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Vintage shops in Paris

Elena Alvarez Only-Be, Parisian, Shopping and Wellness in Paris

Paris the perfect place to get lost shopping. Just follow our little guide and get the best out of the vintage stores in town.

4 Roues Sous 1 Parapluie Paris

Mónica Boixeda Only-Be, Parisian, Restaurantes

4 roues sous 1 parapluie is a charming guided tour company in Paris and its surrounding area that uses the classic Citroën 2CV.

Exhibition of Cindy Sherman in New York

Mónica Boixeda New Yorker, Only-Be

American artist Cindy Sherman’s photographs are profoundly influential in the art world and beyond. They are iconic, even when the artist herself is not always recognizable in the image. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York is currently hosting a retrospective exhibition of her works. With more than 170 works of art, the retrospective takes a closer look at the artist’s career spanning from the early 1970s until today. Cindy Sherman has become a master of disguise. In her best known works, she uses herself as a model to create the various characters she embodies for her portraits. These works are the result of a veritable “one-woman-show”: she does her own make-up, chooses her own props and clothing, and uses prosthetics as necessary to create her memorable photographs, which she also takes by herself. She became internationally known with her “Untitled Film Stills” series of the late 1970s and early 1980s. In this series, Sherman created black-and-white photographs of herself disguised as women reminiscent of the Hollywood divas depicted in 1950s and 1960s film noir and B-movies. For her history portraits of the 1980s and 1990s she looked for inspiration in the Old Master paintings, embodying the spirit of patricians and aristocrats as well as that of an ordinary milkmaid. She also explored the grotesque in other works called the “Disasters and Fairy Tales” series, with scenes that could rival the best horror films or sci-fi gems. In this series, however, the artist is not always included in the image. Sherman’s “Sex Pictures” series, which uses only dolls and prosthetics, creates a number of shocking and disturbing... read more