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The desert rose is not just a flower. It’s also a cluster of gypsum crystal arranged like rose petals, which form when water infiltrates the rock and then evaporates. These “petals” inspired architect Jean Nouvel for his design of the National Museum of Qatar, an architectural feat which, I have no doubt, will over time become as iconic a building as is the Sydney Opera House.
The first exhibition in Paris in over a century of Rosa Bonheur’s paintings and sculptures, currently on until Jan. 15, 2023, marks the bicentenary of the animal portraitist who was the most famous, highly paid artist of the XIXth century until she fell into complete oblivion in the XXth. Her resuscitation, and the Musée d’Orsay exhibition, are due to Katherine Brault and her family, single-handedly responsible for putting Bonheur firmly back in the limelight. As a complement to the exhibition I recommend that you take a 45-minute train and visit the Château de By, today the Rosa Bonheur museum, owned by the Brault family.
