Save the Date – May 2008
By no means comprehensive, just a few things that may be of interest…
Paris
Until 5 October 2008 — “Napoléon. Symboles du Pouvoir sous l’Empire” (Symbols of Power under the Empire), Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Métro Tuileries or Palais-Royal)
Until 20 July 2008 — “Rétrospective Camille Claudel,” Musée Rodin (Métro Varenne), www.musee-rodin.fr
Until 30 June 2008 – ”Marie Antoinette,” Grand Palais (Métro Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau)
Until July 27 2008 — “Pierre Paulin, Le Design au Pouvoir,” Galerie des Gobelins, 42, avenue des Gobelins, 75013 Paris (Métro Gobelins)
Until 31 August 2008 — “Une Passion Marocaine, Caftans, Broderies, Bijoux” (A Moroccan Passion, Caftans, Embroideries, Jewels), Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint-Laurent (Métro Alma-Marceau)
5 May – 27 July 2008 — “Saul Steinberg,” Fondation Cartier-Bresson
11 – 21 September 2008 — Biennale des Antiquaires, Grand Palais (Métro Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau)
Until 1 November 2008 — “Aussi Rouge Que Possible” (As Red As Possible), Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Métro Tuileries or Palais-Royal)
New York
Until 12 April 2008 — Jean Royère 1902-1981, Sonnabend Gallery, 536 West 22nd Street, www.sonnabendgallery.com
Washington, D.C.
Until 8 June 2008 — “In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet,” National Gallery of Art, www.nga.gov
Chicago
1 May 2008 — 2008 French Decorative Arts Symposium, “The Golden Age of Exoticism: Fashion, Food and Festivities at the 18th Century French Court,” Alliance Française de Chicago. For more information, click here.
4 June 2008 — 2008 French Decorative Arts Symposium, “Fantasies of Opulence and Otherness: Exoticism in 19th Century French Art,” Alliance Française de Chicago. For more information, click here.
Fort Worth
29 June – 2 November 2008 — “The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago,” Kimbell Art Museum. For more information, click here.
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Alas, I looked here(Boston) for them on sale(another reason to love Paris) but nothing. Also when I was young, there were signs in the florists that read, “The Violets are Here.” No more.
So now I play Frank Sinatra in my head: You bought me violets for my furs.