Paris, France — There is Jeppe the cat resting in sand heated by the sun. A white hare in winter leaving his footprints behind him in the snow. A highly detailed portrait […]
It’s a Natural World
Imperial Splendors: Marvels of the Ming Dynasty
Paris, France —A gold phoenix hairpin, a sceptre of gemstones and jade. The court of the Ming Dynasty, which ruled from 1368 until 1644, has made its way to the French capital […]
The Attraction of Antiquity
Paris, France — It turned out to be one of the highlights of the incredibly rich artful autumn in Paris which is traditionally peppered with art fairs, exhibition openings and glamorous gallery […]
Critic’s Choice: Football: A Fierce Field Filmed
Paris, France — It was a pre-season football game. American football. It was August 12th, 1978 when Jack Tatum, a defensive back for the Oakland Raiders hit Darryl Stingley, a wide receiver […]
A Dynamic Dinosaur Descends on Dampierre
Dampierre-en-Yvelines —His name is Vulcain and he is a gigantic Apatosaurus that roamed the face of the Earth in the Late Jurassic period some 160 million years ago. But today he, or […]
Olympic Outing: The Best of the Bicycle
Sceaux, France — A bicycle built for six. How about a steam powered bicycle, perhaps less polluting than an electrical bicycle. Or perhaps a rather unstable looking penny-farthing, better known as a […]
It’s a Birthday Party at l’Atelier moulage GrandPalaisRmn Casting Workshop with 230 Casts on the Block Celebrating 230 Years of Savoir Faire
La Plaine Saint Denis, France — This is a unique spot, one of the most unique in all the land. This is the l’Atelier moulage GrandPalaisRmn, (the plaster casts workshop) where for […]
East Meets West Once Again at the Guimet
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 […]
Mania, Prehistoric Mania
Paris, France — These were the copyists. But they weren’t sitting comfortably in a museum copying works of art on a building wall. They braved deserts and caves often hanging from a […]
Very Van Gogh
Paris, France — It is one of the great exhibitions of the season in Paris: Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise, the Final Months, bringing together the works produced by Van Gogh during the […]
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