Melancholy Art In Paris

Do artists have to be miserable to produce great art? A new art exhibition in France suggests that a little inner darkness helps. "Melancholy - Genius and Insanity in the Western World," which has visitors lining up around the block at Paris' Grand Palais, is anything but depressing. "Melancholy is not only negative," curator Gerard Regnier said in an interview. "On the contrary, it was a positive energy that gave strength and genius to great artists throughout Western civilization." Among them: Picasso, Rodin, van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Edward Hopper, Goya, Delacroix, William Blake. Nearly 300 works are on display, including art masterpieces on rare loan from dozens of museums and collectors. For the full story - click the title Irish Art