Entries by Hélène

Gribouillage / Scaraboccio

From Leonardo da Vinci to Cy Twombly A major exhibition for works that are not considered such. An exhibition in two components, the fruit of a collaboration between the Villa Medici in Rome and the Fine Arts of Paris. A first part, including a selection of old works of Italian collections, was therefore presented in […]

Années 80

Fashion, Design, Graphics in France A historic decade that resonates in France as a political and artistic turning point in the fields of fashion, design and graphic design, from the election of François Mitterrand in 1981 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The 1980s saw the birth of a new generation of […]

Thomas Demand

The Stutter of History The first major retrospective of Thomas Demand in France, it presents 60 works (photographs, films and wallpapers), covering the major aspects of Demand’s work. What would a history painting look like for a world saturated in images? Something like the work of Thomas Demand. Thomas Demand has spent the last two […]

Couturier – Richier

A sculptural friendship A story of friendship and two parallel artistic courses is the unprecedented meeting that the Dina Vierny gallery presents. An exhibition dedicated to two giants of the French post-war sculpture: Robert Couturier (1905-2008) and Germaine Richier (1902-1959), under the police station of Valérie Da Costa, recognized expert of the two artists. The […]

On the roads of Samarkand

Wonders of silk and gold Sumptuous gold-embroidered chapan coats and accessories from the Emir’s court, painted wooden saddles, silver horse harnesses set with turquoises, precious embroidered suzani hangings, carpets, silk ikats, jewelry and costumes from the nomadic culture as well than about fifteen orientalist paintings: over a course deployed over more than 1100 m² are […]

Matisse – Cahiers D’art

the turn of the 1930s The exhibitions on Matisse are abundant. Among those who approached the different periods of his career, very few have looked specifically in the 1930s. “Matisse. Notebooks, the turn of the 1930s “is devoted exclusively to this decade. In 1930, Matisse left France for a trip to Tahiti, thus voluntarily marking […]

Laurent Lévêque

Dans la merveilleuse histoire des arts décoratifs, les artisans d’art ont une place essentielle. Sans eux rien ne serait possible, ils maîtrisent les techniques traditionnelles et transforment la matière, imaginent et produisent des pièces à la croisée du beau et de l’utile. Impossible donc de ne pas évoquer leur travail à l’occasion de l’exposition Le […]

Maxime Flatry

A seulement 30 ans, Maxime Flatry a déjà un parcours très riche dans l’univers des arts décoratifs. D’abord la mode, puis la joaillerie, avant qu’il ne se laisse rattraper par sa passion du mobilier et de l’Art Déco. Après quelques années de chine et de nombreux collectionneurs qui le suivent, il est très vite adoubé […]

Splendors of the oases of Uzbekistan

The Louvre Museum takes you to the heart of Central Asia, where the names of Samarkand and Bukhara still resonate today, revealing the splendours of the oases of Uzbekistan. Through the selection of nearly 180 masterpieces, the museum goes up the Silk Road, along the caravan routes from the Far East to the Mediterranean to […]

Ossip Zadkine

A life of workshops The sculptor Ossip Zadkine and the painter Valentine Prax, his wife, spent almost forty years together, from 1928 to 1967, in the house, workshops and garden on rue d’Assas. Forty years is precisely the age celebrated this year by the Zadkine museum, which opened in 1982 in this same place, thanks […]

PAVILLON FAUBOURG SAINT-GERMAIN

The spirit of the Pavillon Faubourg Saint-Germain is resolutely Germanopratin: a chic hotel, a café designed as a literary salon, a bistro, a real hotel bar and finally a spa. A true concentrate of the dream life on this side of the Seine. Discreetly luxurious rooms, with pretty materials, colors scattered here and there but […]

PAVILLON FAUBOURG SAINT-GERMAIN

L’esprit du Pavillon Faubourg Saint-Germain se veut résolument germanopratin : un hôtel chic, un café conçu comme un salon littéraire, un bistrot, un vrai bar d’hôtel et enfin un spa. Un véritable concentré de la vie rêvée de ce côté-ci de la Seine. Des chambres au luxe discret, avec de jolies matières, des couleurs disséminées […]