Art Review
John Singer Sargent’s Essence in a Brushstroke
Though it offers little in the way of Sargent’s artistic engagement with the city he called home for a decade, “Dazzling Paris” is a reminder of his uncommonly skillful brushwork.
Paris
News
Man Steals Sword From Joan of Arc Statue in Paris
The suspect reportedly climbed the bronze sculpture and broke off the French heroine’s weapon with a snap.
Best of 2025
The 10 Best Paris Art Shows of 2025
Olga de Amaral’s sculptural tapestries, Otobong Nkanga’s multi-media oeuvre, Meriem Bennani’s footwear-as-soundscape, and more.
News
Water Leak at Louvre Museum Damages Hundreds of Books
Unionized staff at the Paris institution pledged to strike if working conditions do not improve as tumult at the museum continues.
Art Review
Jacques-Louis David Knew That Style Is Political
Where art history is a subjective observer, he was on an active quest for the representational form for the “truth.”
Art Review
The Anti-Caravaggio of the Baroque Era
Georges de La Tour incorporated chiaroscuro into austere genre compositions, lending them a uniquely intimate and spiritual quality.
Art Review
The Darkness of Greuze’s Doe-Eyed Children
Where an exhibition’s focus on childhood becomes outright problematic is the show’s bizarre conclusion, which considers spoiled innocence.
News
Louvre Heist: Two Arrested; Director Gets Support From Peers
Museum directors and curators published a letter expressing solidarity with the Louvre’s embattled director.
News
Palais de Tokyo Says Martinique Flag Artwork Could Be “Illegal”
Cameron Rowland’s work, which involved replacing the French flag with the Caribbean island’s, was briefly on view on the Paris museum’s facade.
Features
Is Art Basel Paris Too Big to Fail?
The fair showed relative market resilience but leaned into the risk-averse paintings, with most standout work in the emerging sectors.
Features
Asia Now Is a Paris Art Fair, Festival, and Incubator
The view of the Seine from the windows warded off the fair numbness that so often sets in amid endless rows of booths in enclosed spaces.
News
Activists Protest Fireworks Display at Centre Pompidou
“Art cannot be an excuse to destroy,” said Students for a Free Tibet.