Paris, France — There are the skinny heads so characteristic of Alberto Giacometti’s skinny sculptures and there are the hidden, giant or partial heads, often brightly colored with layers of paint of […]
Talking Heads
Friends
Paris, France —Balance and the loss thereof, existentialism, a hand and a room of one’s own are all highlights of an exhibition being played out at the Institut Giacometti in the heart […]
A Precarious Palace
Paris, France —It’s time to return to the Institut Giacometti—the Giacometti Institute in the heart of the Montparnasse neighborhood of Paris, a neighborhood with a deep connection to art and artists. The […]
Juxtaposing Giacometti
Paris, France —- They never met, though they were contemporaries. Neither one of them particularly liked to travel. They were Alberto Giacometti best known for his sculptures and Giorgio Morandi, the Italian […]
Cult: Color Me Giacometti
Paris, France —These are the painted sculptures. The secret sculptures. These are the sculptures that Alberto Giacometti painted, painted in often seemingly funky colours like deep orange. The Fondation Giacometti Institut located […]
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 […]
Critic’s Choice: When the Nose Knows
Paris, France —The nose and Alberto Giacometti’s fascination with it are being played out in an original exhibition at the Insitut Giacometti bringing together the artist’s sculptured renderings of the nose as […]
Her Name Was Annette, Annette Giacometti
Sculptor, painter, draftsman, writer, Swiss-born Alberto Giacometti moved to Paris in 1922 and lived and worked there while studying under the great sculptor Antoine Bourdelle. He would ultimately become one of the […]
Juxtaposing Giacomettti
Paris, France — It is one of the Parisian gems tucked away in the Montparnasse neighborhood, a neighborhood that has historically been the predilection of artists, among them Alberto Giacometti. Sculptor, painter, […]
A Journey with Giacometti
Paris, France — Sculptor, painter, draftsman, writer, Alberto Giacometti moved to Paris in 1922 and lived and worked there while studying under the great sculptor Antoine Bourdelle. He would ultimately become one […]
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