Art

Follow the Bouncing Ball / The Red Ball Project is Now in Paris

Follow the Bouncing Ball / The Red Ball Project is Now in Paris

Follow the Red Ball Project around Paris as Bacardi Martini France invites American artist Kurt Perschke to take on the City of Lights with his giant red ball Art is all about being original and American artist Kurt Perschke has clearly found a way to make it pay.  What began as a commissioned installation for [...]

Getting a Stiff Neck with Henrik Vibskov / La Galerie des Galeries

Getting a Stiff Neck with Henrik Vibskov / La Galerie des Galeries

See the world of the upside down flamingos as one of the fashion world’s most talented designers shows off his art at the Galeries Lafayette in Paris with “Neck Plus Ultra”   Combining conceptual art and fashion is child’s play for the über talented Henrik Vibskov, as he so rightly proved at the Paris Fashion [...]

Paris Art Fair Looks East for Inspiration  / Art Paris 2013

Paris Art Fair Looks East for Inspiration / Art Paris 2013

Paris’s premier art fair, Art Paris, embraces the global expansion of modern and contemporary art as it explores the Eastern influences from Europe, Russia and Asia Each year Paris celebrates the cultural renaissance of spring with the opening of the Art Paris art fair held beneath the nave of the Grand Palais.  Though the fair [...]

Inez & Vinoodh at Gagosian Gallery in Paris / Art

Inez & Vinoodh at Gagosian Gallery in Paris / Art

Always on the forefront of contemporary artistic creation, the Gagosian Gallery in Paris presents an enchanting look at the work of fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin.  Without a doubt two of the most highly acclaimed photographers working today, Inez & Vinoodh are more than just partners in work, they are also partners [...]

Women as Objects in Linder Retrospective / Art

Women as Objects in Linder Retrospective / Art

The Museum of Modern Art in Paris is showing the first retrospective of British artist Linder Sterling‘s work in an exhibition entitled “Linder – Femme/Objet”.  The highly provocative exhibition presents over 200 works and traces the artistic evolution of Linder through three distinct categories, including fashion, music and the visual arts.  Born in Liverpool in [...]

David Lynch Looks at Photography / Paris Photo 2012

David Lynch Looks at Photography / Paris Photo 2012

David Lynch, the mysterious man of film, takes a look at his favorite photos from this year’s Paris Photo fair at the Grand Palais in Paris.  Created in 1996, Paris Photo was the first photographic salon in the world to concentrate uniquely on the history and creation of contemporary photography.  Each year the founders of [...]

The Fabulous Destiny of the Art Fair / Fiac! 2012

The Fabulous Destiny of the Art Fair / Fiac! 2012

Created in 1974, as a means to illustrate the richness of the modern and contemporary art scene in France, the ‘Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain’ has mushroomed over the years into an international artistic extravaganza.  Showcasing 180 galleries from 24 countries, the 39th edition of the Fiac! 2012 promises to be another memorable event.  Maintaining  momentum [...]

Imagining the Imaginary / Contemporary Art at the Tokyo Palace

Imagining the Imaginary / Contemporary Art at the Tokyo Palace

Contemporary creation calls attention to itself once again with the latest exhibition at the Tokyo Palace concentrating on the art form as a ‘work in progress’ and asking artists to ‘Imagine the Imaginary’.  From the earliest impetus, to the endless hours of confusion and loss, to the near abandonment of the original concept, and finally [...]

Intense Proximity at the Paris Biennial / Palais de Tokyo

Intense Proximity at the Paris Biennial / Palais de Tokyo

On the forefront of modernity, the Palais de Tokyo takes the bull by the horns and transforms the sleepy contemporary French scene into a vibrant creative laboratory that harkens to the aesthetically electric days of Andy Warhol’s ‘factory’ in New York.  With the 3rd edition of La Triennale, Intense Proximité, the Tokyo Palace pushes past [...]

The Key to My Ego / Emmanuelle Legavre

The Key to My Ego / Emmanuelle Legavre

The Vendôme Luxury Trade Show presents the highly original work of French artist Emmanuelle Legavre, “La Clé de mon Ego”, at the Hôtel Meurice in Paris.  In keeping with the spirit of the Paris Fashion Week, currently presenting Ready-to-Wear collections for next fall, the Vendôme Luxury Trade Show highlights the fusional relationship between design, art [...]