Wall Street Journal

‘Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern’ Review: A Sculptor’s Story Seen From a New Angle

We begin with the first work to enter an American museum, the harshly modeled bronze “Bust of St. John the Baptist” (1880), given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1893. That year, Rodin exhibited ...
Artnet

Rodin Collected Over 1,000 Egyptian Artifacts. Here’s How They Shaped His Sculpture

French sculptor Auguste Rodin may have risen to the kind of renown reserved for the greats who inspired him, like Italian masters Michelangelo and Donatello. But one aspect of his art and life has ...
The Atlantic

Camille Claudel’s ‘Revolt Against Nature’

In 1892, the French sculptor Camille Claudel applied to France’s Ministry of Fine Arts for a block of marble. As was customary, the ministry sent an inspector to decide whether her planned work was ...
Observer

A Rodin Museum Opens in Shanghai While Fubon Art Museum in Taipei Faces Criticism Over Admission Prices

Jacques Ferrier’s 2010 French Pavilion is the home of the Centre d’Art Rodin in Shanghai. Photo by View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images It seems Rodin is having a moment. The ...
Observer

Musée Rodin Director Amélie Simier On Partnering With Shanghai’s Centre d’Art Rodin

What’s the relationship between your institution and the Centre d’Art Rodin in China? In his lifetime, Auguste Rodin exhibited and sold his works both in France and abroad, to private collectors, ...