Articles tagged with "museums"
Marvelous Monstor or Monstrous Marvel? Arcimboldo
By Parisgirl | November 4th, 2007 |
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The two hot tickets for museum-goers this Fall are the Giuseppe Arcimboldo show at the Musee du Luxembourg and Gustave Courbet at the Grand Palais. Both are temporary... [Read this entry]
A Man for All Seasons, Especially Spring: David Lynch in Paris
By Parisgirl | March 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Nadav Kander’s photo of David Lynch which appeared in the NYTimes in Style story A Moving Canvas (waiting to post!)
Not to be missed: You need to visit Nadav Kander’s... [Read this entry]
Carravaggio in Loches
By Parisgirl | January 10th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Sometimes masterpieces are better appreciated outside of Paris. If you’re in the Louvre, you might miss a Carravaggio altogether as you jostle through the crowds toward Da Vinci’s Mona... [Read this entry]
A Day at the Museum
By Parisgirl | January 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
A recent trip to a Georgia O’Keefe exhibit at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY, reminded me about another thing you have to love about Le Musee d’Orsay in... [Read this entry]
Museums Big and Small
By Parisgirl | December 12th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The Louvre Museum holds approximately 35,000 works of art. The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester,New York has a much smaller collection. That’s why I was surprised during a... [Read this entry]
More on Quai Branly
By Parisgirl | September 24th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
This is my second visit to Quai Branly in the past month. If you read my first two posts re Quai Branly, you know that I’m a big... [Read this entry]
Beyond Musee du Quai Branly
By Parisgirl | August 26th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
According the International Herald Tribune story “For Some, a museum hits close to the heart” by Caroline Brothers, one museum goer from Senegal stated “on the African continent, there... [Read this entry]
Anthropological Exhibit at Musee du Quai Branly
By Parisgirl | August 26th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
“I am not Alone in My Body” is the central theme of Musee du Quai Branly’s first anthropological exhibit organized a by an anthropological team led by Stephane Breton.
The... [Read this entry]
More on Musee Quai Branly
By Parisgirl | August 26th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Is it possible to forget an entire continent? Maybe that’s why President Jacques Chirac conceived the Le Musee des Arts Premiers project, better known since its June opening... [Read this entry]
Museum Muse
By Parisgirl | August 21st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Quai Branly has quickly replaced the Grand Palais as the ‘museum of the moment’ since its opening this June. The museum that boasts 300,000 objects representing the... [Read this entry]
