Marie Cuttoli’s Bold Revival of the French Tapestry Tradition
For Marie Cuttoli, her fame as an art entrepreneur and work with key modern artists and the traditional tapestry industry started with rugs. In a way, it also ended with rugs as she, according...
Discover a Unesco World Heritage Site in Amiens
Amiens Cathedral
For 800 years, Amiens Cathedral has been watching over Picardie’s historic capital. It is a standout landmark on the urban landscape, along with the Auguste Perret belfry and tower, and catches your eye...
From Turner to Tissot: Must-See Exhibitions in France
Arts correspondent Sylvia Davis selects the newest and most intriguing exhibitions and collections to visit right now
Cézanne and the Italians at the Marmottan
Although Cézanne never visited Italy, he was strongly influenced from the outset...
Go for a Museum Hop in France from the Comfort of Your Home
When the universe scuppers your travel plans, just go on an armchair tour of the best of France! Spending more time at home also means that the things that usually demand our immediate attention...
La Culture: Art News and Must-See Exhibits in Lille, Picardy, Paris
Mediterranean Reverie
In the 1880s, artists flocked to the Mediterranean and plunged into a magical new approach to light and colour. Now you can lose yourself inside a different paradise, seen through the eyes of...
JR’s Digital Mural Tells the Moving San Francisco Story
To say that French artist JR’s Chronicles of San Francisco mural is moving is an understatement. It actually moves. Not only does each person in the mural move, but the mural itself continuously scrolls...
Madame’s Collection: Helena Rubinstein at the Musée du Quai Branly
Cosmetics mogul Helena Rubinstein was as intuitive an art collector as she was a savvy entrepreneur.
Her pioneering role in the recognition of art from Africa and Oceania helped elevate such works from being considered...
Degas at the Opéra at the National Gallery of Art in Washington
Over 100 works by the celebrated artist are now on view in Washington D.C. through July 5, 2020
Edgar Degas (1834-1917), one of the most beloved French artists, was passionate about everything at the Paris...
Wealthy, Scandalous and Powerful: The Patrons of Paris
Marie-Laure de Noailles and Natalie Clifford Barney were both famed for their patronage of the arts but, as Lanie Goodman writes, even within the context of early 20th-century Paris, they were also notorious for...
A Visit to Valrhona’s Irresistible Cité du Chocolat
Gillian and the Chocolate Factory... Correspondent Gillian Thornton throws calories to the wind at Valrhona’s discovery centre
France has never been coy about its love affair with the cacao bean. Every town seems to have...