Christian Boltanski (1944-2021)

One of the most important French contemporary artists, honored by a retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in 2019, entitled "Faire son temps" ("Doing His Time"), died yesterday at 76 years old. His films and installations evoke memory, absence and existential angst in the face of death. 

Christian Boltanski, who passed away on July 14, left a number of iconic works that will be exhibited simultaneously by the Centre Pompidou, the Opéra Comique, the Château de Versailles and the Louvre starting October 12. They will be visible in places such as the Chapel of Versailles or the plaza of Beaubourg.

A series of exhibitions and events at Paris’ Centre Pompidou, Louvre Museum and the Chateau of Versailles will honor the late French conceptual artist. These will include a restaging of the opera Fosse – devised by Boltanski, Jean Kalman and Franck Krwczyk - on October 12 at the Pompidou. (TAN)

Born to Ukrainian Jewish parents who fled the Nazis, "Christian (Boltanski) would never have agreed to present an exhibition in this context," said his heirs, canceling the event that was scheduled to open in St. Petersburg today. It was to be the first solo show in Russia of the artist who died in 2021. 

The co-director of MAD, Olivier Gabet, will stage the oeuvre of the world’s most celebrated shoemaker in an exhibition at the Palais de la Porte Dorée, a spot cherished by Christian Louboutin and of which he is the primary sponsor, as he discussed in a recent interview with La Gazette.

A leading Norwegian painter, he made his career outside his homeland at the end of the 19th century. This painting illustrates the technical sophistication and refinement of his brushwork.

Archaeologists in Egypt’s Western Desert have discovered ruins that reveal the “nature of monastic life” in the fifth century CE. Religious inscriptions and biblical passages in Greek are inscribed on the walls of several churches and monk’s cells. (Guardian)

Christian Vrouyr, an Antwerp gallery owner specialising in antique carpets, has been BRAFA's General Secretary for the past fifteen years and a member of its Board since 2015. This is his 64th participation in a fair now celebrating its 65th anniversary.

“Christian Louboutin l’exhibitioniste chapitre 2” runs until August 28 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. It offers the public new perspectives on the creator’s work and includes previously unpublished items, such as Anne and Patrick Poirier’s Les Ruines d’Egypte on loan from the Manufacture de Sèvres.

The former real estate developer and collector passed away on October 18 at the age of 85.