The Centre Culturel Canadien (Canadian Cultural Center) holds an exhibition devoted to contemporary artist Stan Douglas, who lives in Vancouver. This retrospective aims at unveiling the ruins of several great Western utopias, thus paradoxically showing their beauty. Exhibition: "Stan Douglas: Abandonment and Splendor", from September 26th, 2013 to January 17th, 2014. Open Monday - Friday […]
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- November 12, 2013
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The Galerie Cahiers d'Art exhibits around thirty drawings made between 2011 and 2012 by the French visual artist Philippe Parreno. The exhibition also comprises photographs taken during a performance with Magellanic Penguins on a Patagonian beach. Exhibition: "Philippe Parreno: Drawings", from October 23rd, 2013 to January 18th, 2014. Open Tuesday - Saturday from 11am to […]
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- November 11, 2013
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The Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève presents an exhibition on German artist A.R. Penck, and shows a selection of paintings, bronze sculptures and works on paper. His works are very marked by the partition of Germany between East and West. Exhibition: "A.R. Penck: the 1980s", from October 24th to December 1st, 2013. Open Tuesday - Saturday from […]
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- November 08, 2013
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From November 21st onwards, the Jardin des Plantes greenhouses will host the futuristic, organic and enchanting creations of Tzuri Gueta. It is the first Parisian exhibition of the craftman-designer who participated in the conception of the Viaduc des Arts and who owns a gallery at number 1 avenue Daumesnil, in the 12th arrondissement. The inventor […]
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- November 07, 2013
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The Musée du Luxembourg holds an exhibition devoted to dream at the time of Renaissance. About 80 artworks are shown to the public, among which paintings by Veronese, Bosch and Correggio. Exhibition: "The Renaissance and Dream", from October 9th, 2013 to January 26th, 2014. Open every day from 10am to 7:30pm. Late opening on Monday and […]
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- November 06, 2013
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The Centre culturel suisse (Swiss Cultural Center) proposes an exhibition dedicated to the universe of Swiss photographer Catherine Ceresole, who worked a lot in the New York rock scene in the 1970s and 1980s. During those years, she captured moments of this musical trend's history, by taking live portraits of artists such as Iggy Pop, […]
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- November 05, 2013
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The Centre culturel suisse (Swiss cultural center) holds a new exhibition on the work of Zurich-born artist Heidi Bucher, who passed away in 1993. In the 1970s, mainly, she created light-weight shapes out of tulle and latex she gathered from house parts (doors, windows, etc.). Her works were often related to various stages of her […]
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- November 04, 2013
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The Musée de l'Armée (French Army Museum) presents a temporary exhibition on the 100-year-long French military presence in Indochina. More than 300 artworks are hown in chronological order, from conquest to decolonization, mixing the histories of France, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Exhibition: "Indochina, Territories and Men, 1856 - 1956", from October 16th, 2013 to January […]
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- November 01, 2013
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The Petit Palais holds a free exhibition devoted to the colorful and joyful pictures that were fixed on Parisian school walls between 1880 and 1935. These images had been ordered by the City of Paris in the frame of a modern way of thinking implemented in pedagogy and in children’s environment. Exhibition: “School in Images […]
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- October 31, 2013
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The Musée en Herbe presents an exhibition devoted to Austrian painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000). A painter, thinker, architect, humanist and environmentalist, this multi-faceted man was a real avant-gardist. This event shows the pictorial and architectural creations of the artist, as well as his personal objects (notebooks and photographs). Exhibition: “In the Shoes of Hundertwasser”, from […]
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- October 30, 2013
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