The first retrospective in Paris of the work of the Dutch modern artist Charley Toorop (1891–1955). Toorop began working in the early decades of the 20th century, and spent several years in both Amsterdam and Paris. Influenced by both cubism and avant-garde cinema, Toorop’s style of painting is predominantly realist. [...] [...]
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Warhols, Stellas, Duchamps, and Harings have all yielded to the hand of American conceptual artist Elaine Sturtevant. Best known for faithfully reproducing the works of these canonical artists, Sturtevant interrogates 20-century notions of authorship and originality in a modern world where images are so endlessly (and easily) duplicated. The Musée d’Art Moderne is hosting Sturtevant’s [...] [...] Primitive is the latest project of Thai artist and film-maker, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, currently on show (until 3 Jan) at the Musée d’art moderne. Inspired by the discovery of Nabua, a town in north east Thailand, eight short films follow local youth and evoke Nabua’s brutal past as a site of violence against ‘communist insurgents’ (in [...] [...] |
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