Maenads in a Wood, by Gustave Dore
”Gustave Doré (1832–1883), known primarily for his book illustrations, prints, and paintings, turned to sculpture late in his career. It was only in 1871 that he began to learn to model,…
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The French Nouvelle Cuisine today is a state of mind
The world-famous chef, who died at the start of 2018, retained his three Michelin stars for 53 years. An absolute record! Thanks to him, the great cooks have become famous…
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“Love Dies in Time,” 1878, by Édouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan
This painting was one of a pair illustrating the vicissitudes of love through time, which the artist exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1878, and which subsequently belonged to the…
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Tiny Pretty Things review
The new Netflix series “Tiny Pretty Things,” scheduled to drop Monday, begins with a person wearing a hoodie pushing ballerina Cassie Shore off a building at Chicago’s only elite dance…
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RALF MARSAULT, Faintly falling
À l’occasion de l’exposition Ralf Marsault – Berlin Years on the Wagenburg, présentée jusqu’au 24 janvier 2021 au Mois de la Photographie 2020 (EMOP), les éditions Distanz Verlag Berlin publient…
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BEYOND FASHION
„As a border crosser between art and fashion, it is essential for me to bring the two worlds together in sym- biosis in order to be able to tell my…
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Yves Saint Laurent in his home “Chateau Gabriel” photographed by Horst P. Horst, 1986.
“Chateau Gabriel,” Yves Saint Laurent: Country House, Normandy As the creative director of photography for Vogue, Horst’s portraits were in demand. He took on assignments of photographing noteworthy and prominent…
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci – 1926, Frank Cadogan Cowper
Cowper’s exquisite painting is a visual representation of John Keats’ poem La Belle Dame Sans Merci or Alain Chartier of the same title: Courtly Love. Courtly Love convention usually describes a man pining after a…
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Roselyne in Arcangues, France by Helmut Newton, 1975
Anna Wintour, of Berlin nightlife. His first photographs, taken when he was 12 in the Berlin Underground, were inspired by Brassaï’s night-shots of ‘Secret Paris’. At 16 he was apprenticed…
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Salma Hayek on why Frida Kahlo was a great artist
The biopic of Oscar-nominated leading actor, explains what made Kahlo great. By Hollywood Babylon. Diego Rivera was painting marxist murals for corporate America in the early 1930s (no, it didn’t turn…
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