Category: Art
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Follow Me: Le Meridien x Gray Malin
Follow Me: Le Meridien’s global art collaboration with fine art photographer Gray Malin. What is the essence of travel? Le Méridien luxury hotel chain will offer some possible answers with the help of fine art photographer Gray Malin. Le Méridien’s ‘Follow Me’ is a 24-Hour immersive video journey and a global art collaboration. Follow Me represents…
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Keys to a passion: seminal modern art works at Fondation Louis Vuitton
Fondation Louis Vuitton presents the exhibition Keys to a passion from April 1 to July 6 2015. The Fondation Louis Vuitton has seen record attendance since its inauguration in October. In four months, this new site dedicated to contemporary creation welcomed more than 400,000 visitors. As the third phase of its inaugural programme, Fondation Louis Vuitton…
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Art galleries: the last refuge of the cultural window-shopper
While bookstores and record shops close their doors, squeezed out by the online competition, the gallery still offers something the internet can’t: real-life art
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Palais Galliera honouring Jeanne Lanvin – the great lady of haute couture
Palais Galliera exhibition honouring the oldest French fashion house still in business. The first retrospective dedicated to Jeanne Lanvin. The Palais Galliera Fashion Museum, in close collaboration with Alber Elbaz, artistic director of Lanvin, is honouring the oldest French fashion house still in business. This first Paris exhibition devoted to French fashion designer Jeanne Lanvin (1867-1946)…
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The 10 most expensive paintings ever sold
A Gauguin painting has sold for a reported $300m, making it the most expensive painting ever sold. See how it compares with other pricey paintings that have sold for vast sums
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Happy Valentines Day, suckers: how Damien Hirst’s cashing in on Cupid
The artist’s latest show, featuring banal images of love hearts and butterflies, looks like an attempt to squeeze money out of innocent punters