It has already been 32 years since the Steven Spielberg movie Jurassic Park came to the silver screen bringing to life the dinosaurs that roamed and rumbled the Earth 65 million years […]
Moments in Time: Jurassic Park Time
Delving into Drawings
Paris, France — The 33rd Salon du Dessin, the annual and very international Drawing Art Show in Paris, drew to a resounding and record-breaking close last March 31st in the beautifully-appointed Palais […]
Critic’s Choice: Hannelore Baron Blooms in Paris
Paris, France — She used the simplest of materials like paper, cloth and ink to create her powerful collages and box assemblages. The German-American collage artist Hannelore Baron was little known during […]
The Enduring Eggs of Easter Time
Even the French supermarket chain Carrefour brought out its own Easter collection of whimsical springtime animals shaped like Easter eggs. Photo courtesy Carrefour. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Paris, France — Easter […]
A Royal Abbey, Roses and the Heritage of a Hermit
The Royal Abbey of Saint-Riquier in the Somme administrative department of what was once the province of Picardy is regarded as a jewel of Gothic architecture. Founded by a Frankish abbot and […]
Last Chance to See
Paris, France — It is one of the French capital’s most engaging cultural institutions: the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain (The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art). Currently located on the Left Bank […]
Moving Landscapes by the Hand of Man
Paris, France — The devastating effects of phosphate extraction on the tiny island of Nauru. The litter from space exploration sprinkled throughout the great Sonoran desert of the American southwest. The rice […]
Critic’s Choice: The Dream-Like World of Tim Hailand
Jouy-en-Josas, France — Demi Moore as a tree. Dancer and choreographer Stephen Galloway emerges in a flurry of flora. The self-portrait of the artist in a row boat in Monet’s waterlily-filled pond. […]
Onward into the Orchids
Paris, France — An opulent orchid exhibition is underway in one of the delightful greenhouses of the Botanical Gardens of France’s National History Museum in Paris, taking the visitor on a journey […]
When Johnny Depp Draws for Deyrolle
Paris, France —It is a unique Parisian landmark. He is a Hollywood star imbued with musical and artistic talents. So when the great curiosity cabinet and scientific institution of Deyrolle collaborates with […]
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