Paris

Edgar Degas, Before the Race, 1882-1884
Sports in Art: Paris Exhibitions To See Besides the Olympics

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics run from July 26th through…

the louvre courtyard with pyramid and crowds
An Inside Look at the History of the Louvre
Here are 11 of the most surprising facts about the history of the Louvre.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, OP OP, 1984-1985 Acrylic and oilstick on canvas, 287 × 417 cm
Jean-Michel Basquiat's Life and Times Examined in Two European Shows

A self-taught artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat…

Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884, oil on canvas
Who was Georges Seurat?

Pioneering pointillist and founding Neo-…

Edgar Degas, The Dance Class, 1874. Oil on canvas. 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Life and Art of Edgar Degas
Considered a founder of Impressionism, Edgar Degas actually disliked the label, preferring Realist or Independent. Best known for his paintings and bronze sculptures, Degas was also a printmaker and…
Wide World Photos, detail of Gertrude Stein sitting on a sofa in her Paris studio, with a portrait of her by Pablo Picasso, and other modern art paintings hanging on the wall behind her, May 1930.
The Importance of Gertrude Stein as an Art Collector
Noted iconoclastic Jewish-American poet, playwright, novelist, and art collector Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) is remembered for her experimental use of language, her frank depiction of lesbian…
"Loïe Fuller in La Danse Blanche" 1898 Courtesy Maryhill Museum of Art.
Loïe Fuller: Innovator on Stage from Paris to Pacific Northwest
Illinois-born dancer Loïe Fuller (1862-1928) took Paris by storm in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She was famous throughout both North America and Europe for her groundbreaking…
Robert Doisneau, Le baiser de l’Hôtel de Ville, Paris 1950.
Robert Doisneau is the Fisherman of Moments at Palazzo Roverella
Robert Doisneau, born in 1912 in Gentilly, became an amateur photographer at the age of sixteen. Throughout life, he was able to create and record a world full of wonder and possibilities, a state of…