ART: Elles at Centre Pompidou

[ 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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ART: Né Dans La Rue at Fondation Cartier

[ 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 [...]

FASHION: Madeleine Vionnet

[ 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 [...]

ART: Antidote 5 at Galeries Lafayette

[ 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/

ART: ‘Art Nouveau Revival’ at Musée d’Orsay

[ 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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ART: Fellini at Jeu de Paume

[ 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/

ART: Joseph Kosuth at the Louvre

[ 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.
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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.

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