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May 1, 2024
Marika Takanishi Knowles's monograph focuses on Pierrot’s rise to ubiquity in French culture
February 24, 2024
A grandiose universe in the heart of the city
July 19, 2023
On “Engraving the Light: The Engraving, in One Hundred Masterpieces from Dürer to Picasso” at the Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris.
January 28, 2023
The architecture and location of the Palais Garnier are intertwined with the history of France and Paris (and a famous phantom).
June 11, 2022
Arts ministers say the 400-year-old religious painting should be kept in the UK for the benefit of the public
February 15, 2022
This week we include shows at the Hispanic Society Museum and Library, the Newark Museum of Art, the Hole, and Mitchell-Innes and Nash.
July 27, 2021
Grand Siècle and Enlightenment (second half of the 17th—end of the 18th centuries) International recognition of French creativity in the arts, literature, and science formed an integral part of Louis XIVs strategy to dominate European culture. Recognizing that political power lay in cultural superiority, and assisted by his minister, Colbert (Controller General of the Finances, 1662–1683), Louis XIV (1643–1715) initiated an all-encom...
May 29, 2021
It is reckoned that it would take around ten years to see all the exhibits in the collection of St. Petersburg’s and Russia’s most fam
May 29, 2021
It is reckoned that it would take around ten years to see all the exhibits in the collection of St. Petersburg’s and Russia’s most famous museum. So to save you a bit of time, we have selected the 25 most unmissable.