Exhibitions

• Claude Monet 1840-1926
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  “Claude Monet 1840-1926″ Grand Palais From September 22nd to January 24th 2010 This is THE exhibition of the end of the year in Paris! The Grand Palais presents 200 works of art from the father of Impressionism; the largest retrospective of Claude Monet for 30 years (the last one was in 1980). Attachment to nature, continuous repetition treated through [...]
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• Yves Saint Laurent restrospective (over)
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  « Yves Saint Laurent retrospective » Petit Palais From March 11th to August 29th 2010 Two year after his death, le Petit Palais presents a retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent’s 40-year career. 300 haute couture and ready-to-wear creations illustrate the fashion genius fascinating record. Smoking for women, safari jacket, dress inspired by the painter Mondrian: Saint Laurent’s proposals managed to be [...]
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• Les Lalanne (over)
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  If you want to discover an interesting zoo in the heart of Paris, go to « Les Lalanne » exhibition featured by the Musée des arts décoratifs. The creating process of this inseparable artist couple (Claude and Francois-Xavier) always got inspired from nature mixed to a « useful » dimension. The result in an amazing bestiary going from the rhinocéros- [...]
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• Turner and his painters (over)
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  Do not miss the exhibition « Turner and his painters » proposed by the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais until May 24th 2010. You will discover about hundred work of Turner and many other painters. Why other painters? This is the topic of the exhibition that proposes an interpretation of Turner’s work through artists from whom he drew [...]
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• Edvard Munch or the Anti-scream (over)
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  EXTENDED UNTIL AUGUST THE 8TH. From February the 19th to July the 18th, the Pinacothèque presents “Edvard Munch or the Anti-Scream”.  The 100 works exhibited represents the Norwegian artist’s first and larger retrospective in Paris, where he used to live. Munch is mainly famous for “The scream”, a symbol of his melancholy. At the Pinacothèque you [...]
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• Robert Doisneau, From craft to art (over)
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  From January the 13th to April the 18th, the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, just a stone’s throw from the Hotel Aiglon, presents « Robert Doisneau, From craft to art». The exhibition shows about hundred prints of Robert Doisneau closely linked to Paris and street scenes taken between 1930 and 1966. Doisneau’s photographs are immortalized life instants. And [...]
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• Isadora Duncan, a living sculpture (Over)
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  In Paris, until March 14, 2010, the Bourdelle Museum presents an ambitious exhibition dedicated to Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), a pioneer figure of dance. Autodidact born on the coast of California, this bold, modern woman put her art at the heart of a project of a society based on more freedom and democracy. Defying convention, [...]
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• Matisse & Rodin (over)
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  In Paris, the Rodin Museum places side by side until the 28th of February 2010, two geniuses in the world of art: Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and Henri Matisse (1869-1954). A generation separates these two great creators; the first dominates the art of sculpture, the latter introduced decisive revolutions in the painting. For the first time, the sculpted [...]
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• Tribute to Toulouse-Lautrec poster designer (over)
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  The museum of Les Arts décoratifs – in the Louvre Palace, in Paris – exhibits Toulouse-Lautrec until the end of 2009. Any exhibition of Toulouse-Lautrec’s posters is automatically a nostalgic celebration of the legendary Belle Epoque, when Montmartre and the Chat Noir were the artistic and entertainment centre of the world. If these most famous creations continue [...]
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• Renoir in the 20th century (over)
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  A must of this autumn in Paris! The Galeries nationales du Grand Palais exhibit Pierre-Auguste Renoir, until the 4th of January 2010. Entitled “Renoir in the 20th century”, the exhibition is designed to shed new light on little-known aspects of Renoir’s work while reaffirming the influence of his art throughout the first half of the 20th century [...]
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