Museum Monday

 

 

Came for the AC, stayed for the art.

Above: Raoul Dufy's epic mural

 

 

MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE DE PARIS

 

 Check for current exhibitions

11 Avenue du Président Wilson 75116

 

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“A summer the likes of which I had never seen and never believed possible in our temperate climate: days when the thermometer in the shade rose to 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit), not a single blade of grass, not a single flower by the 1st of July, the trees turning yellow and losing their leaves, the earth cracking open as if to bury us, the terror of running out of water from one day to the next… - George Sand's description of the heatwave in France in September 1870, in her book Le Journal d’un voyageur pendant la guerre ("The Journal of a Traveler During the War") - the Franco-Prussian War - part of a hot dry summer.  - BPJ

 

Art walk

 

 

Gallery hop through Saint-Germain-des-Prés and immerse yourself in timeless charm.

And maybe a spot of champagne.

When: this evening

Starts: around 6:30 PM

Where: rue des Beaux-Arts, rue de Seine, and side streets

 - Meet the artists -

 

Art is always a good idea

 

Currently at Le Grand Palais Champs-Élysées:

Japanese visual artist Chiharu Shiota

"The Soul Trembles"

Ends March 19, 2025

 

Wednesday whimsy

  

For a limited time Louis Vuitton's flagship store on the Champs-Elysées embraces the art of 93-year old Yayoi Kusama whose work has been making waves internationally.

Above: sculptural self-portrait; polka dots and strong colors, a signature of her work

 

 

Why, Chub?

"You know why!"

Above: "When True Love Came" - Roy Lichtenstein

Many Paris galleries are remaining open during les vacances. Be sure and call first.

Tree art

Ugo Rondinone at Galerie Kamel Mennour on rue Saint-André des Arts.  

Miró Miró on the wall

Since the September rentrée Paris has been awash in heavy-hitter artists - Picasso, Basquiat, Schiele, Giacometti, Mucha, Klimt, Hundertwasser, Caravaggio, more - and now, Catalan artist Joan Miró, who was both sculptor and painter. 

An impressive representation of his work from the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona and private collections will be in Paris for three more weeks.

"Miró Rétrospective"
Ends February 4, 2019

Grand Palais

Cool art #2

Palais de Tokyo

13 avenue du Président Wilson 75116

Below: entry to the exhibition is through an enormous doll's house

Cool art #1

Spacious Palais de Tokyo with its eclectic collection of modern art makes a refreshing escape from Paris' current "heat wave" - in quotes because next to Arizona where it gets so hot that skin sticks to the car seat it's almost refreshing

Palais de Tokyo

13 avenue du Président Wilson 75116

Subodh Gupta

Extraordinary works using ordinary materials.
 

(click to enlarge)

Artist: Subodh Gupta / India 

Monnaie de Paris
11 quai de Conti 75006

Ends August 26, 2018

The moth

A giant moth is the door handle to a Left Bank gallery.