Dear Readers– As promised, we’ve gotten back to work! You’ll find some exciting new postings to the site– Berlin, Rodin, and Giacometti are all subjects of fantastic articles. Our own recovery, though, like the pandemic recovery, has been by fits and starts. But we hope to keep offering fresh content as we move through the second half of the winter and into spring.

If you can’t get out to explore, I empathize! 

“ For an interview with Mr. Gardner that also serves as a peek into the book itself, you might be interested in this interview that appeared in the Christian Science Monitor.”

I’ve recently read The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World’s Most Famous Museum, by art and architecture critic, James Gardner. For an interview with Mr. Gardner that also serves as a peek into the book itself, you might be interested in this interview that appeared in the Christian Science Monitor. (And yes, I know he authored “Culture or Trash?”, his critique on modern art!) Mr. Gardner’s book on the Louvre doesn’t include a photographic survey of the collection– for that, you might want to purchase The Louvre: The History, the Collections, the Architecture, written by Genevieve Bresc-Bautier, with photographs by Gerard Rondeau. It’s remarkable, but I could not have fully appreciated the photos had I not spent time with Mr. Gardner’s illuminating work. Budget permitting (and shelf space), you might consider purchasing them in tandem.

Stay safe, and please keep enjoying our site!

– Whitney