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Art and Culture

Goya under review
Giordano: the many-facetted artist on show in Paris
Marie-Antoinette: metamorphoses of an image
Respect, Monsieur Lautrec!
Alana Collection: the Italian exception
Bacon's reading: the dangers of the too-exclusive
The Centre Pompidou, in Paris, is exploring Francis Bacon's literary pantheon in relation to fifty-odd works dating from the end of his life. An overly…
Tony Cragg at Boboli
The combination of the extraordinary setting of the Boboli gardens and the monumental sculptures of Tony Cragg (b. 1949) works marvellously.
Balenciaga and Spanish painting
The famous designer proved a worthy successor to the great Spanish masters, in a summer exhibition at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum.
Berthe Morisot: from obscurity to light
Forgotten in the early 20 th century, this key figure in Impressionism was rediscovered during the 1970s. The Musée d’Orsay is now doing her justice.…
Félix Fénéon's wild instincts
On 11 and 13 June 1947, Drouot auctioned one of the first major non-western art collections: Félix Fénéon's, with its 457 pieces. It was historic in…
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Biron Collection: speech is silver
Marianne Rosenberg: fundamentals and determination
Becca Cason Thrash: the million-dollar lady
Henry IV's right-hand man
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28 January 2020 - 18:00
Nazi loot claim over one of the Met’s Picassos brought to the U.S. Supreme Court
28 January 2020 - 16:03
Smithsonian collaborative exhibition with V&A East will be temporary
28 January 2020 - 14:47
The past fortnight has seen the loss of artists Gordon Smith (b. 1919), Santu Mofokeng (b. 1956) and Jason Polan (b. 1982)
28 January 2020 - 11:08
Zineb Sedira tapped to represent France at 2021 Venice Biennale
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Analyses
Arter: a new showcase for contemporary art
With its well-conceived architecture, a far cry from aesthetic effects…
Heritage
At first glance, it's just a door...
But the history of this door, which opened to all France's monarchs…
Exhibitions
Goya under review
Doing away with many preconceived ideas and over-enthusiastic attributions,…
Dora Maar, the hidden woman
Photographer, painter, activist: Dora Maar was much more than The Weeping Woman Picasso painted in 1937. The Centre Pompidou retrospective, Paris,…
Fantasy versions of Versailles
Here we see things that never happened, but might have, with the many faces of Versailles: residence of sovereigns from Louis XIV to Louis-Philippe.…
Venice Biennale: a lacklustre year
Ralph Rugoff is head curator of the international selection of the 58 th Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art at the Arsenale and in the central pavilion,…
Luc Tuymans: beneath the skin
The Palazzo Grassi is featuring his art of avoidance before a retrospective scheduled this summer at Tilburg, in the Netherlands.