Jill Lepore: These Truths
Jill Lepore's “These Truths” is probably the best single-volume history of the United States currently available.
Bellezza e Bruttezza at BOZAR
"Bellezza e Bruttezza" at BOZAR in Brussels explores the aesthetic ideals that guided Renaissance artists, bringing together well-known works from the likes of Titian, Botticelli, Dürer and Lucas Cranach the Elder, and combining them with lesser-known, and therefore all the more interesting, works.
Further Reading
Half of social science research doesn't replicate. In defense of algebra. Neuroplasticity. Exotic particles. Human cooperation. Functional brain organization. Manet and Morisot. Willem de Kooning. Bumble bees. G. And more.
Matisse at the Grand Palais
The Grand Palais, in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, has organized a magnificent exhibition devoted to Matisse's final years, the period between 1941 and 1954.
Renoir and Love at the Musée d’Orsay
Renoir and Love. A Joyful Modernity at the Musée d’Orsay is quite possibly the largest Renoir exhibition of the decade. It is indeed a joy to behold.
Henri Rousseau at the Musée de l’Orangerie
The Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris managed to secure some exceptional loans for its wonderful Henri Rousseau retrospective.
Clair-obscur at the Bourse de Commerce
The Pinault Collection's latest exhibition, Clair-obscur, assembles roughly hundred works by 27 artists that meditate on the darkness of our present time. Pierre Huyghe's "Camata" and Sigmar Polke's "Axial Age" alone make it worth visiting.
Martin Parr at the Jeu de Paume
It doesn't happen often that I spontaneously burst out laughing in a museum, but it happened twice during my visit to the Martin Parr exhibition at the Jeu de Paume.
Leonora Carrington at the Musée du Luxembourg
The Musée du Luxembourg in Paris has dedicated a wonderful exhibition to the dream-like work of the British-Mexican surrealist artist Leonora Carrington.
Nan Goldin at the Grand Palais
“This Will Not End Well”, the touring Nan Goldin retrospective currently at the Grand Palais in Paris, channels half a century of creation into a sustained lament for the lost.
Turner and Constable at Tate Britain
To mark the 250th year of both artists' birth Tate Britain has organized a blockbuster exhibition dedicated to the work of Turner and Constable.
Tracey Emin at Tate Modern
Tate Modern has organized a large Tracey Emin retrospective. Her work is a testimony to the cathartic power of art.