published on March 2, 2009
A green oasis for major works…
At the Hotel Biron, the visitor can admire, in a permanent move between the rooms and the garden, some of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) magnificent masterpieces.
In the garden, as at the beginning of the century, some ancient statues, purchased by Rodin, mingle and confront the works of the sculptor – Adam, Eve, Orpheus, Muse Whistler, Three Shades, both Cariatides …
Here also, a cafe-restaurant welcomes you in a rare décor.
Let’s this great artist talk:
“The main point is to be moved, to love, to hope, to live. To be a man before being an artist! Everything is fine for the artist because in all beings and in all things, his penetrating gaze discovers the character, ie the inner truth reflected in the form. And the truth is beauty. Be nature your unique goddess. Have in it an absolute faith. Art only begins with the inner truth. ”
L’Hôtel Biron
79, Rue de Varenne – 75007 Paris
Tel : 00 33 1 44 18 61 10
Site : www.musee-rodin.fr
Open every day except Mondays
From April to September – From 9.30 am to 5.45 pm.
From October to March – From 9.30am to 4.45pm.
Metro
Line 13 – Station : Varenne
Rates
Adults : 9 €
Under 18: free (except temporary exhibitions).
published on February 4, 2009
The Maillol Museum, in Paris, presents a comprehensive overview of the Russian avant-garde painters of the 1910-1930 period.
A superb selection of oil paintings, watercolors and drawings, from the collection Costakis, tracks the incredible creativity and the diversity of artists that marked symbolism, suprematism, constructivism and the beginning of the return to figuration in the late 20s, before socialist realism returned in an authoritarian way.
Alongside of now famous artists - Malevich, Popova, Klioun, Rodtchenko, Lissitzky, Tatlin – one discovers the works, often surprising, of unknown painters and displayed in France for the first time, such as Kudriashev, Redko, Matiouchine, Ender, Filonov, Nikritine …
The lithograph presented on the previous page is by Lissitsky (1919).
The painting presented on this page is by Rodtchenko (1920).
Fondation Dina Vierny- Musée Maillol
61 rue de Grenelle
75007 Paris
Metro station: rue du Bac
Tel: 01 42 22 59 58
Through March 2nd 2009
published on January 31, 2009
The new generation of Chinese artists to be discovered…
through July 4 2009, in particular at the Hotel d’Orsay and the Hotel des Saints Pères.
Making art accessible to a large public, the Gallerie 208 Chicheportiche, with the Chinese cultural Center and the city hall of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, exhibits modern Chinese art in various luxurious places of the district.
Among these venues, two Hotels Esprit de France welcome paintings from Tuo Guang Yan, at the Hotel d’Orsay, and Liu Yang, at the Hotel des Saints Pères.
The Hotel des Saints Pères also hosts an astonishing sculpture, named “Invisibility”, by Shu Xing Chuan.
Through May 4 2009
Hôtel d’Orsay. 93 rue de Lille. 75007 Paris. Tel: 01 47 05 85 54
Hôtel des Saints Pères. 65 rue des Saints Pères . 75006 Paris. Tél: 01 45 44 50 00
published on October 29, 2008
A splendid exhibition at Les Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, in Paris.
All his life, Picasso was inspired by the masterpieces of painting. The influence of the great masters like Titian, Goya, Renoir and Manet is revealed here in an outstanding exhibition that presents over 200 works from the most prestigious French, foreign, public and private collections.
“Picasso and the masters” juxtaposes past and present, illustrates the major changes of direction and formal innovations that marked Picasso’s career, while proposing a dialogue between the artist and his predecessors.
This angle on Picasso’s achievements sheds a new light on the work of the founder of cubism.
Through February 2. 2009
Above: Madame Moitessier, by Ingres. 1856
published on September 16, 2008
Next to the Hôtel Aiglon, the Fondation Cartier presents a major exhibition of the work of French sculptor César on the tenth anniversary of his death. It offers a fresh perspective on the work of an artist who passionately explored the formal and expressive possibilities of industrial materials.
It includes nearly one hundred of the most significant works
from four major groups: the Fers, the Compressions, the Empreintes humaines, and the Expansions.
Influenced by the examples of great artists of the past, yet imbued with a sense of the radical and innovative, César’s work defies conventional ways of thinking about
sculpture and has profoundly impacted the art of today.
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
261, boulevard Raspail
75014 Paris
Tel. +33 (0)1 42 18 56 50
Fax +33 (0)1 42 18 56 52
Open every day except on mandays, from 11am to 20 pm
Late opening on Tuesdays
Acces
Metro: lines 4 and 6, stations Raspail ou Denfert-Rochereau
Bus: 38, 68
RER B: Denfert-Rochereau
Through October the 26th
An exceptionnal event that will allow you to discover or rediscover the Fondation Cartier and the work of the artist Cesar.
The Hôtel Aiglon, just a few steps away from the Fondation Cartier, will be happy to welcome you on this occasion.
Hôtel Aiglon : 232 boulevard Raspail. Tel: 01 43 20 82 42
published on June 9, 2008
Musée du Luxembourg
From February, the 20th Until July, the 20th, 2008
This exhibition brings together works of the period 1900-1915, from Maurice de Vlaminck’s (1876-1958) earliest known paintings, in which he already asserted his characteristic violence, down to the works produced at the beginning of the First World War, which reflect his contemporary research on the rendering of space.
An overview of Vlaminck’s production at that time reveals the key part he played in the renewal of painting which started in the early 20th century, and the inventiveness of the research he undertook with Derain.
Musée du Luxembourg
19 Rue de Vaugirard – 75006 Paris
Tel : 00 33 1 42 34 25 95
Website : museeduluxembourg.fr
Open every day from 10.30am to 7pm.
Late night on Mondays and Fridays until 10pm.
Sundays from 9am.
Métro
- Odéon (Lines 4-10)
- Saint-Sulpice (Line 4)
Admission : Adults 11 € – Children (From 10 to 25 years old) 9 €
Child under 10 years old – Free.
Book in advance – Adults : 12 €
Website : www.billet-coupe-file.com
published on September 18, 2007
Cuisine et Peinture au Musée d’Orsay
By Séverine Quoniam and Yves Pinard
Editions Glénat/Musée d’Orsay
Séverine Quoniam graduated from Law school, University of Assas in Paris and from the famous European art school the “Ecole du Louvre” in Paris.
In 2001, she joined “Esprit de France”, a company specialized in hotel management which owns several hotels in Paris.
During the four years she passed at the Louvre Museum, she became a great friend of Yves Pinard, the Chef cook of the restaurant “Le Grand Louvre” located under the central glass pyramid int he courtyard of the museum.
In 2003, they decided to write a book on their experience (example of mixing art and cooking) at the Louvre Museum. This adventure led to a first real success “Cuisine et Peinture au Louvre” (Cooking and Painting at the Louvre – printed in 2004). They decided to pursue this adventure and wrote a second book titled “Cuisine et Peinture au Musée d’Orsay” (Cooking and Painting at the Orsay Museum) – September 2007.
Using the same “recipe”, 45 paintings are replaced in their historic and artistic context, the Chef, Yves Pinard takes the essence and inspiration to translate the paintings into gastronomic dishes inspired from recipes from the XIXth century adapted to today’s taste.
