Devorah Lauter

2 weeks ago | news.artnet.com | Devorah Lauter

Falling in love with the Louvre seems easy enough, but for Elaine Sciolino, there were some uphill battles. When the former New York Times Paris bureau chief first set out to write a book about the most famous and largest museum in the world, she almost gave up.

1 month ago | artnews.com | Devorah Lauter

In a landmark 1971 essay published by ARTnews, the art historian Linda Nochlin pointedly asked, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” Her piece was “an encouragement, an announcement of an arrival, a gift to women artists of a shared but previously little-known past, and a declaration of a future,” wrote artist Mira Schor in a recent message to ARTnews.

1 month ago | artnews.com | Devorah Lauter

The outdoor balconies of Paris’s Centre Pompidou are one of the best places to take in the city’s iconic skyline. This past weekend, as the warm weather hinted at the arrival of spring, the balconies were full of families picnicking, taking in the sun,  and this being Paris, couples embracing. Many were also there to bid farewell to the Centre Pompidou’s permanent collection, which closed Monday night. In September, the iconic building will fully close for five years of renovations.

2 months ago | wwd.com | Devorah Lauter |Sharon Stone

PARIS — For their winter edition, the Paris fashion and jewelry trade shows Who’s Next and Bijorhca gathered nearly 1,150 exhibitors under a single roof from Jan. 18 to 20 at the Porte de Versailles. Spread over Hall 1, the fairs — under the title “What’s Next for Who’s Next?” — were located in a building adjacent to sister events Salon International de la Lingerie and Interfilière, also organized by the WSN group.

2 months ago | news.artnet.com | Devorah Lauter

The Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart in Berlin is teaming up with the Chanel Culture Fund in a major, three-year partnership. Each year an artist will be commissioned to create an immersive installation in the renowned institution’s historic central hall, which was formerly a train station. Emerging, Berlin-based, Czech artist Klára Hosnedlová has been tapped for the inaugural “Chanel Commission,” which will be her largest institutional exhibit to date.