Art Critique

“Ocean: Diving into the Unknown”
2019-04-03 - 2020-01-05 | Jardin des Plantes, 36 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Paris, 75005, France
“Now in its fifth year, this exhibit unveils the world of stunning creatures and all the biodiversity of the deep”.

“Trees”
2019-07-12 - 2020-01-05 | Fondation Cartier, 261 boulevard Raspail, Paris, 75014, France
In this exhibit, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain “echoes the most recent scientific research that sheds new light on trees”.

The Golden Age of English painting
2019-09-11 - 2020-02-16 | Musée du Luxembourg, 19 rue de Vaugirard, Paris, 75006, France
This exhibit, composed of masterpieces from the Tate Britain, “highlights a key period in the history of painting in England, from the 1760’s to ca. 1820”. It seeks to create a “panorama demonstrating all of its originality and diversity”.

“From the Douanier Rousseau to Séraphine, The Great Naïve Masters”
2019-09-11 - 2020-02-23 | Musée Maillol, 59-61 Rue de Grenelle, Paris, France
The Musée Maillol pays tribute to the great naïve masters in this exhibit. “Referred to as ‘modern primitives’ by one of their greatest proponents, the art collector and critic Wilhelm Uhde (1874-1947), these artists reinvented painting in their own way, separate from the avant-gardes and academics”.

Francis Bacon: Books and Painting
2019-09-11 - 2020-01-20 | Centre Pompidou, Place George Pompidou, Paris, 75004, France
The later works of Francis Bacon, from 1971 to 1992, evoke the painter’s new literary influences. “Powerful voices read aloud the French and English texts of Eschyle, Nietzsche, Bataille, Leiris, Conrad and Eliot. These authors, who all played a role in inspiring Bacon’s works and designs, share a poetic universe, and form a sort of spiritual family of which the painter felt himself a part.”

“The figurative Mondrian”
2019-09-12 - 2020-01-26 | musée Marmottan Monet, 2 rue Louis Boilly, Paris, 75016, France
The figurative era of Piet Mondrian is revealed in this exhibit, composed of some sixty drawings and paintings from the collection of Salomon B. Slijper. These include landscapes, flowers, and portraits of the artist, best perceived as a colourist and luminist, and not just an abstract painter.

"The Alana Collection: Masterpieces of Italian Painting"
2019-09-13 - 2020-01-20 | Musée Jacquemart-André, 158 boulevard Haussmann, Paris, 75008, France
The Musée Jacquemart-André is featuring one of the world’s most valuable and secret private art collections of the Italian Renaissance: the Alana collection (from 13 September 2019 to 20 January 2020). Conserved in the United States, the collection of Alvaro Saieh and Ana Guzmán, or the ‘Alana collection’, is unveiled to the public for the first time.

“Degas at the Opera”
2019-09-24 - 2020-01-19 | Musée d’Orsay, 1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur, Paris, 75007, France
The Opera de Paris was the favourite subject of Edgar Degas, a French impressionist and naturalist painter; he painted it from many angles between 1860 and his death in 1917. The Musée d’Orsay is dedicating an exhibit to this theme for the first time.

“Grandville and Balzac”
2019-09-26 - 2020-01-13 | Maison de Balzac, 47 rue Raynouard, Paris, 75016, France
Balzac, the novelist, and Grandville, the cartoonist, brought together in an exhibit at the Maison de Balzac.

“Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World”
2019-10-02 - 2019-11-12 | Louis Vuitton Foundation, 8 avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, Paris, 75016, France
On the twentieth anniversary of the architect’s death, the Foundation pays her a tribute through an exhibit “that addresses the connection between art, architecture, and design”.

Al-‘Ula, wonder of Arabia”
2019-10-09 - 2020-03-07 | Institut du monde Arabe, 1 rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard, Paris, 75005, France
This exhibit “unveils the fruit of over twenty years of research, revealed to the public for the first time. An invitation to a journey through the millennium, from Antiquity to now, at the heart of a lavish oasis briefly transported to the AWI for an exhibit through modern technology, newly-discovered objects, and the magic of antique photographs.”

“Toulouse-Lautrec, Resolutely Modern”
2019-10-09 - 2020-01-27 | Grand Palais, 3 avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008, France
The Grand Palais seeks to show that Toulouse-Lautrec was more than just a witness of the Montmartre years through this exhibition, running from 9 October 2019 to 27 January 2020. More than just the frivolous moments of his Belle-Époque, Toulouse-Lautrec wished to paint time, capture duration, find the space-time of an image, and freeze contemporary, modern life, the entrance into the 20th century.

“The Sound of Charlie Chaplin”
2019-10-11 - 2020-01-26 | Philharmonie de Paris, 221 avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris, 75019, France
In parallel with the tribute to Chaplin at the Philharmonie de Paris, the Musée de la Musique is organising an exhibit from 11 October 2019 to 26 January 2020. Constructed around a circuit of shadow and light, in keeping with Chaplin’s films, the event follows the film genius’ journey through a series of original photos and rare documents that showcase the musical side of his works.

“Vincenzo Gemito”
2019-10-15 - 2020-01-26 | Petit Palais, Avenue Winston Churchill, Paris, 75008
One of the strongest personalities of the Italian art world during the late 19th century, Gemito created a wide variety of sculptures and drawings, featuring celebrities such as Verdi as well as average Neapolitan citizens.”

“Hotel Metropolis – Since 1818”
2019-10-16 - 2020-01-12 | Pavillon de l’arsenal, 21 boulevard Morland, Paris, 75004, France
“A familiar figure in our towns, with an ancient history in the urban landscape, the hotel is a constantly changing building, created to anticipate societal, economic and cultural evolution. The “Hotel Metropolis – Since 1818” display reveals the history of this building from its birth, paints a picture of the current metropolitan hotel complex, and explores the perspectives of these establishments in the face of new climate issues.”

“Marie-Antoinette, Metamorphoses of an Image”
2019-10-16 - 2020-01-26 | Conciergerie de Paris, 2 boulevard du Palais, Paris, 75001
The exhibit unveils the many depictions of the queen across nearly 200 works, historic and contemporary objets d’art and archives, unprecedented interviews, movie clips, and fashion accessories. Some rare, never before seen pieces are waiting to be discovered: archives from her trial, the queen’s last letter, and treasures from the armoire de fer.

El Greco exhibit
2019-10-17 - 2019-11-13 | Grand Palais, 3 avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008, France
The Grand Palais will be dedicating an exhibit to El Greco, the founder of the 16th century Spanish school of painting and a “key figure in the Spanish Golden Age as well as the European Renaissance”. Organised in partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago, this exhibit is the first monographic retrospective dedicated to the artist.

“Leonardo da Vinci”
2019-10-24 - 2019-12-04 | Louvre Museum, Pyramide du Louvre, Paris, 75001, France
To mark the five-hundredth anniversary of the artist’s death, the Louvre has organised an unprecedented exhibit dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci. This retrospective “will present the results of the most recent research, in connection with the major republication of fundamental documents, as well as the latest scientific studies conducted in laboratories or during recent renovations done by the Louvre”.

Exhibition Strikes Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths
2019-11-19 - 2020-03-29 | musee du quai branly, 37 quai Branly, Paris, 75007, France
Nearly 230 exceptional works offer a panorama of the creativity and traditions of this wrought iron technique, which has been practised on this continent for 2500 years.

“Pierre et Gilles, factory of idols”
2019-11-20 - 2020-02-23 | Philharmonie de Paris, 221 avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris, 75019, France
A collection of a hundred or so hand-painted photographs by Pierre et Gilles, exhibited for the first time, in a “musical and visual installation that reveals the secrets of their factory of idols”. A jukebox, several hundred items from their workshop, record covers, and video clips complete this unusual exhibit highlighting the love story between these two artists and music.

Claudia Andujar
2020-01-01 - 2020-05-10 | Fondation Cartier, 261 boulevard Raspail, Paris, 75014, France
The work of one of Brazil’s greatest photographers is in the spotlight: Claudia Andujar, known for her struggle to defend the rights of the Yanomami Indians of the Amazon.

The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair
2020-01-09 - 2020-01-12 | The London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, Duke Street,, London, W1K 6JP, Royaume-Uni
In its sixth year, the Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair is an annual event bringing together around 40 exhibitors.

Lord of the Rings screening with live music
2020-01-11 - 2020-01-12 | Seine musicale, Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
85 musicians and 150 chorus singers will be present on-stage to perform the original soundtrack of Peter Jackson’s famous film, live during a screening of “The Fellowship of the Ring”.

‘Protected: Rachel Pimm’
2020-01-14 - 2020-01-19 | Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London, E1 7QX, United Kingdom

“Christian Boltanski –Life in the Making”
2020-01-14 - 2020-03-16 | Centre Pompidou, Place George Pompidou, Paris, 75004, France
Composed of roughly fifty of the artist’s works, this exhibit seeks to “measure the breadth and ambition of a half-century of meditation on the function and voice of the artist in our society”.

Paris Men's Fashion Week
2020-01-14 - 2020-01-19
Though the catwalk is reserved for professionals, there are shows happening in the street, especially around the Parisian landmarks, such as the Grand Palais, the Palais Brongniart or the Palais de Tokyo.

Paolo Conte
2020-01-14 - 2020-01-15 | Olympia, 28 boulevard des Capucines, Paris, 75009, France
« Icône de la musique italienne, Paolo Conte célèbre sur scène les cinquante ans d’« Azzurro », le premier morceau, interprété à l’époque par Adriano Celentano, qui l’a fait connaître en Italie et dans le monde. »

“A Salute to Style”
2020-01-17 | Musée de l’Armée, 129 rue de Grenelle, Paris, 75007, France
The Musée de l’Armée presents 200 exceptional articles of clothing from the military world.

La Fashion Week haute couture
2020-01-20 - 2020-01-23
Même si les défilés sont réservés aux professionnels, le show se passe aussi dans la rue, particulièrement autour de hauts lieux parisiens tels que le Grand Palais, le Palais Brongniart ou le Palais de Tokyo.

Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang
2020-01-20 20:30 - 22:30 (Europe/Paris) | Philharmonie de Paris, 221 avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris, 75019, France
“The spirited French cellist and the charismatic Chinese pianist were destined to perform together, and have done so for many years. Two of the most flamboyant stars on the international scene, whose talents come together to make sparks fly and animate their renditions with the greatest intensity.”h
