Catherine Bennett is a journalist based in Paris.
The sculptor’s grotesque figures and expressive faces reflect us back to ourselves in uncomfortable and witty ways
The Pompidou presents African, Caribbean and American artists who could be free in the French capital in ways often denied to them at home
A show of photographs and Pop art-inspired prints by Corita Kent displays the artist’s fun side but plays down her political fervour
The museum is set to close in 2025, leaving a hole in the city’s arts scene and adding to growing disquiet about its general direction
Didier Rykner is the tireless heritage campaigner with a talent for publicity who has become a thorn in the side of the French authorities
While the appointment or dismissal of directors makes headlines, chronic understaffing is a much more fundamental problem
Artists from across North Africa and the Middle East are expressing themselves in a sprawling show at the Institut du Monde Arabe
A modern-day Salon des Refusés saves and celebrates unrealised and unwanted artworks in digital form
