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The Nimble Porosity of Chantal Akerman
She was one of the first filmmakers to make the leap from cinema to museum spaces, which allowed her greater freedom and the pleasure of demanding more viewer participation.
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Paris Museum Apologizes for Contentious Tibetan Artifact Labels
The Musée du Quai Branly promised to rectify its labels and website language that trades “Tibet” for “Xizang” — a term propagated by the Chinese government.
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Second Man Buried Under Notre Dame Identified as French Poet
Two years after his sarcophagus was discovered, archaeologists identified the remains of a 16th-century aristocratic poet credited with popularizing French-language sonnets.
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Vera Molnár’s Fascination With the Glitches in the Matrix
In her computer-based works, the artist sought freedom within systematism and improvisation within predictability.
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What Are Those Giant Painted Heads Floating in the Seine?
Some of the Louvre’s most famous works inspired a series of half-submerged installations for the Olympic games.
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NYC Unveils 18-Foot Sculpture to Mark Breakdancing’s Olympics Debut
“Rappin' Max Robot” will spend a year in the South Bronx before going on permanent view at the Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad in Paris.
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Three-Time Olympic Fencer’s Vibrant Photos of Athletic Diversity
Enzo Lefort's stylized portraits of his teammates are now on view alongside works by other Olympian artists in Paris.
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Musée d'Orsay Offers Two Guests a Free Night in Its Iconic Clock Room
The lucky winners will get to watch the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games from the Paris museum’s rooftop terrace.
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Courbet’s Famous Painting of a Vulva Tagged With “MeToo”
"The Origin of the World" was one of several artworks targeted in a performance by artist Deborah De Robertis at the Centre Pompidou-Metz.
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Could the Mona Lisa Get Her Own Gallery at Last?
The Louvre Museum is considering installing the artwork in a separate underground room to improve the painting’s “disappointing” viewing experience.
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Louvre Museum Launches … a Fitness Program?
Visitors can stretch, sweat, and drop-split in the presence of priceless artifacts as Paris gears up for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
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Will Richard Serra’s Forgotten Paris Sculpture Finally See the Light of Day?
When I broke the story about the whereabouts of “Clara-Clara,” I hoped that it would spur action by the City of Paris, which owns the work. It appears that it has.