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mardi 4 mars 2008

Les Batak and Ivoires d'Afriques : two new exhibitions at the Musée du Quai Branly

One of Paris' newer museums (opened in 2006) is a spectacular building designed by Jean Nouvel, and essential for anyone who likes art from Africa and Oceania...
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mardi 5 février 2008

The Louvre - bigger and better

Already the most enormous museum on the planet, the Louvre is planning to expand again. The work will cost 250 million euros ($371M/ £188M) and should be finished... by 2020.
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lundi 21 janvier 2008

The Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris

The name may be a helluva mouthful, but this newly reopened museum is absolutely amazing...

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vendredi 7 septembre 2007

Don't miss the restored hall of mirrors at Versailles

As if the Palace of Louis XIV wasn't impressive enough already, the hall of mirrors has just been given a major - spectacular - facelift.

vendredi 16 février 2007

"Pascin (1885-1930) Le Magicien du réel" exhibition at the Musée Maillol in Paris till 4 June 2007

The Musée Maillol is presenting an ensemble of 150 works of Pascin: drawings, watercolors and sculptures.

jeudi 4 janvier 2007

A history of the animated film at the Musée de la publicité (Advertising Museum) in Paris during Spring 2007

A programme of some 80 films, the earliest rare and little-known, will retrace the history of the animated advertising film.

"Le Défilé, Jean-Paul Gaultier et Régine Chopinot" exhibition at Musée de la Mode et du Textile (Fashion and Textile Museum) in Paris from March 21, to August 2007

This exhibition highlights the collaboration between the couturier Jean Paul Gaultier and the choreographer Régine Chopinot.

vendredi 8 décembre 2006

"The Forest of Fontainebleau. a life sized studio from Corot to Picasso" exhibition at Musée d'Orsay in Paris from March 6 to May 13, 2007

In addition to presenting a series of works signed by the greatest artists, from Corot to Picasso, this exhibition raises the question of why the Forest of Fontainebleau attracted not only painters and photographers, but also writers and poets.

mercredi 6 décembre 2006

"Egypt’s Sunken Treasures" (Tresors engloutis d'Egypte) exhibition at the Nef Grand Palais in Paris from 9 December 2006 to 16 March 2007

Some 500 spectacular pieces discovered during Franck Goddio’s underwater excavations, thanks to the Hilti Foundation, will be presented at the Grand Palais nave and retrace the history of Egypt from the last Pharaohs to Alexander the Great, from the Hellenic conquests to the Roman Empire, and from the Christian era to the rise of Islam.

vendredi 3 novembre 2006

VU' exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris from 5 December 2006 to 31 July 2007

The VU' agency suggested giving a free hand to five of its greatest photographers: Gabriele Basilico, Rip Hopkins, Richard Dumas, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Stanley Greene. They have each photographed one particular aspect of the Museum – its architecture, staff, collections and its public. Their work will be shown in the Museum, in four exhibitions.

"Around 1900 : an Art Nouveau Ensemble. The Rispal Donation" exhibition at Musée d'Orsay in Paris from November 21, 2006 to January 28, 2007

The Musée d'Orsay is devoting a special exhibition to this exceptional and unexpected rich addition to the museum collection as part of its twentieth anniversary celebrations.

jeudi 19 octobre 2006

Rodin. The Eros figures Erotic drawings and watercolors (1890 – 1917) exhibition at Musée Rodin in Paris, from October 25, 2006 to February 18, 2007

Although Rodin is recognized as one of the fathers of modern sculpture, his graphic work remains generally unknown. Through 140 drawings and watercolors, executed between 1890 and 1917, as well as 5 sculptures, this exhibition presents all the aspects of the body, from a simple to the most erotic nude.