News
French Art Dealers Join Chorus of Opposition Against Jeff Koons's Big Bouquet
The 80,000-pound sculpture is still being fabricated, but already an association representing 255 French art dealers wants it moved.
Paris
Opinion
Paris Deserves Better than Jeff Koons
In defending Koons's giant "Bouquet of Tulips" sculpture for Paris, two art dealers working on the project expose its many flaws.
In Brief
Non, Merci! French Artists and Cultural Workers Reject Giant Jeff Koons Sculpture
In an open letter, 24 artists, curators, politicians, and more called for the costly and logistically complex project to be scrapped.
Art
A Year in the Life of Pablo Picasso
An exhibition at the Musée National Picasso in Paris tracks the artist's life and work, month-to-month, in 1932.
Art
A Digital Drawing that Morphs with Real-time Meteorological Data
Claire Malrieux's digital artwork "Climat Général" at the Collège des Bernardins features abstract forms that shift in response to weather data, evoking humanity's environmental impact.
In Brief
Kinkier than Thou: Pompidou Installs Doggie-Style Sculpture the Louvre Dumped
After the Louvre rejected a racy sculpture, the contemporary art museum welcomed it with open arms.
Art
A Digital Art Tribute to Dada Gets an IRL Gallery Show
Launched in 2015, Dadaclub.online made high-quality scans of three dozen Dada works available for reinterpretation by new media artists. Now, 27 of the resulting remixes are on view in Paris.
News
Too Lewd for the Louvre, Boinking Building Sculpture Nixed in Paris
"Domestikator," a 40-foot-tall inhabitable sculpture that was to be part of the FIAC fair's public art program, is shaped like two figures making whoopee.
In Brief
Vigilantes Posing as City Workers Steal Street Art in Paris
Some 15 tile pieces by the French street artist Invader have been pried off city's walls by two men claiming to be municipal workers.
Art
The Enduring Delight of the Diorama
At Palais de Tokyo, selections from nearly two centuries of enclosed models cater to our eagerness to be voyeurs.
In Brief
Flooding Damages Three Paintings and Multiple Rooms at the Louvre
France's National Library and Ministry of Culture also suffered water damage during a deluge on the night of July 9.
Art
Lucio Fontana's Psychedelic, Ceramic Crucifixes
The artist best known for his slashed canvases made a series of clay Christ figures between 1948 and 1961.