Sculptor Anish Kapoor Unleashes Whale-Like Monster on Paris’s Grand Palais

PARIS (REUTERS).- Entering Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture through a dark, windowless revolving door, visitors experience a momentary blackout before emerging into a womb-like cavity — warm, oppressive and bathed in red light. This is “Leviathan” at Paris’s Grand Palais, the Mumbai-born British sculptor’s first work in France for 30 years, to be unveiled on May 11, and an experience one can only imagine is like being swallowed by a whale. Famed for his critically acclaimed Cloud Gate in Chicago and [...]

Art Lovers Queue through Night for Glimpse of Monet at the Grand Palais in Paris

PARIS (REUTERS).- Thousands of art lovers queued in freezing temperatures on Saturday night for a final glimpse of a major retrospective on French Impressionist Claude Monet, after Paris’ Grand Palais opened round the clock to cope with demand. Wrapped in scarves and heavy coats, people queued for more than three hours to see the nearly 200 works by the 19th century master before the historic exhibition, the biggest one on Monet in decades, closes on Monday evening. Visitors look at the [...]

FIAC 2010 Brings Together 195 Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries from 24 Countries

PARIS.- The 37th edition of FIAC takes place from October 21st through October 24th at the Grand Palais, the Cour Carrée du Louvre and the Tuileries Garden. Located in Paris’ most prestigious and emblematic sites, infused with its history and cultural life, FIAC’s continuous commitment to the highest standards of quality and the synergies it has developed with Paris’ prestigious art institutions, have made it one of the art world’s premier international events of the autumn calendar. In a spirit [...]

Impressionist Masterpiece by Manet to Be Auctioned by Sotheby’s

LONDON.- On June 22, 2010, in its evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London, Sotheby’s will offer a masterpiece by the father and a key figure of Impressionism, Edouard Manet: Self-Portrait with a Palette, estimated at £20–30 million*. Charles Moffett, Sotheby’s Executive Vice President and co-curator of the 1983 landmark Manet exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, describes the painting as “not only the greatest Manet portrait in [...]

French Artist Christian Boltanski Takes Up the Monumenta Challenge in 2010

PARIS.- MONUMENTA is an outstanding, ambitious artistic encounter. Each year, a leading international contemporary artist is invited by the Ministry of Culture and Communication to create an exceptional new work for the 13,500 m² Nave of the Grand Palais, in the heart of Paris. Following the success of the first two MONUMENTA events, featuring Anselm Kiefer in 2007 and American sculptor Richard Serra in 2008 – both of which attracted over 140,000 visitors in five weeks – leading French artist [...]