Word: exhibited
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...generation of giants is becoming ancient. Fernand Leger is 71, Picasso past 70; Raoul Dufy is 75, Rouault 81, Matisse 82. Two months ago, another of the giants, white-haired Georges Braque, quietly passed his 70th birthday and calmly went about putting the last touches on his first exhibit in two years. Last week Paris got a chance to see Braque's new show and came away declaring that time had not yet dimmed the old master's artistry...
...hung over Paris' Museum of Modern Art one day last week when Guard Antoine Albertini heard a spine-tingling sound coming from the main gallery; he was not a nervous man, but the gallery held most of the 114 famous paintings of the "Masterpieces of the 20th Century" exhibit (TIME, June 2) and they were worth millions. Albertini cat-footed to the doorway and froze in his tracks. Visible in the glow from the windows were two men cutting masterpieces out of their frames with razors. Albertini whipped out his pistol, cried, "Haut les mains...
Paris critics agree. At an exhibit last week, to celebrate Lurçat's 60th birthday, the experts trooped through rooms of tapestries, paintings, ceramics and illustrations, studied the forms and startling colors, then hurried home to write their critiques. Said Paris' Le Figaro: "Lurçat has reached heights of success higher than was expected. Tapestry is à la mode." Said Le Monde: "Lurçat has made the wool sing again...
Slaps & Shocks. Worried relatives obtained a court order to "produce and exhibit" the prisoners. Last week, after holding them incommunicado for four days, the police gave in. In a room in the supreme court building, Mario and Edgar were permitted to tell a group of relatives, court officials and newsmen what had happened. Both brothers said they had been tortured. Reported Mario...
Manhattan seemed to like the show. "Hearty" and "personal" were some of the words the critics used to describe the exhibit, and all week long New Yorkers flocked in for a look...