5 Must-See Exhibitions Not to Miss in Paris This Month
While Paris has long been an unparalleled cultural capital, the city has been witnessing a bit of renaissance when it comes to its contemporary art scene. The return of Paris + par Art Basel for its second year as well as the inaugural Design Miami Paris means that crème-de-la-crème of the art and design world has alighted upon the city of lights, and Parisian galleries are pulling out all the stops.
Known for his rich photorealistic paintings that blur the lines between family history and imagined pasts, Peter Uka's works are rooted in his childhood memories of Nigeria. The sumptuous details of his backgrounds—bold colors, specific textile designs and fashions, old cars—add a sense of luxury to his created worlds. In his newest works, women come to the fore, but so too the disjunctive elements of his paintings, like anachronistic radios and floor tile patterns he found on Pinterest. The results are as alluring as they are uncanny.
