I could go on for days about all the things I love about Paris. Besides being the capital of fashion, it is home to some of the world's greatest art. I think it would take the entire summer to get my fill of all the museums, but I only had four days. Here are some of the places I visited on my most recent trip to Paris.
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Monumenta 2011 by Anish Kapoor at the Grand Palais
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To read more about the Monumenta exhibition at the Grand Palais, visit the loop gallery blog for my review
here.
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| Musee Bourdelle |
Musee Bourdelle was the home and studio of sculptor Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929). Towards the end of his life, Bourdelle initiated plans to turn his studio into a museum and today it houses more than 500 sculpture works including Delacroix, Ingres and Rodin among others. This summer, Musee Bourdelle is the host to the Madame Gres retrospective. Read my review of the Madame Gres exhibition for
Fashion Projects here.
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| Palais Garnier Interior |
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Palais Garnier is the thirteenth home of the Paris Opera since it was founded by Louis XIV in 1669. Designed by Charles Garnier on the orders of Napolean III during the Paris reconstruction project carried out by Baron Haussman, the interior is characteristic of Baroque sumptuousness. While in Paris, I visited
Palais Garnier to see a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet.
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| Musee d'Orsay |
Home to the masters of Impressionism, the
Musee d'Orsay needs no introduction. In spite of long lineups and a bad case of jet lag, I could not miss visiting this museum.
To paraphrase Gertrude Stein,
Canada is my country, but Paris is my hometown.
All photos by Ingrid Mida and are subject to copyright.
