Claude Debussy was very much inspired by the visual arts, et crossed paths with some very interesting, creative people. This new exhibition at the Orangerie tells more… (lire la suite / continue reading)

A look at the principle Spanish artists of the end of the 19th / beginning of the 20th century, with Picasso in the title to motivate people to come!

photo: JasonW

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Paul Cézanne was one of the rare impressionists ot have spent time studying in Paris only to leave and paint elsewhere – first going the outskirts and nearby countryside, and finally back to his birthplace in Aix-en-Provence. However, Paris inspired him greatly, as the large new exhibition shows…

© RMN / Hervé Lewandowski

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Chassée Croisées means (more or less) « continuous comings and goings », and it’s the name of the latest exhibition by an artist who used to be a member of the team at the Jardin de l’Odéon… (lire la suite / continue reading)

After being shown at the Tate in London, Turner and the Masters at Paris’ Grand Palais places beautiful masterpieces by Canaletto, Rubens, Rembrandt and Titian next to some of JMW Turner’s most dramatic paintings, shining light on a lesser-known side of the British Romantic painter: his obsession to prove he was just as good, if not better, than the old masters who he so admired.

With more than 100 paintings and drawings from British and American collections, as well as loans from the Louvre, the Prado and English museums, this is a very special chance to see a collection of Turner’s work in Paris…

J.M.W. Turner. Faraway river and bay. All rights reserved

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