Art attack.

Every autumn, enthusiasts and collectors flock to the French capital for the International Contemporary Art Fair or FIAC, one of the major events on the contemporary art scene.

Seasoned and first-time visitors from across...

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A beautiful work.

For ten years Penelope waits for the return of her husband Odysseus. During this time she rejects the advances of numerous suitors.

This is the story behind the opera Penelope by Faure, a work which was first performed in...

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A fascinating artistic path.

A European artist of considerable importance, Jacob Jordaens has never yet been the sole subject of an exhibition on French soil. A veritable event, this retrospective brings together more than a hundred paintings, sketches and

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Romantic and coquettish.

From September 2013, the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris showcases a selection of Victorian paintings (1860-1914).
During the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), various artistic movements were to develop in England....

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The romantic touch of the travelling painter.

French painter Felix Ziem (1821-1911) was a nomadic artist, unclassifiable, eccentric and romantic. A great traveller, a close friend of the Barbizon painters, an admirer of both Claude Lorrain and Turner, he...

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The development of the modern woodcut.

From October 2013, the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais in Paris is dedicating an exhibition to the artist Félix Vallotton.

A Swiss artist born in Lausanne in 1865, Félix Vallotton became a French...

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A talented and energetic conductor.

A major figure on the international classical music scene, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel continues a successful career: at the head of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, he is also the music director of...

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Avant-garde painting in Slovenia.

As Slovenia began to open to modernity in the late 1880s, it still looked to Austria, but at the same time maintained a strong sense of national identity. In 1891 Slovenian painter Anton Ažbe founded the Academy in Munich. It was...

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A new vision of nature.

In spring, the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris hosts the first Parisian retrospective to be devoted to Eugène Boudin since the late nineteenth century.

Known for his seascapes and beach scenes, Eugène Boudin (1824-1898) was one of the...

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Image and text become inseperable.

The Jeu de Paume presents the first retrospective European of the works of Lorna Simpson. An American artist, Simpson was born in Brooklyn in 1960. Her texts are inseparable from her images, whose their textual component renders...

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