ART: Jean-Jacques Lebel at La Maison Rouge

[ 25 October 2009 to 17 January 2010. ] La Maison Rouge honors celebrated French artist, critic, curator, agitator, and smuggler Jean-Jacques Lebel in its exhibition entitled ‘Soulèvements’ (Uprisings).

http://www.lamaisonrouge.org

ART: Serge Leblon at La B.A.N.K.

[ 5 November 2009 to 2 January 2010. ] In his second solo exhibition at La B.A.N.K. Belgian fashion photographer Serge Leblon presents a series of large-scale photographic prints.

ART: Isadora Duncan exhibition at Musée Bourdelle

[ 20 November 2009 to 14 March 2010. ] The Musée Bourdelle pays hommage to the exceptional and tragic life of Isadora Duncan (1877 – 1927), one of the pioneers of modern dance, in an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs.

ART: Vuk Vidor at Galerie Magda Danysz

[ 28 November 2009 to 24 December 2009. ] In his show entitled Superheroes Serbian-French artist Vuk Vidor uses the language of pop to examine the ever-expanding power of the United States.

www.magda-gallery.com

La Semaine du Fooding

[ 30 November 2009 to 7 December 2009. ] The annual week-long celebration of gluttony, which marries fine ingredients, excellent alcohols, surprising venues, Paris’ best chefs and a hungry public, all brought to you by that uncouth bunch of gastronomic hipsters Le Fooding. Find the complete program here and to participate, reserve online the day before. The festival is crowned on Mon 7 with [...]

record price for Charlotte Perriand table

A one-off luxury extensible table, a chromed, lacquered metal and linoleum table on wheels, by Charlotte Perriand (1930) was sold for the record price of 504 750 euros at Sotheby’s Paris last Wed 25 Nov.
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Jeanne-Claude dies suddenly in New York

Jeanne-Claude, of Jeanne-Claude & Christo fame, died suddenly from a stroke on 18 Nov. Here is the announcement from the artists’ site.
“Jeanne-Claude, 74, American artist and resident of New York City, died suddenly November 18, 2009 as a result of complications due to a ruptured brain aneurysm.
Christo is deeply saddened by the passing of his [...]

The Pompidou Centre still on strike

The Centre Pompidou continues its strike, which began on Mon 23 November, to protest against a new policy of reducing personnel by replacing only 1 employee out of 2 who leaves for retirement, and thus reducing the number of positions in the museum, by 26 in 2010 then 23 in 2011. There’s also discontent in [...]

La Grande Roue is back

The magical ferris wheel, installed at the western tip of the Tuileries Gardens, and lit up in pink at night, is back until 30 Dec (10.30am-midnight; 10€ adults/ 5€ children). Take a look at this video, taken last year by the Mairie de Paris, in which you get a bird’s eye view of [...]

ART: Wunderkammer – Inventory of a Myth

[ 30 November 2009; 18:30; ] On the occassion of writer/scholar Umberto Eco’s monthlong residency of the Louvre, a conference exploring the wunderkammer (cabinet of curiosities) as the origin of the museum.  Tickets from 2€.

www.museedulouvre.fr

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