Thierry Michel
@thierrymichel.bsky.social
Within walking distance of the Louvre. I am not Belgian and I do not make films, but I have seen the documentaries of my namesake, and I recommend them.
Not finished yet, but it's getting there. We shall soon be able to compare the Louvre's old masters with whatever modern exhibit Cartier opens with.
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Not finished yet, but it's getting there. We shall soon be able to compare the Louvre's old masters with whatever modern exhibit Cartier opens with.
Wolfgang Tillmans at Centre Pompidou. Sorry to say, but I like his photographs when they are in another photographer's style (a concept well articulated in Geoff Dyer's The Ongoing Moment).
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Wolfgang Tillmans at Centre Pompidou. Sorry to say, but I like his photographs when they are in another photographer's style (a concept well articulated in Geoff Dyer's The Ongoing Moment).
Memorial garden for the 2015 terrorism victims. The names on the slab are the deceased at the Bataclan.
August 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Memorial garden for the 2015 terrorism victims. The names on the slab are the deceased at the Bataclan.
Chantilly. Highly recommended.
June 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Chantilly. Highly recommended.
Baselitz, Bourse du commerce (Paris)
March 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Baselitz, Bourse du commerce (Paris)
Galerie de paléontologie, museum d'histoire naturelle
March 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Galerie de paléontologie, museum d'histoire naturelle
Ribera at Paris' Petit Palais
February 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Ribera at Paris' Petit Palais
I always like the light in this Paris square.
January 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I always like the light in this Paris square.
Great exhibit on the modernization of Tokyo at Paris House of Japanese Culture (near Eiffel tower)
January 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Great exhibit on the modernization of Tokyo at Paris House of Japanese Culture (near Eiffel tower)
The Well-Educated fool. Currently at the Louvre museum, on loan from Basel, I think.
December 16, 2024 at 4:09 PM
The Well-Educated fool. Currently at the Louvre museum, on loan from Basel, I think.
Arte Povera exhibit at the Bourse du Commerce.
December 15, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Arte Povera exhibit at the Bourse du Commerce.
Maison Européenne de la Photographie
November 16, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Maison Européenne de la Photographie
Renaissance chess set from the Fool exhibit at the Louvre museum. On loan from Amsterdam.
October 24, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Renaissance chess set from the Fool exhibit at the Louvre museum. On loan from Amsterdam.
Lynn Chadwick sculptures currently at Hotel de Sully (Paris, le Marais).
October 24, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Lynn Chadwick sculptures currently at Hotel de Sully (Paris, le Marais).
Marie Cécile Thijs has a small exhibit in Le Marais.
October 24, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Marie Cécile Thijs has a small exhibit in Le Marais.
Great exhibit in the Louvre
August 19, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Great exhibit in the Louvre
A recent acquisition from Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, they edited an erudite little book to go with it. Was it a Rembrandt self portrait? Certainly looks like it.
November 13, 2023 at 9:56 AM
A recent acquisition from Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, they edited an erudite little book to go with it. Was it a Rembrandt self portrait? Certainly looks like it.
The Guess Who music festival has started.
November 10, 2023 at 9:00 PM
The Guess Who music festival has started.
"The Society Game", 1938. Artist is Lina Manetto. Cards depicted are (left to right) Communist, Lawmaker, Atheist. That's all I know of it.
November 7, 2023 at 9:59 PM
"The Society Game", 1938. Artist is Lina Manetto. Cards depicted are (left to right) Communist, Lawmaker, Atheist. That's all I know of it.
Haul of the day: Eric Tabuchi's Atlas of Forms, a precursor of sorts to the (immense) Atlas des Régions Naturelles.
The filiation with Bernd and Hilla Becher is not explicitly stated (the book has no text), but obvious.
The filiation with Bernd and Hilla Becher is not explicitly stated (the book has no text), but obvious.
November 7, 2023 at 2:10 PM
Haul of the day: Eric Tabuchi's Atlas of Forms, a precursor of sorts to the (immense) Atlas des Régions Naturelles.
The filiation with Bernd and Hilla Becher is not explicitly stated (the book has no text), but obvious.
The filiation with Bernd and Hilla Becher is not explicitly stated (the book has no text), but obvious.
Nice light on Paris yesterday
November 2, 2023 at 8:07 PM
Nice light on Paris yesterday