The magic of the Moomins is 80-years-young this year. And for those of you who love or have never heard of these endearing fairy-tale characters from the far north, the Moomins, a […]
Marvelous Moomin Magic
Critic’s Choice: The Animal Kingdom on Emergence
Paris, France — It is one of the French capital’s most unusual museums, and one of its most beautiful as well. Le Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (The Museum […]
Critic’s Choice: Our Cat is Back
Paris, France — One of our favorite characters is back in town just in time for the re-opening of Notre-Dame and he is taking in the town in the most cat-like of […]
An Olympic Outing with an American Artist
Paris, France — She holds an olive branch in one hand and a glowing flame in the other. The monumental official Olympic sculpture for the Paris Olympic Games was created by the […]
Critic’s Choice: A Regeneration
Paris, France —An intriguing exhibition of peaceful and pink works will be unfolding at the Almine Rech gallery in Paris featuring the works of Korean-born artist Minjung Kim. She studied calligraphy and […]
An Air of Arborescence
Sète, France —This is a journey into a secret forest. A forest of brightly colored, at times darkly colored, trees. These are trees rendered in a fashion that hovers between the figurative […]
A Collection’s Collection
L’Isle-Adam, France —L’Isle-Adam is a delightful town in the greater Paris region just 20 miles (32 km) north of Paris nestled on the Left Bank of the picturesque and mighty Oise River. […]
Critic’s Choice: Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Beyond and Behind the Cats
Paris, France — Long before they took over the internet, cats took over the heart and home of the Swiss artist Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, a key figure in the artistic scene in Montmartre […]
Magnetic Montparnasse
Paris, France -Rue de la Grande Chaumière. A mythical street in the mythical Montparnasse neighborhood of Paris. And a haunt of artists past and present: the Japanese-born Fujita settled into a hotel […]
A Foreigner Named Picasso
Paris, France — It is a singular exhibition that is unfolding on the edge of town at the Musée national de l’Histoire de l’Immigration (The museum dedicated to the history of immigration […]
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