Nov 06, 2023
Glory days
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On “Beyond Rembrandt: Prints from the Dutch Golden Century” at the Musée Condé, Paris.
On “Beyond Rembrandt: Prints from the Dutch Golden Century” at the Musée Condé, Paris.
On Houellebecq, cross-Channel rivalry & Sophie Calle.
On the disintegration of French schooling.
On a French identity crisis, The Waste Land & Rachmaninoff’s rock-and-roll side.
On “Medieval Treasures from the Victoria & Albert Museum: When the English spoke French” at the Hôtel de la Marine.
On the French riots and their enablers.
On One Hundred Visions of War, by Julien Vocance, translated by Alfred Nicol.
On “Sarah Bernhardt: The Woman Who Created the Star” at the Petit Palais, Paris.
On “Bonnard: The Experience of Seeing” at Acquavella Galleries, New York.
On the abbey of Fontevraud.