PHOTO: ‘Paris inondé 1910′ at Galerie des Bibliothèques

[ 8 January 2010 to 28 March 2010. ] One hundred years ago, in the last week of January 1910, Paris suffered one of the worst floods in the city’s history. The city was paralyzed: public transport came to a stand still, the sewers burst, and there was no electricity. The Galerie des Bibliothèques presents over 200 documents relating to the floods, including photographs, [...] [...]

ART: Dario Escobar at Kamel Mennour

[ 11 January 2010 12:00 to 6 February 2010 12:00. ] This Guatemalan artist represented Latin America last year at the Venice Biennale, with his installation Kulkulkan. Kulkulkan has now taken residence chez Kamel Mennour, until 6 Feb, and is the artist’s first solo exhibition in France. A mass of undulating slashed and woven bike tires hang like a forest of snakes from the gallery ceiling. [...] [...]

ART: Hernan Bas at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

[ 11 January 2010 12:00 to 13 March 2010 12:00. ] Contemporary American artist Hernan Bas exhibits a collection of paintings depicting a solitary figure lost within turbulent and abstracted landscapes. Bas produces large canvases with bold, visible brush strokes showing landscapes that verge on the sublime, with their menacing skies and majestic grey mountains. In each of these charged landscapes is a lone and contemplative [...] [...]

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