It makes me laugh every time I remember how much Rodin's monument to Balzac resembles a sad seal
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The Centre Pompidou in Paris is closed for renovation until 2030
My beloved Centre Pompidou is now wrapped in scaffolding. Until 2030, Paris has one fewer brilliant place of pilgrimage. But, honestly, every time I glance at it in passing, I am afraid: what if it never reopens?
James Heath's 1806 engraving after Fuseli showing Patroclus's shade before Achilles
The engraving by the celebrated English master James Heath, executed in 1806 after an original drawing by the eminent Swiss-British artist Henry Fuseli, re-creates one of the most mystical and poignant scenes of Book XXIII of the Iliad. It is the moment when the Greek hero Achilles tries
New exhibition on animals in the work of the artist opens at the Eugène Delacroix Museum
The Eugène Delacroix Museum has unveiled a new small-scale thematic display devoted to animals in his work
Bronze cover of Salvador Dalí's “Book of the Apocalypse” stolen from museum in Issoire
A French museum has once again fallen victim to a brazen theft. On the night of Sunday, the cover of a book created by Salvador Dalí was stolen from a small private museum of modern art in the town of Issoire in central France. The cover weighs around 150 kilograms,