Topic: Musee d'Orsay

'Degas and the Nude' reveals a master of the human form

In its only US venue, the exhibition takes a wide-ranging look at the artist's complex and contradictory work, which defies easy interpretation.

As the electricity flicks off, a mother in Zimbabwe contemplates the paths not taken

Her son and friend look for treasure at the bottom of the garden, and she discovers her own.

Toast, fries, and kisses: Everything is better French

America is indebted to France for more than good food.

Review: 'Summer Hours'

This finely drawn French family drama is a meditation on our changing relationship to possessions.

Americans love picnics – except when they don't

Our attitudes toward picnicking are usually based on childhood memories.

Americans love picnics – except when they don't

Our attitudes toward picnicking are usually based on childhood memories.

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