Centre Pompidou-Metz

The provincial French town of Metz, 3 hours east of Paris, is soon to become a new art destination thanks to this spring’s opening of a ‘branch’ of Paris’s Pompidou Centre, marking the first decentralisation of a French public cultural institution. Like its Paris sibling, the Centre Pompidou-Metz will be dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century [...]

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster in New York

French videaste Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster has been active on the New York art scene since 2008. After participating in a group exhibition ‘theanyspacewhatever’ at the Guggenheim last year, she’s now presenting her first major solo show in the US – Chronotopes & Dioramas – at the Hispanic Society of America (until 18 April 2010). Commissioned by [...]

Hotel Ermitage, St Tropez

The inimitable, ubiquitous André has expanded his empire to the Côte d’Azur, with a sun-drenched, pétanque-playing cousin to Paris’ wonderful little Hotel Amour, the Ermitage Hotel. The low-key, 27-room hotel is scattered with unique vintage and designer furniture, including rare pieces by Mathieu Matégot, Jean Prouvé and Ettore Sottsass (all personally selected by André), and [...]

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