Laurie Hurwitz
Make it new! Jan Dibbets and medieval art at the French national library
On a lovely spring afternoon in April 2014, Charlotte Denoël, chief curator of medieval manuscripts at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the French national library in Paris, invited the Dutch […]
Final days: Gustave Moreau, towards dream and abstraction
Was Gustave Moreau (1826-1898), a Symbolist painter known for his poetic, intensely personal, often fantastic depictions of mythological and biblical subjects, also a pioneer of abstraction? This question is explored […]
In memoriam: Ralph Koltai, groundbreaking British stage designer, passes away at 94
One of the twentieth century’s most influential stage designers, Ralph Koltai passed away in December at the age of 94 in the city of Châtellerault, France. In a career that […]
Final days: Ron Amir’s “Somewhere in the desert”
Originally slated to close in early December, Ron Amir’s exhibition “Somewhere in the desert,” now on display Paris’ Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, has been extended through […]
Finalists for the 2019 Prix du dessin, Fondation d’art contemporain Daniel and Florence Guerlain
Friedrich Kunath, Claire Morgan and Jérôme Zonder have just been named as the three finalists for the twelfth edition of the Prix du dessin, the drawing prize organized by Daniel […]
Annette Messager’s imaginary love affair with Giacometti
A surprising, often subversive carte blanche on view at the Giacometti Institute through January 13, 2019, pairs works by contemporary French artist Annette Messager with those by Swiss sculptor Alberto […]
Lothar Baumgarten (1944-2018)
The German conceptual artist Lothar Baumgarten has passed away in Berlin at the age of 74. The artist’s death was confirmed by his gallery, Marian Goodman, which issued this statement: […]
