Frances blogs on art and visual culture in Paris, London, and other great cities. To read archival entries, visit FxReflects

Ron Mueck, 25 Years of Sculpture @ Thaddaeus Ropac, London

Ron Mueck, Old Couple under an Umbrella, 2013 The most arresting thing about Ron Mueck’s scu...

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Baselitz. The Retrospective @ Centre Pompidou

There’s no mistaking the world that breathes life into Georg Baselitz’s creativity. From...

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Georgia O’Keefe @ Centre Pompidou

It was a great pleasure to visit the Georgia O’Keefe exhibition at the Centre Pompidou. Partic...

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Gerhard Richter: Drawings @ Hayward Gallery

Gerhard Richter, 22. Juli 2020, 2020 This small exhibition in the HENI Project Space at the Hayward...

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James Coleman

I have been reading about James Coleman’s work for almost thirty years, but have seen very lit...

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Sarah Moon @ Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

The Sarah Moon exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris received great revi...

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Le modèle noir: de Géricault à Matisse

This exhibition was quite the talk of the town when it opened in March, and I am sorry it took me so...

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Sally Mann. A Thousand Crossings @ Jeu de Paume

Sally Mann is one of my favorite photographers, and so I was excited to see the touring exhibition, ...

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Thomas Houseago @ Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

Thomas Houseago is said to be a major figure in international sculpture, and though his work is cert...

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Imran Qureshi, The Seeming Endless Path of Memory @ Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin

Imran Qureshi’s painting, now on exhibition Thaddaeus Ropac’s Pantin gallery, in The Seeming End...

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Thomas Schütte, Three Acts @ Monnaie de Paris

It’s difficult not to overemphasize the political importance of Thomas Schütte’s sculptures. Hi...

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Ellsworth Kelly, Fenêtres, Centre Pompidou

Although Ellsworth Kelly lived in France for six years as a young man, I don’t think of his wo...

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Hammershøi, the Master of Danish Painting

The Hammershøi exhibition at the Musée Jacquemart-André on Boulevard Haussman not only vindicates...

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