In 2013, the Gagosian Gallery of New York City held an exhibition dedicated to French figurative painter Balthus entitled “The Last Studies”. Today, Gagosian Paris is hosting a career-spanning exhibition of the talented artist’s photographs, paintings and drawings until February 2015. The only retrospective dedicated to Balthus’ work held in Paris since the 1983/1984 exhibition […]
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- February 13, 2015
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The Pinacothèque is holding an exhibition dedicated to Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) and the Vienna Secession movement, which anticipated the birth of Expressionism in the early 20th century. The painter had a major role in this movement; over 180 of his masterpieces are exhibited. This exhibition also includes some more intimate pieces such as portraits of […]
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- February 12, 2015
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The Muséum d’histoire naturelle (Natural History Museum) is presenting its brand new exhibition dedicated to great apes, entitled “On the trail of the great apes”. It is divided into five themed sections in which the morphological characteristics of chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans and their evolution are presented. In the fourth part of the exhibition, visitors […]
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- February 11, 2015
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Le Bal is hosting Canadian artist Mark Lewis’ works – Cold Morning (2009), Above and Below the Minhocão, among others – a very singular reflection on the city and its inhabitants. Mark Lewis began his artistic career in the ‘90s with works creating a dialogue between photography, painting and film. “Mark Lewis: Above and Below” […]
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- February 10, 2015
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The musée du Louvre presents the fourth and final part of its cycle entitled “New Frontier” and dedicated to American art: “Pomp and Fragments”. This retrospective explores the rise of the still life genre in the 19th century and offers to discover this secluded movement and its singular style. A selection of ten masterpieces by […]
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- February 09, 2015
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Through this exhibition entitled “Grains de genie, de la plage au labo” (“Speck of genius, from the beach to the lab”), the Palais de la Découverte proposes twenty interactive physics experiences that test the behaviour of the granular material. Grains of sand are put under the spotlights – as well as earth and clay – […]
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- February 06, 2015
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The musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris has recently purchased five major works of French painter Georges Noël, who was born in Béziers in 1924 and died in Paris in 2010. Inspired by avant-garde artists such as Brassaï, Fontana and Dubuffet, the painter’s work was marked by the Art Informel. Georges Noël’s creations […]
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- February 05, 2015
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With this exhibition entitled “Un train pour le Yunnan” (“A train to Yunnan”), the musée Guimet depicts the journey of two Frenchmen through Asia. Auguste François, consul of France in China, and Georges-Auguste Marbotte, a travelling accountant, joined in the 19th century to build a railway in Yunnan. Discover this gigantic construction site, its evolution […]
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- February 04, 2015
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On the occasion of Bécassine’s 110th anniversary, the musée de la Poupée is hosting more than a thousand objects from the private collection of the late Claude Canlorbe-Languereau, aka Loulotte. She was the only daughter of Maurice Languereau, publisher of the “La Semaine de Suzette” magazine. Opening today, this exhibition entitled “Bécassine unveils Loulotte’s treasures” […]
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- February 03, 2015
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Through this exhibition entitled “Fafi 2.0”, Fafi, a street artist from Toulouse, intends to interpret the quantity and diversity of images we assimilate daily, as well as their legitimacy. With selfies, alterations and inspirational posters, this artist, who also directed music videos for M.I.A, Azealia Banks and Carte Blanche, questions the becoming of these “works […]
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- February 02, 2015
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