You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow In an unprecedented collaboration with the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is, for the first time, exhibiting the important Paysage au Cannet (Landscape at Le Cannet) by Pierre Bonnard alongside the artist's portrait by Édouard Vuillard These two works owe their connection to the attentive eye of Vuillard who chose to depict his friend beside the Paysage au Cannet in a remarkable mise en abyme painting While Bonnard himself is clearly recognisable the representation of his painting in this portrait acts as a powerful artistic signature Vuillard paid tribute to his friend by skillfully depicting the Paysage au Cannet in great detail This exceptional presentation of the two artworks is accompanied by other paintings by Bonnard belonging to the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris these paintings evoke the time Bonnard and his wife Marthe – who was the model for Nu dans le bain (Nude in the Bath) and Femme à sa toilette (Woman at Her Toilette) – lived at the villa “Le Bosquet” in Le Cannet The house and surrounding garden became a limitless source of inspiration for the painter Bonnard immortalises the view above the villa in Paysage au Cannet he invites us to contemplate the same landscape from the window of his studio revealing another perspective of this beloved place The abundant greenery around the house is also evident in Le Jardin (The Garden) where the vibrant colours of the different flowers and plants invite us to follow in the artist's footsteps Lee Da-yeong poses with a Panionios scarf in a photo shared on the club's website on Wednesday UCONN GAME STATS France – The first performance against an outside opponent for UConn men's basketball In the first game of its three-game Foreign Tour on Saturday night the Huskies challenged Le Cannet Basket and won in convincing fashion before some 250 fans at the French team's home court "The winning streak continues," UConn Coach Dan Hurley said with a smile referring to last season's six-game winning streak that propelled the Huskies to the NCAA National Championship it shows that the hard work we do in the summer pays off We think it puts us a little ahead of everybody else." Looking to blend the returning core of veterans with their group of new players, the Huskies found it to be an easy mix, getting 81 points from seven returnees and 51 from five newcomers. All 12 players who appeared in the game scored, while freshman Jaylin Stewart was feeling ill and did not play Junior Samson Johnson had 12 points and led the rebounding with 8 while Spencer (6) and senior Hasson Diarra (5) combined for 11 assists including four 10-minute quarters instead of two 20-minute halves Donovan and the others – who really know how to play," Hurley said "and a group of freshmen who have worked extremely hard to learn I loved the unselfish passing to try and get good shots and just the overall winning attitude." who leave early Sunday morning on a flight to Barcelona to complete the Foreign Tour didn't waste much time putting Le Cannett in their rear-view mirror hitting 8-of-12 three-pointers in the opening quarter to jump out to a 38-22 lead but the Huskies hardly missed a beat with the reserves in the game running the lead to 67-40 at the half and 101-48 at the end of the third quarter when the UConn defense held Le Cannet to just 8 points Le Cannet Basket is a team that won France's fifth division championship just last June and will be moving up to the fourth division this coming season upon their arrival in Spain on Sunday morning The team will meet a Spanish Select Team on Monday and a second Spanish Select Team on Tuesday before taking a day of sightseeing on Wednesday and leaving for home on Thursday Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here I spent a quiet afternoon in the Kimbell Art Museum’s exhibition I have long been a fan of Pierre Bonnard’s pastel and his deft manipulation of space and emotion through color While I anticipated this would be a visually stunning exhibition (and it is) I underestimated the way these works — and the way they were organized — could make me consider and reconsider the complexities of intimacy As I wandered through the luminous paintings I pondered their intersecting manipulations of color The exhibition opens with a sweeping view of the Kimbell’s 2018 acquisition, Landscape at Le Cannet The green and orange figures and vegetation are glowing embers against the unearthly lavender light cast by the Renzo Piano Pavillion’s concrete walls dissolves into the fields on the right of the canvas the first of many ghosts to haunt the exhibition give me the uncanny sense of standing atop a tall hill or building where neighboring bunny rabbits and anonymous allegorical figures quickly make way for distant trees The sight lines between the baffle walls further orient me to the exhibition’s overall layout: a somewhat detached start is sure to give way to increasingly personal views beyond Installation view of “Bonnard’s Worlds” at the Kimbell Art Museum filled with warm golden greens and figures frozen in lively awkward movement: aiming a croquet bat I trace Bonnard’s signature orange as it emanates from each painting connecting their sometimes disparate stylistic choices in a subtle scavenger hunt I continued throughout the exhibition We as an audience are in a park or garden rather than overlooking a pastoral vista I get the sense I am visiting a friend from a distance The next narrow space undulates through the color palette of the works I join a family luncheon or drop by for a chat We sit and read quietly with unfinished cups of tea Frenetic strokes of paint and vibrant patches of abstraction lure us into the haze of memory or reverie past moments collaged together in the mind’s eye The following gallery is a bridge between outside and inside: living breathing interiors with windows to the world beyond The colorful interiors glow around her lavender gray skin as if ghostly apparitions set flowers in vases and spill coffee on the tablecloth happening upon my partner during their morning routine After a riotous yellow transition in which we look through a window with another ghostly face on the bottom left We are then gifted with a touch of everyday domesticity including signs that people actually live in this place with works that show papers strewn on surfaces a woman sharing her breakfast with her dog I enjoy the figure’s anonymous labor as she stocks the cupboards I wonder how she prefers to arrange her pantry items and I jot down a few notes for my own kitchen I now see myself as the the one writing at the desk or scraping the butter within a quiet still life setting Then next come the nudes: faceless women emerging from the darkness of the low-light galleries riotous patterned quilts and wallpaper in the gloom of twilight were sharing an intimate breakfast with Marthe and her dog and here the intimacy has escalated to something much more private And this is where the invitation to tea has ended luminous reality the most exposed versions of my beloved While the label texts point toward an overtly “erotic” reading of these paintings — an interpretation that is certainly readily available — I use this body of work to think on the word “intimacy,” employed frequently in the discourse of this show I am interested in the connection between “intimate” and “vulnerable.” I ask myself Certainly bedrooms and bathrooms are at the crux of that intersection Perhaps we often use one term as a euphemism for the other As these figures lay among their tussled sheets or emerge from their beds to drag their clothing back on they are at once powerful in their nudity and vulnerable in their awareness spotlights illuminate painting after painting of a nude Marthe in her bedroom and bathroom the light through the windows and water creating an incandescent glow from beneath her skin disappearing and reappearing behind corners in complicated compositions that bend the rules of space as her body melts into the water or ties back her hair “Nude in an Interior,” on view in “Bonnard’s Worlds” at the Kimbell Art Museum The exhibition closes with a selection of Bonnard’s self-portraits one of which stands in a captivating pairing with his final Nude in Bathtub A lavender phantom dissolving beneath the water Marthe is a mere spirit in dichotomy to her corporeal dog juxtaposed with Bonnard’s harrowing expression nearby Bonnard has no more intimacy to illustrate beyond what he sees of himself in the mirror His gaunt reflection is almost too private for me “Nude in Bathtub,” on view in “Bonnard’s Worlds” at the Kimbell Art Museum and brought into context with this exhibition Bonnard investigates solidity and translucence As Bonnard’s characters look to the distance or stare into their cups of tea I leave Bonnard’s Worlds reflecting: When am I myself Seekers of thoughtful interiors, vibrant color studies, human relationships, and a spectrum of “intimacy” should make it a point to visit Bonnard’s Worlds, on view at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth through January 28 “glowing tutti frutti” is an apt description.) and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" HAA Cultural Events Calendar The Kimbell Art Museum imports Mediterranean beauty to Fort Worth with its newest addition: a mural-sized painting by Pierre Bonnard one of the most admired artists of the 20th century the first work by Bonnard to enter the museum’s collection was painted in 1928 and depicts the vibrant sun-drenched landscape surrounding the artist’s villa near Cannes The Kimbell announced the acquisition on August 30, and it goes on display in the museum's Kahn building on August 31. The museum did not disclose the purchase price, although a recent Wall Street Journal article reports that a 1923 Bonnard landscape The Terrace at Vernon sold at a 2011 Christie’s auction in London for $11.6 million "well over its pre-sale estimate of $4.8 million-$6.4 million and Bonnard’s record at auction." Those who have spent time on the French Riviera will recognize the brilliant colors of the Cote d’Azur in the painting — especially since the larger-than-life canvas stands about 9 feet wide Bonnard portrays the landscape around his villa as an earthly paradise with human beings in harmony with nature,” says museum director Eric M with its intense Mediterranean light and color will look spectacular in the Texas light of the Kimbell.” The painting is first recorded hanging on the wall in Bonnard’s Paris apartment in 1930 His friend Édouard Vuillard painted a portrait there of Bonnard’s city studio showing the artist looking intently at Landscape at Le Cannet Bonnard was born in a suburb of Paris suburb in 1867; he began his career studying law but soon left to pursue art at the Académie Julian in Paris He was inspired early on by artist Paul Gauguin and Bonnard's late works inspired Mark Rothko Bonnard often painted scenes of daily life centering on his own family — especially his wife His landscapes often depict joy his garden at Vernon in Normandy and his house at Le Cannet The Kimbell describes Landscape at Le Cannet with this detail: "(It) is the most ambitious depiction of the world that was the central setting in Bonnard’s art for the final decades of his life Taking a position on the hill above his home which he had christened 'Le Bosquet' for the grove of trees that surrounded it near the tree at center of the composition gives a sense of Bonnard’s personal scale in the context of the panorama; the two hillocks in the foreground fall towards the pathway that borders the rear of Bonnard’s property where a girl and her dog can be seen passing by Bonnard places himself in the right foreground beside a pair of goats; a cow stands among spiky plants at the other side of the canvas The whole composition is suffused with warm light and with a rainbow-like array of colors from reds and oranges through the dominant yellow hue to shades of green The Kimbell Art Foundation purchased the painting in honor of Kay Fortson Admission to the museum's permanent galleries A lot of iconic characters can be found in this month's line-up from Michael Jackson and The Temptations to Hello Kitty here are 12 local shows to watch this month: Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the TemptationsBroadway at the Center through May 4This Broadway musical follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Set to the beat of the group’s treasured hits and betrayal during a decade of civil unrest in America A Dallas HeddaBishop Arts Theatre Center through May 10BATC's playwright-in-residence Franky D Gonzalez has reimagined Ibsen's Hedda Gabler which explored the psyche of a woman whose labyrinthine soul and longing for freedom from a world that sought always to control her Gonzalez's concept picks up the conversation that Ibsen began and continues to explore freedom through the lens of the conversations that we in the United States (and indeed throughout the world) have been having around the intersections of race H*llo K*tty SyndromeUndermain Theatre They just quit their job as a police officer and made a vendetta with their brother-in-law HK finds themselves caught in the throes of a family drama nobody will stop commenting on the fact that they are wearing a Hello Kitty™ mascot costume — though it’s slightly off because of copyright laws Festival of the KidStage West May 3-4The 18th annual edition of this festival features 29 never-produced pieces written and performed by local students aged 7 to 18 with works written by and starring students ages 7-13 which unfolds in two acts and includes all pieces written by and starring students 13-18 years of age and monologues are all winning selections from Stage West's Neighborhood Play Contest Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a SongAT&T Performing Arts Center Forbidden Broadway is a satirical roast of over 30 Broadway hits featuring outrageous costumes silly spoofs of the songs you know by heart a talented quintet of comic chameleons throw out pointed parodies at a dizzying pace Moving CreaturesOchre House Theater May 7-24This is a politically charged satire about an evil and intolerable oligarch bloated old goat who lords over a once rich and beautiful region that is now a wasteland due to the Baron’s greediness successful women that fell victim to the Baron’s insatiable desire to kill which takes place during the Gilded Age at the turn of the 20th century is a mysterious world that has a moving mansion MJ the MusicalBroadway at the Bass the unparalleled artistry of the greatest entertainer of all time is featured in MJ the Tony Award-winning new musical centered around the making of the 1992 Dangerous World Tour The production goes beyond the singular moves and signature sound of the star offering a rare look at the creative mind and collaborative spirit that catapulted Michael Jackson into legendary status El OtroTeatro Dallas May 16-31A simple ride to retrieve a birthday gift sends a young teenage girl named Romy and her two fathers on a phantasmagoric ride through a harrowing night the fresh-faced Fort Bliss soldier who recently married her mother The Mad Dog BluesHip Pocket Theatre May 16-June 8Take an adventure trip through America's mythology traversing through Sam Shepard's work like never seen before Patti Lupone: A Life in NotesAT&T Performing Arts Center May 24Three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone describes her new concert as a “personal musical memoir,” and what a memoir she has Lupone takes to the stage with her longtime musical director Joseph Thalken to celebrate STOMPAT&T Performing Arts Center The international percussion sensation features an eight-member troupe that uses everything but conventional percussion instruments — like matchboxes hubcaps — to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms CatsCasa Mañana May 31-June 8Known for its spectacular music Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning Cats is one of the longest-running Broadway musicals of all time As a tribe of cats called the Jellicles gather for the annual Jellicle Ball find out who will be chosen to be reborn into a new Jellicle life The mandatory bout for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Cruiserweight Championship between the champion Arsen Goulamirian and his challenger Aleksei Egorov has been confirmed for November 19 at La Palestre Arena Goulamirian will return to the ring to defend his 200 lbs French citizen will have the opportunity to be at home and in front of his fans for this great fight The 35 year old puncher had not been able to step into the ring due to various postponments of the fights but now he is ready to show his strength once again.  Egorov earned the right by being the Gold champion of the division and the best available contender to face the champion The undefeated fighter had been waiting years for such an occasion and now has the opportunity to go to the monarch’s house and take the black and gold crown from him Both Goulamirian and Egorov are undefeated in their professional careers while the latter has knocked out 7 of the 11 opponents he has beaten In a night of mixed emotions at the ANB Arena.. Usage of Content   Confidentiality Clause The rise of anti-Semitism in France has been driving many Jews from the country Others are fleeing the bigger cities and heading south to the French Riviera a small suburb on the northern border of Cannes is home to two hundred fifty Jewish families Chabad of Cannes opened Le Cannet’s first synagogue “Many of the younger families who move here are finding Le Cannet to be a more affordable place to live,” says Rabbi Mendel Matusof who directs Chabad of Cannes with his father “For years our congregants have been asking when we will do something for Le Cannet.” In 2014 the Matusofs appointed Rabbi Levi Gourevitch and his wife Mouchka to begin running activities for Le Cannet’s growing Jewish community a forty minute walk into Cannes the need for a local synagogue and community center was highlighted With the help of the City the new Chabad house and synagogue located in the center of town was inaugurated April 22 Officials of the local municipality participated at the event and joined a tour of the center following the ribbon cutting MP Michelle Tabarot and Vice President of the Regional Council both whom are long standing friends of the Jewish community “We are happy to have in Le Cannet a center that teaches the love of another,”said Philippe Tabarot “Among the older members of our community there is the feeling of wanting to keep a low profile The enthusiastic participation of city officials was a boost to their Jewish pride.” Mr Jacques Merker reads a prayer at the inauguration of Le Cannet’s first synagogue as Rabbis Mendel Matusof and Youdi Lewin look on Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Home News Babcock awarded new contract to support the French Government’s fleet of Airbus H145-C2 helicopters Babcock and Airbus Helicopters have been awarded a new contract to support the EC145 fleet of the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Civile and the French Gendarmerie Nationale awarded by the French Ministry of Armed Forces Directorate of Aeronautical Maintenance (DMAé) covers the aircraft in service support of a fleet of 48 Airbus EC145 helicopters across France mainland and overseas The fleet is made up of 33 Sécurité Civile helicopters and 15 Gendarmerie Nationale helicopters currently in service for rescue operations The package of work will see Babcock providing aircraft support and maintenance at its facilities in le Cannet-des-Maures We will also be responsible for central technical assistance mission equipment and associated ground support resources and manage the spare parts inventory at our facility in Nîmes Garons The contract will create around 20 jobs in the Nîmes and Le Cannet-des-Maures regions to meet the customer’s needs Babcock and Airbus Helicopters will also be assisting with the retirement of the EC145 fleet of the Sécurité Civile and Gendarmerie Nationale which will be gradually withdrawn and replaced by Airbus H145 helicopters we have been supporting the Airbus H135 fleet of the Gendarmerie Nationale and French Customs and over the last year we have been providing support for the four new H145 delivered to the Sécurité Civile © 2025 Babcock International Group PLC ‘Dining Room in the Country’ (1913) More by this contributorAlice Spawls21 September 2023 Newsletter Preferences This site requires the use of Javascript to provide the best possible experience Please change your browser settings to allow Javascript content to run Get quality reporting directly into your inbox A 33-year-old Russian man who runs no known profitable businesses secretly owns European real estate and other assets worth at least 50 million euros The findings of this story are based on corporate records that are current as of 2019 in the case of Toni’s Luxembourg companies and 2018 in the case of his investment fund which he holds through seven companies registered in the tiny European country include a 19th-century neo-Gothic palace near Paris; an apartment between the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe; two villas on the French Riviera; three houses and land on Spain’s Mediterranean coast; a depot in Germany; and even An investment fund registered in Luxembourg — of which Toni is registered as a director — holds an additional 40 million euros of commercial real estate that almost all once belonged to his family as well as 60 million euros in other assets as is any other role the Toni family may play in its investments Because Luxembourg records show only a company’s current owner it is unknown when Toni became associated with these companies and their assets He was just 15 years old when the first of the properties were purchased who does not have a visible internet presence did not respond to questions about how he came to possess such wealth But his great fortune may have something to do with the fact that his father is a deputy managing director of Russian Railways one of the largest transport companies in the world with over 700,000 workers and net profits of $829 million But this pillar of Russian state capitalism is famously corrupt In 2014, for example, Reuters reported that Russian Railways granted contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to shell companies allegedly controlled by an old friend and “unpaid adviser” of its longtime head Yakunin and the elder Toni appear to have had a warm relationship The Russian Railways boss contributed an introduction to a book Toni wrote about “the fate of modern Russia.” Yakunin also wrote a laudatory blog post (since deleted) in which he praised his subordinate for his work on the 2014 Winter Olympics Novaya Gazeta and OCCRP found that Yakunin’s friend’s son earned millions as an intermediary between Russian Railways and Bombardier He also received millions of uncertain origin through a money laundering scheme known as the Russian Laundromat “Toni was the key leader who organized the construction of all of Russian Railways’ Olympic facilities in Sochi,” Yakunin wrote “Building what we built in just five years from nothing — few could shoulder it.” In 2010, it was reported two of Toni’s former business partners at a private construction firm received massive contracts from Russian Railways to build Olympics facilities Russian Railways said no laws had been violated Toni did not respond to OCCRP’s questions about this possible conflict of interest No specific evidence has emerged linking the Toni family’s real estate to any illicit activity at Russian Railways But the opaque corporate structures used to acquire the properties and the mysterious origins of much of the financing raise questions about what may be happening behind the scenes Oleg Toni did not respond to requests for comment the Tonis acquired about 7 million euros’ worth of property in 2003 and 2004 the year Oleg Toni joined Russian Railways Among their earliest possessions is their most extravagant: the Chateau de Montapot near Paris has a total area of ​​990 square meters and 19 bedrooms Тhe property was bought in 2003 by a company registered in the British Virgin Islands whose owners cannot be identified the BVI company gave this property to one of the seven Luxembourg companies that now belong to the young Sergey Toni an independent appraiser estimated the palace’s value at 2.5 million euros The Toni family’s two villas in Le Cannet The same scheme was used to acquire three other French properties: A Paris apartment on the glamorous Rue du Faubourg just a quick walk from the Elysee Palace; a small house in the fashionable village of Mougins; and a 3-million-euro villa in the French Riviera town of Le Cannet the value of this last purchase had risen to 4.6 million euros suggesting that the family had invested further funds to improve it the Tonis also bought a second villa in Le Cannet served on the lawn of their French chateau It is unknown whether the family uses the other properties personally They do not appear on popular rental sites such as Airbnb or booking.com and Google Maps images show no indication that they are being rented out suggesting that the properties do not bring in any income establishing a separate Luxembourg company and land in the province of Alicante worth a total of 7.4 million euros It also registered the right to use a spot in the city’s port The Toni family used a third Luxembourg-registered company this firm acquired three properties worth 24 million euros: the Hotel Courtyard Seestern by Mariott in Dusseldorf and a shopping center called Porte di Moncalieri near Turin Over the next years, however, the young Sergey Toni sold these assets to an investment fund that was registered in Luxembourg in 2014. The fund is managed by United Financial Group a wealth management company working in the Russian market since 2005 its Luxembourg affiliate had collected assets around Europe worth 100 million euros of which about 40 million represent real estate formerly owned by or connected to the Toni family The names of the fund’s investors are unknown Neither he nor his father responded when asked about the nature of their involvement The fund paid out 58 million euros in dividends in 2018 and 2019 These properties represent just a portion of a business empire that now belongs to the 33-year-old Sergey another of his Luxembourg companies acquired a 4.9 million-euro property in Germany described in documents only as a “depot.” Still another owns almost 17 million euros in Swiss assets though the records don’t reveal what they are A sixth Luxembourg company recently sold an office building in France it had held since 2008 Luxembourg is not the only place where the Toni family has secretive assets Reporters found a Toni company registered in the British Virgin Islands that owns an apartment in the upscale London district of Knightsbridge The family also owns a large house in Prague through a Czech company It’s unclear how the family managed to acquire such wealth even considering the senior Toni’s generous official income Oleg Toni was a businessman and held shares in a large private construction firm He sold these shares between 2003 and 2006 it’s difficult to estimate how much his share could have been worth or how much he could have earned there Judging by the only information available — the net value of BSK’s assets — Toni’s share might be estimated as roughly 3 million dollars at the time This figure is just a fraction of what his family spent on French real estate alone Though Oleg Toni’s position at Russian Railways does not require him to disclose his salary or assets the company publishes consolidated information about how much its executives are compensated If Toni receives a proportionate share of the total his annual salary could be about 1 million euros this is an extraordinarily generous income but it's still insufficient to explain his family's acquisition of tens of millions of dollars in non-income-generating properties many of the Toni family’s purchases were financed through loans his companies’ debts surpass the value of their properties And most of these funds were loaned not by banks is the daughter of Azerbaijan’s former ambassador to London she is familiar with unprofitable companies: she’s the director of a London-based real estate firm into which the couple have invested nearly two million pounds and owns a consignment handbag store she opened with her mother But neither they nor her husband’s lossmaking real estate empire have prevented the family from leading a life of luxury they split their time between London and Monaco Her posts also show that she received an Aston Martin for her birthday in 2015 and poses in clothing made by Fendi Hanushka Toni's hobbies, according to a bio on a website of a former employer eating her way around London and organising her closet by colour and season.” Support from readers like you helps OCCRP expose organized crime and corruption around the world you’ll be directly supporting investigative journalism as a public good You’ll also gain access to exclusive insights and benefits Data in Luxembourg’s UBO registry shows the tiny Grand Duchy is a favored destination for oligarchs Central Bank Governor Riad Salame has touted investment in Lebanon while sending his own money to Europe Thousands of emails sent and received by Kirill Shamalov — Vladimir Putin’s former son-in-law — showcase the fantastic.. and Lee Jae-yeong during a Heungkuk Life Insurance Pink Spiders V League game in October 2020 [YONHAP] with her twin sister Lee Jae-yeong when they both played for the Heungkuk Life Insurance Pink Spiders in 2021 The first exhibition to focus entirely on the radiant late interiors and still life paintings of Pierre Bonnard (1867‱947) will open January 27 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art “Pierre Bonnard: The Late Interiors,” running to April 19 in the museum’s Robert Lehman Wing drawings and watercolors that date from 1923 to 1947 when Bonnard centered his painting activity in Le Cannet Working in his modest house overlooking the Mediterranean Bonnard’s paintings transformed the rooms and objects that surrounded him into dazzling images infused with intense light. It is these luminous late interiors that define Bonnard’s modernism and prompt a reappraisal of his reputation in the history of Twentieth Century art 16 watercolors and gouaches and 19 drawings and sketches in the exhibition are numerous rarely seen works from private collections as well as loans from prominent museums in Europe and the United States The exhibition will also reunite several pictures that once hung side-by-side on Bonnard’s studio wall in Le Cannet. More modern than is commonly recognized the late work of Bonnard is remarkable for the artist’s individualistic approach to color perspective and composition †particularly as seen in his interiors and still lifes Although less well known than his paintings of bathers Bonnard’s late interiors and still life paintings are equally extraordinary Over the course of 24 years of painting the simply furnished much as Paul Cézanne had discovered in the landscape of Mont Sainte-Victoire The exhibition will feature the artist’s finest interiors including “Corner of the Dining Room at Le Cannet,” “The White Interior” and “The French Window,” all from 1932. Bonnard’s late interiors and still lifes explore a multitude of nuanced color relationships among glowing yellows as in “Basket of Fruit: Oranges and Persimmons,” circa 1940 and “Bouquet of Mimosas,” circa 1945 in such paintings as “Breakfast,” circa 1930 transcend domestic narratives to speak of the artist’s process of creating pictures through a masterful orchestration of color and light. Although Bonnard’s subjects were close at hand relying instead on pencil drawings sketched rapidly in little diaries Four of the artist’s diaries from his years at Le Cannet will be loaned by the Bibliothèque national de France The diary notations lay out idiosyncratic marks as reminders of color These shorthand sketches were critical to the genesis of large-scale paintings through a process of continual editing and revision He often worked on several paintings at once tacking the unstretched canvases to his studio wall in order to allow for alteration of the periphery of the painting and its overall proportions. the artist deferred to the memory of perception His interest lay in exploring how diverse objects interrelate within a pictorial field rather than dwelling on the literalness of any object or figure in the paintings “Still Life with Ham,” 1940 and “Young Women in the Garden (Renée Monchaty and Marthe Bonnard) ,” circa 1921′3 equal attention is paid to every component of a painting Negative spaces are as important as positive forms thus achieving a kind of “overallness” in the composition. Bonnard created a body of work that became less obviously descriptive and more metaphoric over time The artist played with conventions of perspective and proportion and intensified the relationships among objects and figures to a disquieting effect Bonnard’s paintings often convey a feeling of forbidden sights as if one is trespassing among private or intimate settings In later paintings figures become peripheral Some figures begin to disappear off the picture plane as in “Dining Room Overlooking the Garden [The Breakfast Room],” 1930″1 and “Table in Front of the Window,” 1934″5 pulsating colors and a fluid interaction between foreground and background the forms and spaces of Bonnard’s still lifes and interiors are not still at all The Metropolitan Museum of Art is at 1000 Fifth Avenue. For information, 212-535-7710 or www.metmuseum.org . the Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts in the gallery run by Le Barc de Boutteville and at the Universal Exhibition of 1900 The piece selected for the Universal Exhibition – Jotunheim (Frederikssund Willumsens Museum) - was an impressive creation not only a great success for Willumsen but a masterpiece of Symbolist painting The large mountain landscape was painted in 1892-1893 after a trip to Norway Willumsen designed the frame himself: a series of low-relief allegorical figures cut out of zinc and painted architecture and ceramics and was an accomplished engraver and photographer makes an approach to his work complex and full of surprises such as the disconcerting The Bowls Players simplifying line and a supple arrangement of lines and colours gives them a decorative (Horse-chestnut Trees Willumsens Museum) and symbolist aspect (Jotunheim 1892-1893).A work like Jotunheim nevertheless shows that the artist soon drew away from French Symbolism and turned towards a form of expression that was more Nordic than Latin 1893; Poster for the Free Exhibition and Model for the Free Exhibition This is the meaning of the two great "modern" allegories: The Woman Climber (1904 Hagemanns Kollegium) and A Physician (1913 the large canvas measuring over four metres long Children Bathing on the Beach at Skagen (1909 an exceptional moment of fusion not only of man and nature but of the Nordic and Mediterranean worlds: although the light is that of the huge white sandy beaches of northern Denmark the boys leaping naked into the sea were painted from snapshots taken by Willumsen at Amalfi in 1902 and 1904 spoke ironically of creativity thwarted by the weight of the soul and failing inspiration as is shown by the two paintings against a bright red background The Painter and his Family (1912 National Museum) and Self-Portrait in an Artist's Smock The exhibition From Symbolism to Expressionism as many pieces of ceramics and forty photographs 10 January 2025: We [Babcock] have been awarded a prestigious new 17-year contract for the provision and support of military air training solutions for the French Air and Space Force awarded by the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) will see student pilots trained on 22 new PC-7 MkX Pilatus aircraft and on 12 training simulators provided by Babcock at the Salon-de-Provence Air Base before they specialise as either fighter or transport pilots In addition to the provision of aircraft and simulators this contract will include the through-life support of the aircraft The contract will create more than 100 new roles in the Salon-de-Provence and Le Cannet-des-Maures regions including engineers who will help deliver nearly 11,000 flight and 6,500 simulator training hours to approximately 120 students per year we have been working alongside the French Air and Space Force to provide modern training systems on flight simulators and 26 existing PC-21 aircraft at Cognac-Châteaubernard Air Base Babcock’s Chief Executive Aviation and CEO France said: “The French Air and Space Force and French Navy play leading roles in national and international security We are delighted to support our customer with their air-based training requirements further enabling them to focus on delivering critical military aviation needs “This new long-term contract underpins our strong relationship with the French Air and Space Force and places us as its main capability support partner in fighter pilot training programmes.” Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Vimeo This site uses only essential cookies required for core website functions We do not employ any tracking or analytics cookies and we comply with UK data protection laws Updates with links to posts made over the previous 7 days are normally mailed around 6pm UK time each Sunday Your email address will NOT be shared with third parties La porte-fenêtre (Matinée au Cannet)[The French Door (Morning at Le Cannet)]1932Oil on canvas347/8×443/4inches (88.6×113.7 cm)Private Collection “I let myself go to the tyranny of color.”  If only the “Tyranny of Color” were an actual place one could suffer a far worse fate than living under the bristled scepter wielded by Pierre Bonnard who along with his wife and muse spent the better part of twenty years cultivating a glistening Bonnard’s preferred support was his studio wall where he would tack up his unstretched canvases The stiff support afforded him the opportunity to push harder on the surface and blend deeper as if tilling soil in a garden for planting The approach makes perfect sense when you consider that he worked not from observation but from memory; using small preliminary sketches and notations on color He can be seen in a large black and white photo reproduction taken by Brassai hovering over a series of canvases I imagine him darting about from one painting to another like a hummingbird moving from flower to flower 531/8 × 271/2 inches (134.9 × 69.9 cm) Private Collection Coupe de fruits [Still Life with a Bowl of Fruit] 1933 2213/16 ×207/8 inches(57.9 ×53cm) Philadelphia Museum of Art; Bequest of Lisa Norris Elkins Yet Bonnard doesn’t apply color to his forms as much as he extinguishes them with color; tamping them down (and out) with his paintbrush by blurring their edges It is a color so saturated and intense it almost seems aromatic I couldn’t help but think of Picasso’s disparaging remark regarding Bonnard’s palette as “a potpourri of indecision.” I might suggest a shift of emphasis from chromatic indecision to an allover fragrance One that engulfs you a bit like opening a second-floor window on the Cote d’Azur David Ambrose is an artist and critic living and working in Bound Brook He has exhibited both nationally and internationally He is the currently the subject of a mid-career retrospective entitled Pratt Institute and the Fashion Institute for Technology Monaco will have eight Michelin Guide restaurants If you’re looking to treat yourself to a meal in a top restaurant Var and Monaco have no shortage of prestigious gastronomic establishments Ten establishments in the region have been awarded a first star while two restaurants have been awarded two stars The Principality has no fewer than eight Michelin-starred establishments including one three-star restaurant (the highest distinction awarded by the Michelin Guide) and three two-star restaurants: Les Ambassadeurs by Christophe Cussac: A unique gastronomic experience in Monte Carlo 23 restaurants in the Alpes-Maritimes have won awards The best restaurants in the world are on the Côte d’Azur! Michelin Guide 2024: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur one of top 3 regions with most stars He was nicknamed the "painter of happiness": his works quickly conquered the art world, and his influence and style are still appreciated today. Criticized by Picasso, loved by Monet Pierre Bonnard was one of the great artists of his time Bonnard left behind a rich collection scattered in various museums and private collections Pierre Bonnard was somewhere between modernism and impressionism an artist who straddled periods and movements preferring to forge his own path out of his love of painting and color Then head for the museums of Paris: here are the art venues where you can admire works by Pierre Bonnard This artistic journey begins at the Musée d'Orsay The Bonnard works currently on display in this museum are on the middle level We then head for the Musée du Louvre and in particular the Department of Graphic Arts and the Cabinet des Dessins which holds a number of Bonnard's paintings Let's continue this cultural stroll at the Centre Pompidou and the Petit Palais two museums that own several paintings by Bonnard including such famous works as Nu devant la cheminée Marthe à sa toilette and Ambroise Vollard au foulard rouge Finally, take advantage of the Journées du Patrimoine, and the opening of theHôtel de Matignon to admire Reine Natanson and Marthe Bonnard au corsage rouge a painting by Bonnard exhibited in the Prime Minister's dining room Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here Home Where we do it France we operate from 21 bases across the country own and maintain a fleet of 29 specialist HEMS aircraft and provide an end-to-end service for our customers including the provision of specialist air crews and aircraft engineers we partner with Dassault Aviation to provide a complete system to the FAF delivering world-class training to upcoming jet pilots and weapons systems officers Our military customers trust us to support their air power requirements allowing them to focus on their core mission talent and agility that are at the heart of each of our operations When an accident occurs and lives are at risk the speed of response and ability to swiftly rescue and transport a patient to hospital are vital Get Directions €25.00Add to cart inventive and introspective look at Monaco The Photographer WYL has spent a long time in the Principality He imagines its towers and luxury buildings inundated by water since nothing is immutable and nature occasionally produces unforeseen cataclysms He is reinterpreting some of Monaco’s most classical sculptures in his photos The beautiful court house on the very famous Monaco Rock thus serves as a background for Rodin’s The Kiss The whole sculpture is perceived differently; this elegantly framed façade suggesting gallantry well distant from its court procedures «Living on the French Riviera is being confronted with the beautiful a majestic heritage… but it is also rubbing shoulders with the ephemeral And remembering the essential is after all: art time passing by…» WYL is oscillating between creation and spirituality he is giving us a very human reflection on the fate of beings and landscapes http://www.uni-vers-photos.com is dedicated to this unprecedented meeting between the two artists who used to be strangers emerging from their dialogue and the place that they explore Villa Arson is the first principal result from the exchange between Flora Moscovici and Linda Sanchez on the ambivalence emerging from its architecture The two creators have also dwelt on the relationship between buildings and vegetation architectural lines and the profusion of the Mediterranean garden shapes and scents The result is an installation in situ to be discovered — an unprecedented striking place that has become a laboratory for young artists at the forefront of modernity This is also an opportunity to visit this historic «Villa» now the National Centre of Contemporary Art and artists’ residence https://www.villa-arson.org This beautiful museum is dedicated to the master of light who used to live in this Azure town The exhibition in Le Cannet features Pierre Bonnard in black and in colour This is a new perspective of his collections paintings and drawings from different museums and private collections The painter would pencil in his ideas during his walks in nature drawing a few lines in his little notebook Thanks to an exceptional partnership with the National Library of France the Bonnard Museum is exhibiting for the first time all twenty agendas of the artist preserved between 1927 These notebooks take us through Bonnard’s «day by day» wanderings This is a fascinating testimony of his observations www.museebonnard.fr When the photographer Michel Eisenlohr went to Syria in 2002 following in the footsteps of his favourite writers little did he know of the barbarism that would devastate this hospitable land he immortalized these emotionally charged images His beautiful black-and-white photos thus contribute to the essential testimony of the tragic events we are now sadly aware of «During this long car journey from Marseille to Aleppo I wanted to confront a mythical and fantasy Orient I was once warmly welcomed by a population that is now devastated The young photographer was fascinated by the magical Palmyra that the place was ruined and its curator whom he used to have long conversations with «I wish to keep a living and poetic memory of this land» Thanks to him we can still «visit» Palmyra It is a very special way of representing the artists and paying tribute to the sponsors This new exposition «The spirit of a collection: Donations» introduces us to certain works freshly released from its reserves and composing a unique symphony in this mythical place Some of the most important European collections of paintings contemporary drawings are thus revealed to us in all their diversity and richness No less than eighty artists are represented here the Foundation’s heartfelt friends among them: Georges Braque It touches on also some major modern exhibitions by Gérard Gasiorowski The exposition aims at establishing connections between major modern artists without being biased or following trends of the day A pure, intense and powerful exhibition of colour. The NMNM (New National Museum of Monaco) at Villa Paloma is exhibiting one of the major artists of Italian minimalism One would think that his art is suggestive of the Arte Povera even if there is no metaphysical recourse to objects and no claim of a militant attitude Largely exhibited in Europe and around the world at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris or the Guggenheim in New York Ettore Spalletti has also represented Italy four times at the Venice Biennale but there is a sophisticated technique behind it He keeps renewing it until he obtains these smooth and velvety surfaces in delicate tones opening our mind to the infinite Several layers of fabric are superimposed to form a protective barrier The paintings of Ettore Spalletti protect the soul from drowsiness Home What we do Support Equipment support H160 Contract Through the delivery of this significant contract we have become the first operator in the world to operate several H160s Partnering with Airbus Helicopters and Safran Helicopter Engines the contract includes the provision of six H160 helicopters modified for Search and Rescue The H160s are part of the interim fleet replacing the Alouette III before the Guépard Marine helicopter’s entry into service in 2029 The H160s will be used for rescue operations so that the French Navy’s NH90s and Panthers can concentrate on their primary missions – anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare To make sure the new aircraft suit the needs of the French Navy 13 modifications were implemented by Babcock France in its site in Le Cannet-des-Maures Our ten-year H160 contract represents a milestone in the French Ministry of Defence procurement process a contract includes both the hire and purchase of a brand new aircraft as well as its through life support The initial contract for four interim H160 was awarded in 2020 and an option for two more helicopters was signed in May 2021 equipped with Inlet filters and various Supplemental Type Certificates to allow it to carry out sovereign missions such as recue at sea With the support and know-how of our teams the French Navy can accomplish its missions in complete safety using this latest generation of helicopter We also provide to the French Navy a fleet of six H160 helicopters to conduct their Search and Rescue (SAR) missions and manage the full in-service support ensuring the excellent run of their operations The H160 combines various technologies to make it a truly innovative aircraft Powered by Arrano engines and guaranteeing pilots better visibility thanks to its large glass nose it also offers comfort for the diver when working under the aircraft during missions at sea Continuing to develop capabilities in H160 maintenance Babcock France have become the first operator in the world to deliver HUMS (Health and Usage Monitoring Systems) on the aircraft With the objective of providing tailor-made maintenance to the aircraft the end goal is to implement ‘predictive’ maintenance from algorithm-based analysis – both leveraging data and continuously improving the performance of the H160 Livery of North American AT-6C Texan Le Luc - Le Cannet Screenshot of North American AT-6 in flight move the texture folder 'texture.F-AZYT' to the folder 'ALPHA T-6 Texan' within your 'Microsoft Flight Simulator XSimObjectsAirplanes' folder Enter the following section under the last [flightsim.XX] entry View important Copyright © information related to freeware files here The archive snj-5_54s.zip has 39 files and directories contained within it This list displays the first 500 files in the package Signing-up for PRO gives you super fast, unrestricted speed to the thousands of MSFS, FSX, P3D & X-Plane downloads which include aircraft, scenery, and more - click here to view the library for free or.. 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Learn how your comment data is processed La 78e édition du prochain Festival de Cannes le Festival de Cannes s'empare de la ville et des tabloïds du monde entier Juliette Binoche présidera le jury du Festival de Cannes 2025 © Copyright 2025. Powered by WordPress Viewport Theme by ThemeZilla A moderate magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit 15.3 km (10 mi) away from Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur,  France The quake had a very shallow depth of 26 km (16 mi) and was felt widely in the area The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would.