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Espace Louis Vuitton München opens a new exhibition dedicated to French artist Cyprien Gaillard Cyprien Gaillard, Real Remnants of Fictive Wars V, 2004. © Cyprien Gaillard. Courtesy of Sprüth Magers and Gladstone Gallery. MUNICH .-The Espace Louis Vuitton München is presenting Wolkengarten, a new exhibition dedicated to French artist Cyprien Gaillard. The works belong to the collection and are presented within the framework of the Fondation Louis Vuitton “Hors-les-murs” programme. Cyprien Gaillard was born in Paris, France in 1980. In the form of sculptures, videos, engravings, photogr...

The ruin-strewn landscapes of Hubert Robert How Hubert Robert assembled new worlds with the tumbled remains of the classical past. If Hubert Robert was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth his at least was silver-gilt. His parents were personal assistants to the diplomat and courtier the Marquis de Stainville and the Marquise, and so he grew up as an adjunct to a high status family. The connection gave him both access to a classical education and an entrée into an aristocratic world of would-be patrons. Where others might be awed, throughout his career Robert was known for the easy wa...