by m.osucha on Tue 01 Dec 09
[ 2 June 2009 to 1 June 2010. ] Elles@Centre Pompidou presents 500 works by over 200 women artists, from canonical figures such as Sonia Delaunay and Frida Kahlo to such contemporary artists as Annette Messager and Louise Boureois.
www.centrepompidou.fr
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by admin on Sun 13 Sep 09
[ 7 July 2009 to 10 January 2010. ] Examining the birth of a street culture tantamount to an artistic movement, the Fondation Cartier’s extensive graffiti exhibition proves the validity of this expressive medium. Frequently dismissed as mere vandalism, graffiti and street art include richly expressive works by talented artists who, in the course of their work, reconfigure relationships to urban space: once painted [...]
by admin on Mon 14 Sep 09
[ 14 September 2009 to 31 January 2010. ] With all the recent agonising over Chanel’s legacy, you might be starting to believe that fashion was a barren wasteland before Coco de-boned the corset. In the business of beauty, blazing celebrity and a juicy personal life too often eclipse sober genius and artistic purity. Madeleine Vionnet is one of those uncompromising revolutionaries, appreciated by [...]
by admin on Sun 13 Sep 09
[ 15 September 2009 to 19 December 2009. ] A first-rate multi-disciplinary festival covering theatre, dance, visual arts, and music.
Highlights from the program this year include:
Merce Cunningham’s company pay homage to the visionary dancer and choreographer, who passed away this year, with a late piece, Nearly Ninety. A giant-scale work poised between rigor and chaos, featuring 13 dancers in solo, duo and trio pieces. [...]
by m.osucha on Tue 03 Nov 09
[ 20 October 2009 to 9 January 2010. ] In its fifth year, the Galerie des Galeries’ annual Antidote exhibition features the work of ten emmerging French artists: Dove Allouche, Pierre-Olivier Arnaud, Sophie Bueno-Boutellier, Etienne Chambaud, Isabelle Cornaro, Aurélien Froment, Mark Geffriaud, Laurent Montaron, Jimmy Robert, and Clément Rodzielski.
http://www.galerieslafayette.com/
by m.osucha on Wed 25 Nov 09
[ 20 October 2009 to 4 February 2010. ] An exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay examining the relationship between 19th century Art Nouveau and its 1960s reincarnation. Purchase tickets online (and avoid the queue) via Fnac.
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by m.osucha on Tue 03 Nov 09
[ 20 October 2009 to 17 January 2010. ] As that seminal work of Italian cinema – La Dolce Vita – nears its 50th anniversary, the Jeu de Paume celebrates with a retrospective of Frederico Fellini’s films and his life behind the camera. Visitors to the exhibition recieve a discount to screenings of Fellini’s films at the Cinémathèque Française.
http://www.jeudepaume.org/
by m.osucha on Tue 03 Nov 09
[ 21 October 2009 to 20 December 2009. ] In tandem with the Jeu de Paume’s retrospective of Frederico Fellini, La Cinémathèque Française is screening several of his films. Visitors to the Jeu de Paume exhibition are offered a discount on admission to the Cinémathèque.
http://www.cinematheque.fr/
by admin on Mon 14 Dec 09
[ 22 October 2009 13:00 to 29 April 2010 18:00. ] American conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth has fitted the Louvre with his most recent installation, Ni apparence ni illusion (Neither Appearance Nor Illusion). Illuminating the Louvre’s subterranean, medieval foundations with the eerie miasma of white neon, Kosuth has crafted fifteen obscure French phrases and cast them in neon tubing, distributing them along the passages’ stony walls.
Until [...]
by m.osucha on Tue 03 Nov 09
[ 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
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