by Céline Piettre, ARTINFO France
Not since the Musée d’Orsay’s 2010 “Crime and Punishment” has Paris received a show with as much darkness and density as the museum’s new exhibition, “The Angel of the Odd: Dark Romanticism from Goya to Max Ernst” (on view through June 9). With over 200 works...
by Céline Piettre, ARTINFO France
PARIS — As often as Marc Chagall’s figures fly off the ground in his paintings, there’s often the impulse to bring the painter himself down to earth: hunt down historical considerations, to tie him to the real. The Russian artist lived through the 20th ...
LONDON — The Royal Academy’s blockbuster show “Manet: Portraying Life” is a fascinating walk through the career of one of European modernity’s most striking figures. It potently illustrates the unique position the artist occupies in late 19th-century art...
John Baird, stepped in just in time. News broke today that the Foreign Affairs Minister put a stop to his department's sale of paintings by some of Canada’s most famous and sought-after twentieth-century artists, including Jean-Paul Riopelle, Paul-Émile...
by Grégory Picard, ARTINFO France
He was Salvador Dali's secretary, advisor, accountant, driver, bodyguard, confidant, and best friend. Enrique Sabater's duties could range from negotiating the artist's payments to running out to buy moustache wax, and he has called the time he spent in Dali'...