Visual Arts 
Google Art Project Brings Museums of the World to a Screen Near You
Dubbed a “Street view for museums”, Google unveiled its latest innovation this week with “Art Project” (www.googleartproject.com). The interface, born out of Google’s poli... ...read more
Monet and Gérôme: the Apples and Oranges of French Fin de Siècle Painting
In Paris, Parisians and tourists alike are going wild for Monet. The Grand Palais’ exhibition “Claude Monet (1840 – 1926)”, which has been running since September, is so p... ...read moreThe (Art) Show Must Go on
There hasn’t been much good news in France of late. In fact there hasn’t really been any news, as journalists and broadcasters join the general strikes that have bro... ...read more
It’s the Space, Stupid!
The twelfth Venice Biennale of Architecture opened on August 29. The main show is in the Biennale Gardens and the Corderie (former rope-works) of the Arsenale, and has been wide... ...read more
The Rise of the Happy-Snappers
It’s that time of year in Paris – parisians have gone where ever it is they go for the summer (Côte d’Azur? Brittany?), boulangeries are closed and the streets are q... ...read more
Nelson’s Ship Rolls in for New Trafalgar Square Installation
Trafalgar Square, London. Lord Admiral Nelson looks down from atop his column. He sees the usual: tourists, pigeons, people spray-painted to look like morons… But wait,... ...read more
To Shanghai, Perchance to Dream
A mating display writ large? The ultimate in onanistic national one-upmanship? Or can World Expositions help us discover and share those parts of our humanity that aspire to a g... ...read more
Graffiti Artist Adds Color to French Burka Debate
Nick Walker is a modern day “street artist”, a sketchy position that straddles glitzy art world events and covert decoration of public space. Using a combination of stencil and ... ...read more
British Cartoonists in Election Quandary
James Gillray, "John Bull, in a quandary", 1788 “John Bull, in a quandary”, a caricature by James Gillray from 1788, depicts a stocky, simple-looking char... ...read more
Say Cheese…And Goodbye to Holiday Snaps as We Know Them
I recently ordered some prints. I was happy when they arrived in the post, but was also left feeling rather underwhelmed – there were no surprises, I had seen them all multiple ... ...read moreFollow Us
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