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Mane: Dominique Paulin – A Painter Manifests Her Dreamy Inspirations at Une...
From a solitary two-story concrete structure adrift on a wooded mountain top under a powder blue sky save where far over distant hills lies a mass of almost pure white clouds illumined by a band of...
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Saint-Etienne-du-Grès: Frederic Fourdinier Whitewashes Nature at Le Domaine...
Whitewash, 2013 by Frederic Fourdinier at the Domaine de Trévallon The unspoken intent is to interrupt your common vision of what seems to be, compelling your senses to focus, even for a transitory...
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St. Rémy de Provence: Compositions as Body Art by Jacopo Baboni-Schilingi at...
A virtuoso of raw force, the composer Jacopo Baboni-Schilingi has a quick hand – one with great élan for applying musical scores to the bare skins of those willing to model the music which he composed...
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Lacoste: An End to Civility As You Knew It. Once Riveting Student Art Expo...
SCAD Reception Saturday, August 24, 2013 SCAD Reception Saturday, August 27, 2011 During end-of-quarter expositions, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Lacoste peels back its protective...
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Arles: Abbey in “Sunset at Montmajour” by Vincent van Gogh is “My Montmajour...
Costumes Designed by Christian Lacroix for the Women’s Choir in “Aida” by Verdi, Cologne Opera, 2010 On July 4, 1888 from a perch in Arles, Vincent van Gogh laid brush to canvas to depict the...
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Coustellet: The Galerie 22 is a Sweet Spot for Contemporary Art; Exhibit of...
Smooth white walls in an L-shape form two rooms with natural light flowing into the space from both ends; the Galerie 22 in Coustellet offers a bevy of artistic talent in painting, sculpture,...
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Vaison la Romaine: Hotel Burrhus Morphs Into Pop-Up Art Expo – 35 Artists in...
It begins with a drawing of lots whereby 35 artists are each assigned one of 35 rooms in the Hotel Burrhus, located in the center of Vaison la Romaine. Upon viewing the room, each artist has a choice...
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Arles: The Maddeningly Strenuous Five Year Saga for Frank Gehry’s Modish Tower
Final design by Frank Gehry for the Luma Foundation has a single soaring 170-foot tower of twisted aluminum foam with a stone backbone, perched on a plinth, enveloped by a 54-foot glass rotunda and a...
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Ménerbes: Beauty Manifest – Hans Silvester Photographs of Southern Ethiopia...
“Another important difference between tourist and traveler is that the former accepts his own civilization without question; not so the traveler, who compares it with the others, and rejects those...
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Ménerbes: Playful and Color-Splashed Canvasses of Kristian Desailly at the...
Kristian Desailly is an abstract painter with broad shoulders and a mop-like coiffure drawn back into a ponytail, who has lived since 2004 in Gordes on a mountaintop amidst green oaks and ancient...
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Ménerbes: One-Spot One-Work Art Space; Pocket Gallery as Window Shopping
The single work of Japanese artist Irioka at the art space un lieu une oeuvre Recall the cinematic technique of Michelangelo Antonioni where he would frequently compose his shots by shooting through...
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THE “MOBILE” ART OF ANTOINE MOREAU
“Avez vous remarqué que journaliste commence par la même lettre que justicier?” “Alphaville,” Jean-Luc Godard The letter J? Number 769? The setting: On the lawn of the Hotel Les Ateliers de l’Image...
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JESSICA LANGE’S PHOTOS ON EXHIBIT
In his biography of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Pierre Assouline notes that the photographer felt like a thief when taking shots. In effect, Cartier-Bresson conceived of himself as stealing images away...
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PHILIP HUGHES: THE LIGHT OF THE LUBERON
The Old Vines Near Menerbes From his house in Ménerbes, the British painter Philip Hughes infuses his canvases with the searing light of the Luberon, illuminating the contrasts of the rich verdant...
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AP’ART FESTIVAL SET FOR 2011; SO WHY IS IT A PERFECT DISH ON REGION’S...
The vernissage for Jessica Lange and her photographs was posh-perfect Consider this artistic assignment: grab a box of coloring crayons along with a map of the southern Rhone region and color in...
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ART AS EXTREME BEAUTY: THE OUTRAGEOUSLY FEMININE MARBLE SCULPTURES OF BARBARA...
"Flight of Fancy," White Marble & Bronze, by Barbara Segal at the Domaine Dalmeran Art as “extreme beauty” in all its acute details is the theme evoked by the translucent marble sculptures of...
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AVIGNON: CY TWOMBLY AND INVITED ARTISTS AT THE COLLECTION LAMBERT, A STUNNING...
Cy Twombly: Miramare -- By the sea, Gaeta 2005 Good news. Now that the Avignon Festival has wound up, you can find a parking space in Avignon. More good news. The fabulous survey of 20th century...
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ST REMY DE PROVENCE: CHATEAU DE ROUSSAN INVITES NATURE INSIDE ITS ANCIENT...
Françoise Vergier: "The earth is to see," wash drawing on tracing paper, gouache, neon, 2010. In the second floor library of the Château de Roussan Entering the Château de Roussan through an alley of...
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A HIVE SHOWS OFF ITS HONEY: THE STUDENTS’ SUMMER ART SHOW AT SCAD LACOSTE
Alexandre Harrell of Roswell NM with art patron Cesar and his purchase of two of Alexandre's charcoal on paper To your average visitor, Lacoste appears from afar as a tightly-bunched cluster of...
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MENERBES: DORA MAAR AT PASCAL LAINE GALLERY JUNE 23 – JULY 5
An exhibition of DORA MAAR “de Picasso à Ménerbes,“ presented by Laura Pecheur and Pascal Lainé, runs from June 23 to July 5 at the Galerie Pascal Lainé, Rue Sainte Barbe in the center of Ménerbes....
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