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03.16.2018 Perfumes of the sixties

Twist des sixties

Perfumes of the Sixties are characterised by originality, the increased use of synthetic ingredients blended with wonderful natural ingredients, classicism and sensuality.

02.26.2018 Pistoletto

Michelangelo Pistoletto 6 Muro di stracci (Wall of Rags), 1968

“Muretti di Stracci laid one of the first stones in what art critic Germano Celant would dub Arte povera. ” (Paul Nyzam)

02.16.2018 Perfumed wigs

Femme se faisant coiffer (biscuit)

“Scented powder was all the rage.” (Annick Le Guérer)

02.09.2018 Rrose Sélavy

Portrait de Rrose Sélavy en 1921, par Man Ray

“This ambiguous effigy wearing a hat and string of pearls already had a name: Rrose Sélavy.” (Marcel Duchamp)

01.26.2018 diptyque questionnaire: Leslie David

Leslie David

Graphic artist Leslie David designed the illustration of Rose Delight.

01.12.2018 Young girl combing her hair

Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) - Jeune fille se coiffant les cheveux, 1894, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Young girl combing her hair (1894) of Auguste Renoir, by writer and exhibition commissioner Pascal Bonafoux, also a Professor Emeritus of History of Art at University Paris VIII.

01.08.2018 Toiles de Jouy

Toile de Jouy (détail de motifs) (© Musée de la toile de Jouy)

Jouy fabric created by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf became all the rage because the prints were designed as if they were real paintings. The illustrations of Rose Delight were inspired by the original toiles de Jouy.

12.25.2017 Praises of pliages

Simon Hantaï, 1980 (collection Jean-François et Marie-Aline Prat, Christie's Paris, © Christie's images, 2017)

“Hantaï’s paintings, where pliage (folding) is utilised as a genuine method, found an echo with Didi-Huberman.” (Soko Phay)

12.22.2017 The antic sky of Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly - Plafond de la salle des bronzes (détail), Musée du Louvre, Paris

“Cy Twombly’s work feeds on historical references, literature and art.” (Etienne Sallon)

12.18.2017 Space: obscure clarity

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) - Melencolia (gravure, 1514)

“The first blackness is that of night… ” (Annie Mollard-Desfour)

12.11.2017 Thomas Ruff, The Little Prince of Stars

Thomas Ruff - 17H, 36M/-34° - (Christie's images LTD 2017)

” Thomas Ruff cancelled out any resemblance to reality and broke with the traditionally more emotional representation of the subject.” (Elodie Morel)

12.08.2017 Stars (of visibility)

stars

“Visibility is the key for public recognition on a grand scale.” (Julia Kerninon)

12.01.2017 Usury and the stars

Giotto (1266/7-1337) - Fresque de la chapelle Santa Maria della Carità all’Arena (Saint Marie de la Charité de l’Arène) à Padoue (détail): partie de la voûte située à l’ouest, du côté de l’entrée de la chapelle. La Vierge Marie portant l’enfant le Christ dans le médaillon central est entourée de quatre médaillons où figurent des prophètes.

Usury and the Stars by writer and art historian, Pascal Bonafoux, about stars in the fresco of Giotto in the chapel of Santa Maria della Carità all’Arena.

11.24.2017 Constellations of Joan Fontcuberta

Joan Fontcuberta - MN 62: OPHIUCUS (NGC 6266), AR 17 h. 01,2 min. / D -30º 07′

Constellations of Joan Fontcuberta, presented by Nathalie Parienté, an art historian and exhibition curator, and notably «Joan Fontcuberta. Ad Litteram».

11.20.2017 LA NONA ORA (THE NINTH HOUR)

La Nona Ora est une œuvre sculpturale conçue en 1999 par l'artiste italien Maurizio Cattelan et exécutée sous sa direction par Daniel Druet et Odile Hautemulle.

La Nona Ora (the ninth hour) was created by Maurizio Cattelan in 1999. This installation is presented by contemporary art expert at Christie’s Paul Nyzam.

11.10.2017 diptyque questionnaire: Philippe Baudelocque

Philippe Baudelocque et Myriam Badault, Directrice du Marketing chez diptyque

diptyque questionnaire: Philippe Baudelocque. Reknown for his giant stellar fresco, the artist has illustrated ditpyque Collection Hiver 2017.

10.27.2017 The logic of organised sensations of Cezanne

Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906) Le cruchon vert (Photo© RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Tony Querrec), Musée d'Orsay, conservé au Musée du Louvre, Paris.

« There is no line, there is no modelling, there are only contrasts » (Lawrence Gowing)

10.20.2017 Florentine and Alexandre Lamarche-Ovize at Private Choice

Florentine et Alexandre Lamarche-Ovize chez Private Choice, à Paris, du 16 au 22 octobre.

Interview with artists Florentine and Alexandre Lamarche-Ovize, as guests for the fifth edition of Private Choice, envisioned by Nadia Candet.

10.16.2017 Birds in the Nordic design

Hans Bølling, Ducks (éd. Architectmade)

Birds in the Nordic design, by Ásdís Ólafsdóttir, an historian of Design and Director of Maison Louis Carré.

09.22.2017 When an accident creates a new identity

Bertrand Lavier, Giulietta, 1993, vue de l’exposition Bertrand Lavier, depuis 1969, Paris, Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’Art moderne, 2012.

“Accident and creation are therefore not in opposition.” (Catherine Malabou)

09.18.2017 The story of a photography

Une Delage au Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France, circuit de Dieppe, 26 juin 1912 – Jacques Henri Lartigue

The photography was was blurred and the main subject matter had barely made it into the frame.

09.15.2017 American Paris

Le Dingo bar - Rendu célèbre par Ernst Hemingway dans « Paris est une fête »,  au comptoir duquel il rencontra Francis Scott Fitzgerald.

“The American of Paris is what America does best.” (Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1925)

08.11.2017 A history of the gestures of perfumery

Pomme de senteur tenue au bout d’une chaînette (détail d’un portrait  de femme de Nicolas de Neuchatel dit Lucidel)

“From its origins to today, perfume has continued to induce practices and gestures.” (Annick Le Guérer)

08.07.2017 Il Disegno, drawing and design

Drawing Hands (« Mains dessinant »), lithographie de Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)

“Drawing is even more important because it is at the origin of a piece of work.” (Pascal Bonafoux)

07.28.2017 Perfume: the story of a murderer

Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) - Nymphe et satyre, dit aussi Jupiter et Antiope, Musée du Louvre

“This novel by Patrick Süskind is primarily the story of a Nose called Jean-Baptiste Grenouille” (Julia Kerninon)

07.14.2017 Philosophy of Smell

Portrait de Eleonora Tommasi par Silvestro Lega (1826-1895), (CRÉDITLEEMAGE - AFP)

“Smell acquires its pedigree via the art that expresses the beauty and power of fragrances. ” (Chantal Jaquet)

06.30.2017 Morvarid K.: “Preserved for a better day”

'Preserved for a better day' (11), de Morvarid K. (© Morvarid K.)

With « Preserved for a better day », artist Morvarid K. recalls the daily lives of people living in Tehran.

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