Paris, France — A joyful exhibition is unfolding at the Musée Guimet, France’s national museum devoted to the arts of Asia. Chinese artist T’ang Haywen, who grew up in Vietnam, arrived in […]
East Meets West Once Again at the Guimet
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 Pasteur Pivot
Paris, France – It is an intriguing world that unfolds in a stunning 19th century mansion in the Plaine Monceau district bordering the highly scenic Parc Monceau straddling the 8th and 17th arrondissements of Paris. […]
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. […]
The Middle Ages: from the Magical to the Mystical
Paris, France — A magical and mystical world paying tribute to the Middle Ages is unfolding in Paris at the delightful Musée national Gustave Moreau. Gustave Moreau, the 19th century artist, who […]
In Tribute to the Tribal
Paris, France —India, the world’s largest democracy and a patchwork of peoples. One of these peoples is the Bo Tribe of the Andaman Islands. The last speaker of their language, the Aka-bo […]
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 […]
Azzedine Alaïa: A Collector’s Collector
Paris, France — The great couturier Azzedine Alaïa left behind an enormous legacy to the world of art, style, design and fashion. But not only his unique, precise, ultimately wearable creations but […]
Critic’s Choice: The Viking Heritage of Normandy
The winter solstice is just beyond us in the northern hemisphere as the days grow longer and the sun emerges from its lowest point in the sky to continue to climb high […]
Bollywood, the Bountiful
Paris, France — It is an exuberant exhibition that is unfolding at the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac with colorful costumes, Indian artworks rooted in that country’s rich mythology and history and […]
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