Exhibitions
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French Enlightenment, from the court of Versailles to AgenAlready renowned for its collections of eighteenth-century French painting, the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Agen has built around them an exhibition that ranks among the richest of the year: its density…
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The Comte d’Artois, prince and patronThe future Charles X makes for a fascinating exhibition subject, sprinkled with a dash of iconoclasm, given the poor historiographical reputation of the last king of France. A visit to the…
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Savonnerie carpets and Gobelin tapestries of the Sun King at the Grand PalaisIt is a success: since Sunday morning, numerous visitors have flocked under the vaults of the Grand Palais nave to admire a remarkable “exhibition” both beautiful and scholarly but of ephemeral…
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Youth at the Beaux-Arts: Rennes and its artistsThere are exhibitions that simply hang works side by side, without any real scholarly work. At the other end of the spectrum, there are events that not only reflect significant art-historical…
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Audaces of a style: interiors under the ConsulateWas it all just an illusion under the Consulate? The period’s décor certainly bears witness to an admirable art of trompe-l’œil. Wallpapers and silks gave the impression that the walls were draped…
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William Bouguereau and the Lyonnais: crossed perspectives between Paris and LyonNous avions consacré un podcast à Jérôme Tomaselli, collectionneur lyonnais qui a décidé de partager sa passion pour la peinture de sa ville en ouvrant un espace de présentation au public où les…
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Jean Dampt. Image TailorLittle known, even among specialists, the Burgundian sculptor Jean Dampt certainly deserved this courageous retrospective dedicated to him by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. It reveals a complete…
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A Barye exhibition at the Galerie Nicolas BourriaudTo commemorate the passing of one of his flagship artists a century and a half ago, the Parisian gallerist Nicolas Bourriaud pays tribute to Antoine-Louis Barye through a rich exhibition gathering…
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Georges de La Tour. From shadow to lightComme on pouvait le prévoir, c’est un triomphe : depuis plusieurs mois, les foules se pressent dans les étroites salles d’exposition du Musée Jacquemart-André, qui osait se féliciter à la mi-décembre…
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Carl Schuch and FranceWhat a misfortune not to be modern enough! Pitiless, posterity above all loves great names, if possible with a sulphurous aura, or else very spectacular rehabilitations. Nothing of the sort with Carl…
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The art of passing on. The Antoine Béal collectionShowing private collections, from museum donors, is one of the key axes of the exhibition program at the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans. After those devoted to the Motais de Narbonne and to…
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Under the rain. Painting, living, dreamingCrachin, bruine, ondée ou saucée, averse, drache ou déluge, il pleut au musée de Nantes. Et l’on ne peut même pas compter sur Noé pour garder les pieds secs, ni sur Jupiter pour obtenir quelques…
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Odette Pauvert. Painting as an ambition in the time of Art DecoPeintre « au temps de l’Art déco », Odette Pauvert est tout à son aise à La Piscine, monument emblématique de la période, construit par l’architecte Albert Baert entre 1927 et 1932. Un hommage pensé…
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Impressionism in Germany: Max Liebermann and his timesL’impressionnisme est-il français ? La question est esthétique et politique. Au-delà d’une simple méthode picturale, elle revient à déterminer si ce mouvement appartient à une culture nationale ou à…
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Immarcescible Limoges Renaissance Enamels and their CollectorsInstantly, here we are travelling from the shores of the Mediterranean to those of the Seine, from Carthage to Paris: now familiar with the artist known as the “Master of the Aeneid”, our readers…
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Greuze. Childhood IlluminatedThis is the first Parisian monographic exhibition ever dedicated to Greuze by a museum, half a century, or almost, after the only French retrospective held in Dijon, following the initial…
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Jacques Louis DavidComment parler de la rétrospective David au Louvre ? En reconnaissant d’abord qu’il s’agit d’une indéniable réussite, et qu’il faut la voir, absolument, car elle ne montre pratiquement que des…
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Pompon: an exhibition and a catalogue raisonnéFrançois Pompon is a paradox: perhaps one of the best-known sculptors to the general public, thanks to his White Bear, he is also undoubtedly one of the most overlooked, as this animal often…
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The Chardins of the Marcille Family. An Orléans PassionWhile one might have seen it as the tail of a fairly improbable national tour, leading The Basket of Wild Strawberries by Chardin from the Louvre-Lens to the Musée d’Art Roger Quilliot in…
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At home in the 17th centuryTrônant en majesté dans une vitrine, un balai attend ses admirateurs dans la nouvelle exposition du Rijksmuseum dont on songe aux visiteurs, plutôt habitués à différents blockbuster célébrant les…
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John Singer Sargent. Dazzling Paris«Chic», «poseur» et «tapageur», l’art de John Singer Sargent laissa Émile Verhaeren quelque peu dubitatif. Le Portrait du docteur Pozzi notamment, l’agaça. « Il renferme, comme un verre à champagne…
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Being a woman sculptor in Paris in the time of Camille ClaudelNever heard of Jessie Lipscomb, Madeleine Jouvray, or even Sigrid af Forselles? Do the names Marie Cazin, Jeanne Itasse, and Blanche Moria mean nothing to you? This is hardly surprising, and it…
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Lucie Cousturier. An artist among the Neo-ImpressionistsMany exhibitions have featured her in recent years — a secondary figure in major Neo-Impressionist monographs or in surveys of female artists around the turn of the 20th century — from Félix Fénéon…
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Albert Maignan, a virtuoso in the Belle ÉpoqueWhat is the most enviable fate for an artist? To have enjoyed fame during their lifetime, only to sink into oblivion afterwards, or to have remained unknown all their life, yet achieve posterity…
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Michel Colombe, from the Louvre to ToursIt is, first and foremost, a just return, as well as a virtuous example of collaboration between the Louvre and Tours: sorely absent from the rich exhibition “Tours 1500, capitale des arts” in spring…
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Gabriel Loppé: a travelling painter in search of modernityContemporary with Eugène Boudin, Gabriel Loppé was born about fifteen years before the main Impressionist painters. Specialising very early in mountain landscapes, he developed an aesthetic quite…
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The mystery of CleopatraWoman, queen, foreigner, Cleopatra had many faults. She also made the mistake of choosing her lovers in Rome, first Caesar, then Mark Antony. Fortunately, the one who threatened both the Republic and…
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