‘Spectacular’: Dance at the Moulin de la Galette (1876) has never been shown in the UK before Credit: Musée d'Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt X1111-A5
This beautifully balanced new exhibition at the National Gallery settles a fundamental question: was Pierre-Auguste Renoir actually any good? It used to be a given that he was but, recently, the French Impressionist painter has come in for a kicking. (See: the “Renoir Sucks at Painting” Instagram account.) To add insult to injury, earlier this month a museum in his former home in the South of France was targeted in a heist.
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