While not contemporary, the story about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa is a fascinating episode of greed, conspiracy, secrets, lies, and more lies. An excerpt from the upcoming book, The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection, by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler appears in the May issue of Vanity […]
April 16th, 2009
Categories: Political, France, Arrest, Forgery, Power players, History, Masters, Museum, Controversy, Paris, Stolen . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: Comments Off
In a bout of self-promotion (which I hope to keep to a minimum), I wanted to inform our readers that the show that Alex and I curated and have been working on for so long is finally open. The reception for the LouvreFRITOS will take place tomorrow, Friday, October 3rd at Cuchifritos gallery/project space from […]
October 2nd, 2008
Categories: Lower East Side, Collective, Installation, France, Urban, East Village, Retrospective, History, Sculpture, Group Show, Opening, Performance, Museum, New York, Photography, Paris, Painting . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: No Comments
The BBC reports that a deal inked between the French state and Abu Dhabi (UAE) will allow the Gulf state to build and license its own Louvre, at the rate of “400 million euros ($524m; £272m) just for the Louvre name,” and “will pay hundreds of millions of euros over 30 years for the privilege […]
March 6th, 2007
Categories: Business, Paris, Controversy, Museum . Author: ian l.c.v. . Comments: No Comments