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Art Revolutionaries
An exhibition (Art Revolutionaries, 6 Duke Street, London SW 1, from 18 January-10 February 2017) coming to London in January will attempt to recreate the impact of the Spanish pavilion of 1937, a little gallery built as cheaply as possible at the Paris International Exposition by Spain’s republican government at […]
Prints and London buildings disappeared in the 1666 Great Fire
350 years ago, the Great Fire of London burned through 400 of the city’s streets. Matthew Green reveals, in The Guardian on 30 August 2016, the extraordinary structures lost in the blaze – from old St Paul’s to a riverside castle – and what survived, only to vanish later.
Brueghel and painted engravings
It will soon be Fat Tuesday. Eggy batter will sizzle heartily in pans across the land. One of modern Britain’s last lovely echoes of pre-industrial life, our pancake festival on the last Tuesday before Lent is a homely relic of the great carnivals that once rocked every village in Europe, […]
Prints at Courtauld Gallery
From 19 June to 21 September 2014 at the Courtauld Gallery, in London, you could see two very interesting exhibitions linked with the prints: “Bruegel to Freud: Prints from the Courtauld Gallery” and from 20 June to 20 July: “Impress: Printmaking expanded in contemporary art”. In the first one, “Bruegel to Freud“, […]
The better exhibitions in the UK this spring
If you get lost for the United Kingdom, and basically for London, this spring I have selected 8 exhibitions that, it seems to me that they can wake your interest up: -“Giorgio de Chirico: Myth and Mystery”, Estorick Collection, Londres (UK), 15.01-19.04.2014 -“A Dialogue with the Nature: Romantic Landscape from […]
The 6 best exhibitions now open in the UK
UK is a real wonderful country and the feeling of UK people with the art is impresive. This autumn the number and quality of art’s exhibitions in the United Kingdom it’s incredible. My personal list of the 6 best exhibitions now open in the UK is: -“Leonardo da Vinci: the […]
The best art exhibitions this spring
As agree every three months, this is my personal choice of the best exhibitions presented this spring in Paris and around the world. It’s a large choice, and I hope you could know an or some axhibition atractive for you. In this season, to visit museums, exhibitions rooms or galleries […]
The best exhibitions of this autumn
The autumn is a season which leaves nobody indifferent. Either we love it, for its melancholic landscapes and for some traditions, or we love it not at all, because it is the announcement of the winter and because days are much shorter and the holidays are already just a souvenir. […]
Artist’s factory
Stella McCartney, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen… The English people managed to impose their brands in fashion. Their secret? A top level training, just like the brand new Central Saint Martin’s building , which gathers the most prestigious art’s schools of London. Just a step from the Saint Pancras station, this […]
Paris will always stay in us… and London, New York, Berlin,…
When I started this blog in May 2011, the first article was entitled “Paris will always stay in us “. It seems that changing you is a sign of wisdom, or is typical of persons who did not too much think before dashing into an action, then it seems to […]