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7 Aug 2026 · Blog | Further Reading

Helen Frankenthaler at the Kunstmuseum Basel

The Helen Frankenthaler retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Basel is an explosion of colour and a feast for the eyes.

19 Jul 2026 · Blog | Art

Kerry James Marshall at the Kunsthaus Zürich

The Kerry James Marshall retrospective “The Histories” received rave reviews when it was on show at the Royal Academy in London last year. It is indeed an excellent exhibition and I might go and see it again when it travels to Paris this autumn.

26 Jun 2026 · Blog | Fashion

Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior at the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa

The Fondation Azzedine Alaïa is a hidden gem in Paris’s Le Marais. The exhibition "Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior: Two Masters of Haute Couture" brings together nearly 70 creations by both designers in a mesmerizing scenography.

21 Jun 2026 · Blog | Art

Alexander Calder at the Fondation Louis Vuitton

“Calder. Rêver en Équilibre” is a glorious celebration of an artist who never stopped creating. It is also one of those exhibitions that only the Fondation Louis Vuitton can put together.

20 Jun 2026 · Blog | Art

Baroque Splendors at the Musée Jacquemart-André

The exhibition "Baroque Splendors. From El Greco to Velázquez" features around forty paintings on loan from the Hispanic Society of America in New York including some real gems.

19 Jun 2026 · Blog | Further Reading

Comics Speak Cash at the Monnaie de Paris

The Monnaie de Paris has organized a fascinating exhibition exploring a popular theme in many comic books: money, whether in the form of a treasure hunt, a gang of thieves or a plutocrat.

15 Jun 2026 · Blog | Art

Daido Moriyama at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

The Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris celebrates the work of Daido Moriyama with an exhibition centered around Moriyama's obsession with the medium of photography.

13 Jun 2026 · Blog | Non-Fiction

Jill Lepore: These Truths

Jill Lepore's “These Truths” is probably the best single-volume history of the United States currently available.

24 May 2026 · Blog | Art

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.

1 May 2026 · Blog | Further Reading