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Art and Culture

Arter: a new showcase for contemporary art
At first glance, it's just a door...
Goya under review
Prud’hon: the gift of Les Amis du Louvre
Giordano: the many-facetted artist on show in Paris
Exhibitions
Marie-Antoinette: metamorphoses of an image
Analyses
The discreet charm of the Maharajah
After the sale of part of Yeshwant Rao Holkar II's furniture in 1980, Manik Bagh, the palace he built in Indore in 1930, became a legend. In Paris,…
Exhibitions
Respect, Monsieur Lautrec!
Dazzling, ferocious, affable: the eye of Toulouse-Lautrec reveals his immense humanity in the retrospective at the Grand Palais: some two hundred works…
Exhibitions
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…
Analyses
Multiplying Mona Lisas
Mona Lisa's fame can be gauged not just by the hordes of tourists jostling to catch a glimpse of her in her armoured box, but also by the number of…
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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 - 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
28 January 2020 - 09:30
The Getty’s Head with Horns is not a genuine Gauguin
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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,…
Exhibitions
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…
Exhibitions
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.
Heritage
Vaux-le-Vicomte: halfway between the public and private sectors
Fifty years after welcoming its first visitors, the château is facing a new development: the professionalisation of its governance. A real undertaking,…
Heritage
The Benkemoun Villa: an architectural rebirth
This iconic 1970s house, recently restored by the journalist couple Brigitte Benkemoun and Thierry Demaizière, will be reborn this summer during the…