Tag: Paris
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An Alexander Calder Retrospective in Paris Underscores His Inventiveness
Object with Red Discs</em>, 1931″,”description”:”ntttt nnnnnnn ntBy 1930 Calder sought to distance himself from what had brought him early recognition. His discovery of Piet Mondrianu2019s studio at 16 Rue du Du00e9part in Paris that October acted as a catalyst for his turn toward nonfigurative art. Calder later recalled that the visit gave him u201cthe shock read more
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Controversial Right-Wing French Culture Minister Stepping Down to Run for Mayor of Paris
Rachida Dati, France‘s culture minister, is stepping down from her post to run for mayor of Paris in next month’s election, she told the Financial Times in an interview Wednesday. Dati was appointed minister of culture by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in 2024 as part of President Emmanuel Macron’s new-look centrist cabinet, following an election read more
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Mitchell Johnson’s Personal Color at Galerie Mercier in Paris
Announcement Intimate paintings spanning nearly four decades of the artist’s career are on view at the gallery from February 28 to March 21. Mitchell Johnson “Red Stairwell (Rue Guisarde)” (2025), 16×24 inches, oil on canvas (©Mitchell Johnson, 2026) In his continued exploration of color, shape, and scale, American painter Mitchell Johnson presents 25 intimate paintings read more
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A Major Survey in Paris Chronicles Leonora Carrington's Esoteric Surrealism
Multiple-headed deities, strange woodland feasts, plants with sprite-like faces, and worlds floating on animals’ backs are just a few of the dreamlike occurrences in the work of Leonora Carrington (1917-2011). The British-Mexican artist, born into an upper-class family in Lancashire, was fascinated by the notion of “other.” She immersed herself in fairytales and folk stories read more
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Two Paris Museums Get More Than a Dozen Works by Christo and Jeanne-Claude
The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation, the organization that stewards the legacy of the iconic artist duo who wrapped large structures in fabric, has donated 14 artworks to two museums in Paris. The artists’ ties to the city are well documented. In 2021, a year after Christo’s death at 84, the artists’ 1962 plan to wrap read more
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