LA FORCE DE L’ART

I met up with one of my lovely friends who was over in Paris for the week-end and, since the queues for the Orangerie still stretch half-way round the Tuileries, we headed off to the Grand Palais for the ‘Expo Villepin’: La Force de L’Art. It’s been championed and supported by Prime Minister de Villepin and “contains 350 works by 200 artists who are French or reside in France.” The very least you can say about it is that it’s eclectic.

In the comments book, some witty person has made an entry signed Nicolas Sarkozy (the Home Affairs Minister): "Great restoration of the Grand Palais. Pity someone left all this junk around. It's time to clean it up. Out with Mr. de Villepin."