January 2014 – Articles from Paris

Fransk stå-upp komiker eller rasist?

Sedan ett par dagar går diskussionerna varma i Frankrike angående Dieudonné – vars shower nu har förbjudits i flera städer efter att inrikesministern Manuel Valls har deklarerat att han inte är en komiker utan en fanatisk upprorsmakare.

Surrealism and objects

At the Centre Pompidou in Paris, surrealism and its relationship to everyday objects is shown for the first time. One of the 20s century’s most important avant-garde movements has influenced contemporary artists as well.

Surrealism och föremål

På Centre Pompidou i Paris visas för första gången surrealismen och dess relation till vardagsföremålen. En av 1900-talets viktigaste avant-garde rörelser har även inflytande över dagens konst.

Syria: once more making headlines

It’s not only the Geneva-talks and the hideous proofs by one of Bashar el Assad’s own men of his government’s systematic tortures that make headlines – there has also been relevant news for us Swedes. Two of our colleagues: the journalist Magnus Falkehed and the prized photographer Niclas Hammarström were both released January 2014.

Félix Vallotton: the timid artist

This somewhat forgotten Swiss artist lived between two centuries (1865-1925) and in two cultures. Félix Vallotton’s retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris includes a large perspective of this multi-facetted artist: from the well-known engraver to the expressive colourist he became, painting large oils with varying realistic motives.