Helena Rubinstein, nicknamed the “empress of beauty” by Jean Cocteau, was a visionary businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire from scratch, beginning with a skin cream. She was also a voracious collector of art and artifacts, though it is less known that her collecting included over 400 pieces of non-European work, and that she was an expert on African and Oceanian art. This exhibition focuses primarily on Rubinstein’s African art, with 60 expressive and powerful pieces on view. —E.C.

Helena Rubinstein: Madame’s Collection
Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac
37 Quai Branly, 75007 Paris, France
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