Patrice Rambaud aka ‘L’œil du pigeon’ is a trained architect and talented urban illustrator with a fantastic eye for Paris. He has already self-published an atmospheric and offbeat look at the city’s 20th arrondissement – but he needs your help to complete the other 19 districts! “All of the pictures are sketches that I do as I’m walking around the city, [...]
Covering two floors and over 40,000 square feet at the Grand Palais, “Dynamo: A Century of Light and Movement in Art, 1913-2013” explores a century of art featuring renowned visual artists who played with vision, light and space. Over 170 works including paintings, sculptures, films, and light shows are by artists Ann Veronica Janssens, Anish [...]
Paris Blog fan Kalyn Burns contacted us via our Facebook page to submit the article below. I found it quite edifying! Digital art, or art numérique in French, is capturing the limelight of artistic hotspots throughout the city which are currently housing more mixed media exhibitions than ever before. Many people are eager to learn [...]
A cobalt blue background with a bride and groom hovering near the Eiffel Tower is my immediate image of a Chagall painting. But catch the Marc Chagall exposition at the Musee de Luxembourg until July 21st to see a broader selection of his work. You can almost tell which are his Russian paintings due to [...]
One of many lovely images by painter Robert Lockwood. See more here.
“Momentané” is the terrific new design retrospective of the work of brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Following the meteoric rise of these forward-thinking French designers, the exhibit closely retraces 15 years of all aspects of their prolific output. From limited-edition furniture to high quality mass-produced work, the versatility along with smart design is apparent in [...]
We’re close to 100 years since the premiere, in Paris, of Stravinsky’s avant garde “The Rite of Spring.” Vaslav Nijinsky choreographed what was called a “violet” ballet by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes company. Here’s an NPR story on the groundbreaking work, which cause the 1913 audience to literally flip out (first by shouting, then by fistfights). [...]
I love going to Portes Ouvertes, or weekends where artists in a selected neighborhood open their ateliers for visitors to come and check out their working spaces (often also their homes) and view their work. It can also be a great opportunity to buy art directly from the artist, often at a lower price than you’d [...]
You’ve heard of the proverbial woman with a past. Well, these jewelry pieces have a past. A jewelry designer in L.A. made the cuff bracelets from vintage French sequins and beads (among other materials). The person she bought the elements from told her the provenance was decades-old stage costumes from France. I love imagining what [...]
May is a great time in Paris, as it kicks off the free music season. It all begins with the annual Festival Jazz Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a fortnight-plus fiesta of all forms of the art from swing to gypsy to modern (“cool”) jazz in an assortment of concerts all over Paris (many of which are free). This [...]
