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Art and Culture

Père Lachaise: An Unlikely Source of the “Manif”
The Rodin Museum and Its Bronzes
Enjoying Old Masters at Canesso
The Tubogas: The Amazing Tube That Revolutionized Watchmaking
Yale Art Gallery, the Oldest University Museum in America
Opinion
The Louvre and Cy Twombly: The Ceiling of Discord
The squabble between the Louvre and the Cy Twombly Foundation over the renovation of the s alle des b ronzes, whose ceiling the artist frescoed in…
Exhibitions
"Œuvres Choisies": An Imaginary Menagerie and More
You never know what awaits you in an "Œuvres Choisies" exhibition, the collectively organized shows of objects that most excite dealers in their upcoming…
Analyses
Wols Between Myth and Reality
A fascinating figure of the post-war Parisian art scene, Wols was a genuine myth in the 1950s-1960s. Nicknamed the “French Pollock”, he was mostly…
Cultural Heritage
Audemars-Piguet, Between Modernity and Tradition
The Audemars Piguet museum-workshop unveils its heritage collection in a new avant-garde building, boasting an image halfway between tradition and…
Analyses
The Sublime Dystopian Visions of Superstudio
Their sublime, dystopian visions of the future were extreme and unbuildable, but they influenced a whole generation of architects. Fifty-five years…
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The Crown Diamonds
La Rochepot Castle, a Sleeping Beauty
French Art Potters Take Center Stage in Visionary Collection
Art Deco Stained Glass of Jacques Damon
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3 Generations of Wyeth Painters on View at Farnsworth
20 April 2021 - 08:04
Italian Museums Help Vaccination Campaign
20 April 2021 - 07:08
Wildfire Burns Down Cape Town University’s Historic Campus Library
19 April 2021 - 21:10
Leonora Carrington’s Mexico Home and Studio to Open to the Public
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Analyses
Dismantling the Museum: Dan Hicks on the Benin Bronzes…
In his recent book The Brutish Museum s , Dan Hicks calls for the…
Cultural Heritage
La Rochepot Castle, a Sleeping Beauty
La Rochepot Castle, a proud Burgundian sentinel, has withstood attacks…
Exhibitions
Spain Through American Eyes: A Pioneering Exhibition…
The exhibition “Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920”…
Opinion
Strike MoMA Begins Dismantling One of NYC’s Flagship…
A coalition of New York City community activists, museum workers…
Exhibitions
The Need for an Art of Living
Gathered and restored over ten long years, the collection currently on show – both online and in-person – at the Galerie Meubles et Lumières in Paris,…
Opinion
French State Seizes Historic Saint Denis Windows Right Before Auction
The forced withdrawal from a January 27 Pierre Bergé sale at Drouot of two stained glass windows from the abbey church of Saint Denis  illustrates…
Analyses
French Empress Eugénie: Patron and Collector
When Emperor Napoleon III announced his decision to marry Eugénie María de Montijo de Guzman, Comtesse de Teba in 1853, the imperial family, European…
Exhibitions
Claude Viallat: Still Going Strong
A new show again attests to 85-year-old French artist Claude Viallat ’s ability to do something new while always remaining true to himself.