Rainbows Galore in ART BRUT : Absolument Excentrique

  I had no idea I was going to see an exhibition last weekend, but this brightly coloured poster outside Hotel de Ville sucked me in. I just couldn’t resist. Having no clue what it entailed, I assumed it focused on expressionists or perhaps some cool new rainbow art movement. I was happy to be … Continue reading →

Exhibition Review: Villes du Monde (Galerie des bibliothèques de la Ville de Paris)

 1870. The Franco-Prussian war. 1939. The start of World War Two. Often when we think of these years around the turn of the 20th century, we think of political conflict. I certainly expected to see an exhibition of devastated cities and communities, dead soldiers and countries at war. Yet what we get is a much more unusual … Continue reading →

A (belated) review of Nuit Blanche à Paris

Last week-end saw the return of the ‘Nuit Blanche’ festival in Paris – marketed as ‘a night-long celebration of arts and culture’  but probably best described as a mish-mash trek of vaguely related mish-mash art things around the city. Slightly confused? Yes, so was I. Although the programme of events was online, no maps or … Continue reading →