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Art and Culture

Canova, eternal beauty
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
The very rare and exquisite Alana collection is on show at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris. An overview of Italian painting from Gothic art to…
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.…
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Talent has no age for Boucher
The flames of love that recall Versailles
Le Bal des Quat'z’Arts at the Carnavalet
"The beauty of the gesture" at Sèvres: Musée national de Céramique
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The artist residency Saint-Ange chooses its 2020 laureates
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Luxembourg & Dayan and Venus Over Manhattan galleries join forces to open new space in the Hamptons
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Guggenheim launches investigation into complaints of racism and mismanagement
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Renaissance portraits together again after 125 years
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Analyses
Le Bal des Quat'z’Arts at the Carnavalet
Abel-Truchet's painting depicts the capital's wild nightlife with…
Heritage
The Villa Majorelle: totally Art Nouveau
The amazing Villa Majorelle in Nancy stands at the crossroads between…
Exhibitions
"The beauty of the gesture" at Sèvres: Musée national…
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…
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,…