published on October 29, 2008
A splendid exhibition at Les Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, in Paris.
All his life, Picasso was inspired by the masterpieces of painting. The influence of the great masters like Titian, Goya, Renoir and Manet is revealed here in an outstanding exhibition that presents over 200 works from the most prestigious French, foreign, public and private collections.
“Picasso and the masters” juxtaposes past and present, illustrates the major changes of direction and formal innovations that marked Picasso’s career, while proposing a dialogue between the artist and his predecessors.
This angle on Picasso’s achievements sheds a new light on the work of the founder of cubism.
Through February 2. 2009
Above: Madame Moitessier, by Ingres. 1856
published on September 16, 2008
Next to the Hôtel Aiglon, the Fondation Cartier presents a major exhibition of the work of French sculptor César on the tenth anniversary of his death. It offers a fresh perspective on the work of an artist who passionately explored the formal and expressive possibilities of industrial materials.
It includes nearly one hundred of the most significant works
from four major groups: the Fers, the Compressions, the Empreintes humaines, and the Expansions.
Influenced by the examples of great artists of the past, yet imbued with a sense of the radical and innovative, César’s work defies conventional ways of thinking about
sculpture and has profoundly impacted the art of today.
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
261, boulevard Raspail
75014 Paris
Tel. +33 (0)1 42 18 56 50
Fax +33 (0)1 42 18 56 52
Open every day except on mandays, from 11am to 20 pm
Late opening on Tuesdays
Acces
Metro: lines 4 and 6, stations Raspail ou Denfert-Rochereau
Bus: 38, 68
RER B: Denfert-Rochereau
Through October the 26th
An exceptionnal event that will allow you to discover or rediscover the Fondation Cartier and the work of the artist Cesar.
The Hôtel Aiglon, just a few steps away from the Fondation Cartier, will be happy to welcome you on this occasion.
Hôtel Aiglon : 232 boulevard Raspail. Tel: 01 43 20 82 42
published on July 4, 2008
To discover or rediscover during summer…
In an area completely renovated, combining modernity and the 1900 spirit, daylight highlights the collections.
You will go back in time, from the 1900 art to Ancient Greece and Rome, and understand how great moments in the history of Western art combine with the technical and artistic innovations, to produce masterpieces.
In this new place of art, creativity and conviviality, paintings, sculptures and art objects testify.
You can also enjoy Spain, from the 5th of July until the 31th of August, with the exhibition “Flamenco, avant-garde and popular culture”.
You will then certainly enjoy the charm of the interior garden with its pools lined with mosaics, its colonnades and its coffee shop.
Le Petit Palais
Avenue du Président Winston-Churchill - 75008 Paris
Tel : 00 33 1 53 43 40 00
Site : www.petitpalais.paris.fr
Open every day except Mondays and days off, from 10am to 6pm.
Metro
Lines: 13 or 1. Station: Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau
Bus
Line 72 . Bus stop: Grand Palais
Rates
Adults: 6 €
Under 26: 4,50 €
published on July 4, 2008
A green oasis for major works…
At the Hotel Biron, the visitor can admire, in a permanent move between the rooms and the garden, some of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) magnificent masterpieces.
In the garden, as at the beginning of the century, some ancient statues, purchased by Rodin, mingle and confront the works of the sculptor - Adam, Eve, Orpheus, Muse Whistler, Three Shades, both Cariatides …
Here also, a cafe-restaurant welcomes you in a rare décor.
Let’s this great artist talk:
“The main point is to be moved, to love, to hope, to live. To be a man before being an artist! Everything is fine for the artist because in all beings and in all things, his penetrating gaze discovers the character, ie the inner truth reflected in the form. And the truth is beauty. Be nature your unique goddess. Have in it an absolute faith. Art only begins with the inner truth. ”
L’Hôtel Biron
79, Rue de Varenne - 75007 Paris
Tel : 00 33 1 44 18 61 10
Site : www.musee-rodin.fr
Open every day except Mondays
From April to September - From 9.30 am to 5.45 pm.
From October to March - From 9.30am to 4.45pm.
Metro
Line 13 - Station : Varenne
Rates
Adults : 9 €
Under 18: free (except temporary exhibitions).
published on July 4, 2008
When she was born in 1755, nothing led Marie-Antoinette to reign in France, but the hazards of European politics decided otherwise. The small Archduchess of Austria married the heir to the crown of France on May 16, 1770…
The figure of Marie-Antoinette has always been subject to many an interpretation: the “Austrian” hungry of expensive pleasures, a “victim” of the etiquette of Versailles, fanatic of macaroons…
By bringing together an outstanding collection of over 300 works (paintings, sculptures, objets d’art…) from across Europe, the exhibition sheds light on the personality and destiny of one of the last queens of France, from the Court of Austria, in Schönbrunn, to the Conciergerie, in Paris.
Grand Palais
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais
3, Avenue du Général Eisenhower - 75008 Paris
Tel : 00 33 1 44 13 17 30
Site : www.rnm.fr
Open every day, except Tuesdays and May, the 1st.
From 10am à 08pm.
Late night on Wednesdays until 10pm.
Metro
- Champs-Elysées Clémenceau (Lines : 1 - 13)
- Franklin-Roosevelt (Lines 1 - 9)
Bus
- 72 - (Bus stop : Palais de la découverte)
Admission : 10 €
Children : Free until 10 years old.
Site : www.fnacspectacles.com
