe Shangti
Women in Wartime
Deauville, France — As commemorations get underway for the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6th, other at times forgotten heroes of the war are being honered in an exhibition of large […]
A Revealing Roversi Retrospective
Paris, France — The Italian photographer Paolo Roversi was born in the scenic Italian city of Ravenna, known for its incredible mosaics, in 1947. It was the same year that Edwin Herbert […]
Fencing, Anyone?
Paris, France —As Paris and all of France gears up for the Olympic and Paralymic Games, sports are even making their way into the country’s monuments. The Centre des Monuments nationaux, the […]
On Inventing Impressionism
Paris, France — The Musée d’Orsay is one of the most visited museums in the French capital and in addition to its fine temporary exhibitions, the main draw is arguably its collection […]
Critic’s Choice: The Fine Art of Formula 1
A new exhibition is being played out at the Almine Rech gallery timed to coincide with the Monaco Grand Prix Formula 1 automobile race on May 26th, possibly Formula 1’s most glamorous […]
Splendid Staging from Sugimoto
Paris, France — A traditional Japanese Noh theater has popped up in Paris and it is surprisingly peopled with the distinctive skinny statues of Alberto Giacometti and the photographs of the world […]
And More of that Great Jazz
Paris, France — There were the mythical venues like the Bilboquet, the Montana, venues in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood of Paris, a neighborhood where the greatest jazz men of the 20th century could […]
Predictions, Predictions
Bourg-en-Bresse, France — Here soothsayers, astrologers, Sibyls, oracles, seers, card readers, psychics, prophetesses and prophets all bearing promising predictions come together. Seeing into the future has been and remains a pastime of […]
Critic’s Choice: Continuing the Contemporary at the Galleria Continua
Paris, France — Mere panels used in construction have been transformed into exciting and eye-catching works of art by the contemporary artist Barbara Bojadzi. She hails from the medieval French town of […]
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