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January – Mars 2015
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-Fashion Week - Ready to wear: March 3rd to March 11th
New Exhibitions
From
1/10
To
4/5
1/31
4/27
Exhibit
Where and Description
Centquatre
The work DE KONING: space-colors (exhibition spaces and works),
2014 was specially prepared for the CENTQUATRE-PARIS. This
project consists of several "parts-sculptures" interconnected,
integrated into the site, and invite visitors to enter, stroll through
the structure and interact with it. Different parts of the artwork
reveal the specific architectural, sculptural and pictorial space.
They sublimate and combine ideas of De Koning Krijn appearing
De Koning : ESPACE- separately in his work over the last twenty years.
COULEURS
New Frontier IV
Louvre Museum
The museum continues its exploration of the history of painting in
the United States with New Frontier IV or the illustration of the
progressive growth of interest on the still life painting during the
19th century. Raphaelle Peale, pioneer in this genre, is illustrated
with austere canvases representing the products grown in North
America. Artists, such as Martin Johnson Heade, became
particularly interested in elaborate paintings with subtle
symbolism like the Dutch 17th century masters.
2/12
7/19
Unbutton Fashion
2/12
7/5
The Toilette- The
birth of Intimacy
2/12
6/21
Pinacothèque
At the time of Klimt,
the Vienna Secsession
2/12
12/31
Titin and Snowy
2/13?
Art decorative museum
This exhibition highlights the multitude of crafts and artistic
professions interested in buttons as an object. Glassblowers,
potters, embroiderers, goldsmiths, jewelers, sculptors and
painters have virtuously applied their knowledge in the creation of
buttons. Visitors will explore a certain history of fashion as well as
changes in the history of buttons, and admire the one hundred
feminine and masculine garments and accessories in this
collection which is the only one of its kind in the world.
Marmottan-Monet Museum
This exhibit dedicated to the toilette and the birth of intimacy is
the first one ever held on such a topic. Loaned by prestigious
museums and international collections, the show displays major
artists from the fifteenth century to the present day. In total, one
hundred canvases, sculptures, prints, photographs, moving
images and pieces of furniture… Manet, Degas and ToulouseLautrec were inspired by the ever-increasingly diversified and
abundant use of water from the nineteenth century onward.
6/14
Destins of War
The exhibition at the time of Klimt, the Secession in Vienna tells in
detail the development of the Viennese art of the end of the 19th
century, beginning of the Viennese Secession, until the early years
of expressionism. The heart of the exhibition is based on a
selection of major works by Gustav Klimt, from his early years of
studies up to the great works of his Golden as Judith I (1901) or the
Beethoven frieze, a monumental work restored to the scale on the
occasion of the exhibition.
Musée en Herbe
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Musée en Herbe, Tintin has
set down his suitcase in Paris, after 7 years of traveling! The
treasures of Hergé will be on display. Visitors will discover an echo
of the spectacular architecture of the Hergé Museum in Louvainla-Neuve. Drawings and original storyboards will show the
diversity of the work of Georges Remi aka Hergé newspaper man,
graphic designer, lettering artist, illustrator, poster artist,
caricaturist... and of course cartoonist. All the iconic characters of
the series will be presented.
Zadkine Museum
Images of broken bodies and ruined lives, of space which shifts and
deconstructs, the drawings and engravings produced by Zadkine
during the First World War are uncompromising. These sixty or so
compositions marked by the elliptic serialism of fallen bodies have
never been assembled together until now. -
2/23
5/24
Charles de La
Fosse
2/24
5/24
Baroque: the lower
depths
2/24
5/17
Florence Henri
3/3
5/31
Castle of Versailles
After studying and collaborating with the painter Charles Le Brun,
C. de La Fosse became the most sought after decorative painter
in Paris. La Fosse spent five years studying in Italy.
Within three years of returning to Paris, he began receiving royal
commissions. La Fosse painted mythological and Biblical scenes
in the Louvre and the Tuileries, and spent nine years painting at
Versailles.
Petit Palais
Some eighty paintings and sketches have been carefully selected,
to show a less-idealized kind of beauty behind the scenes of Rome.
These pieces, either lent by European public institutions or
donated from private collections, are not to be missed. They were
all created in Rome during the first half of the 17th century, by
artists which include Claude Lorrain, Caravaggioh, Bartolomeo
Manfredi and even Valentin de Boulogne. Each one is testimony to
the existence of another side of Rome, marked by misery,
debauchery and excess.
Jeu de Paume
Presents a vast panorama of Florence Henri’s photographic
production from 1927 to 1940, including her self-portraits,
abstract compositions, portraits of artists, nudes, photomontages,
photo collages, as well as documentary photos taken in Rome,
Paris and Brittany. This medium enabled her to experiment new
relationships with space, in particular by the use of mirrors and
other objects in her compositions.
Philharmonie de Paris
A retrospective exhibit of British musician and pop icon David
Bowie (b. 1947, London).A singer, songwriter, producer and actor,
David Bowie made his mark on the history of music, becoming a
living legend. Visitors can admire some 300 objects relating to this
cultural icon: handwritten lyrics, original costumes, fashion,
photography, film, music videos, decorations and instruments.
David Bowie is
3/7
Palais Galliera
This is the first Parisian retrospective of Jeanne Lanvin, who
founded the oldest fashion house still in operation. This exhibition
offers an original scenography realized with the help of Alber
Elbaz, the current artistic director of Lanvin. In 1908, Jeanne
Lanvin’s label employed more than 1,000 workers. In the 20s, the
color blue and its variations become a trademark for Lanvin.
8/23
Jeanne Lanvin
3/17
7/19
Pierre Bonnard,
Painting Arcadie
Orsay Museum
A retrospective exhibit of Pierre Bonnard that is representative of
all his creative periods. Bonnard advocated a basically decorative
esthetic, fuelled by sharp, humorous observations drawn from his
immediate surroundings. Bonnard's work reveals an instinctive
and supremely sensitive artist. His palette of bright, luminous
colors makes him one of the leading exponents of modern art and
an eminent representative of the Arcadian movement.
3/17
6/28
Pierre Boulez
3/18
7/19
The real Tudors
3/25
7/13
Velazquez
3/25
7/26
Le baiser
3/27
7/20
De Giotto à
Caravage the
passions of Roberto
Longhi
Cité de la Musique
Eminent artist Pierre Boulez is a musician, conductor, composer,
and teacher. In 2015, he will celebrate his 90th birthday. On this
occasion, the Philharmonie de Paris will look back on his oeuvre,
and particularly on the inspiration drawn from literature and visual
arts. The exhibition will analyse six major works: Deuxième
Sonate, Le Marteau sans maître, Pli selon pli, Rituel, Répons, and
Sur Incises. A special focus will examine his ongoing relationship
with other art forms he considered a vital source of inspiration.
Luxembourg Museum
The Tudor family was the root of a vast royal dynasty that gave its
name to the period of English history between 1485 and 1603. The
Tudor era was also a kind of English Renaissance, spanning the
reigns of five monarchs who were to make England a major
European power. Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and
Elizabeth I come alive in this exhibition thanks to portraits, archival
documents and personal items.
Grand Palais
Born in Seville in 1599, Velázquez is one of the most important
figures in the history of art, all styles and periods together. The
leader of the Spanish school, official artist to King Philip IV at a
time when Spain dominated the world, he was a contemporary of
van Dyck, Bernini and Zuberan, although his art gave him a
timelessness that is rivalled only by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael,
Michelangelo, Titian, Caravaggio and Rembrandt. An exhibition
produced jointly by the RMN-Grand Palais and the Musée du
Louvre, in collaboration with the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Maillol Museum
With continuously rotating exhibits, the Maillol museum likes to
keep itself out on the cutting edge of what can be enjoyed as an
art exhibit. Its upcoming show, called Le Baiser (The Kiss), follows
justly on the heels of the very successful run which was all about
the Borgias. The kiss represented in art from the Renaissance to
nowadays. Les Baisers de Luca Cambiaso, Fragonard or Rodin will
be confronted with those of Picasso, Chagall, Brancusi and
contemporary artists like, Pierre & Gilles, Robert Combas or David
Lynch.
Jacquemart-André Museum
The exhibition presents the great names in Italian painting, from
the 14th to the 17th century, rediscovered by one of the major
figures in the history of Italian art, Roberto Longhi (1889/18901970). Giotto, Masaccio, Masolino, Piero della Francesca, Ribera,
and Caravaggio are among the leading artists highlighting the
exhibition. Alongside the works from the Roberto Longhi
Foundation, presented for the first time in France, will be works
loaned by the biggest French and Italian museums. This exhibition
is an unprecedented dialogue between a great connoisseur and his
artistic passions.
Exhibitions still running
2/1
Quai Branly Museum
Art in black and white from
the Solomon Islands
2/2
A common stylistic trait within the entire archipelago consists of
the effects of brightness and contrast in works of art. Black
coated objects with polished shells refer to a number of cultural
references: they are intimately linked to notions of prestige and
power, the relationship to the spirits, to headhunting, funeral
ceremonies and the environment.
Grand Palais
Niki de Saint Phalle
2/8
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) is one of the most renowned
artists from the mid-twentieth century. Throughout her prolific
career, Saint Phalle created a complex body of work in various
media which was deeply embedded with socio-political issues. The
exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Réunion des
musées nationaux - Grand Palais and the Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao, with the kind participation of the Niki Charitable Art
Foundation.
Quai Branly Museum
The Maya civilization was very advanced in various fields:
architecture, astronomy, writing, art and mathematics. During
your "journey" over the mysterious Mayan lands, discover the
mysteries surrounding the history of this great Mesoamerican
civilization. Guided by the stars, the Mayas' secrets have remained
buried for a very long time.
The Mayas
2/10
Louvre Museum
Rhodes: A Greek island
gateway to and from the East”
2/15
The exhibition will contain findings of 18th century excavations on
the island and has three chapters. “History of Rhodes excavations,
a European tale”; “Rhodes, an exchange center in eastern
Mediterranean” and “local ceramics labs”, particularly the world
famous archaic ceramic style.
Grand Palais
Art of Haiti
2/22
Focusing on Haitian art from the 19th century to the present day,
the exhibition takes an approach that is at once historical, social
and cultural. This exploration of the visual arts aims to go beyond
the archetypes of naïve and primitive painting and transcend the
restrictive magic-religious and exotic vision associated with
Haitian art.
Orsay Museum
The aim of this exhibition is to put on public show the pearls that
are being added to the institution's displays to delight visitors. Such
an exhibition also enables the public to appreciate issues involved
in the policy of enriching the national collections.
Seven years of reflexion.
Latest acquisitions
2/23
Louvre Museum
Philippe Djian : Voyages
2/15
From Leonardo to
Michelangelo
The Borgias and their time
3/1
Philippe Djian offers a dreamlike journey in arts and literature:
travel diaries, notes drawn or written, paintings and sculptures
along the exhibition invite us to a confrontation with works often
issue of sacred art, in which the concept of travel gives way to that
of transhumance of the souls. An internal journey, questioning
destiny.
Maillol Museum
The Borgias, the Renaissance statesmen, popes and personalities,
patronized some of the most important artists of the time, Da
Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Bellini among them. The age of
blood and scandal was also an era of scientific inquiry, overseas
conquests and artistic prosperity, and the Borgias stood at its
vanguard. Major Italian institutions and private collectors have
collaborated on this exhibition; and some works will be shown in
Paris for the first time.
Art Ludique – the Museum
This new exhibition by Art Ludique-Le Musée, Studio Ghibli Layout
Designs: Understanding the secrets of Takahata and Miyazaki
animation is a wonderful opportunity to shine the spotlight on the
creators of films that have made a deep impression on our
imagination, allowing people to discover the important artistic
dimension behind films that have inspired them to dream.
3/8
Pinacothèque of Paris
The Kamasutra: Spirituaity and
erotism in Indian art
3/9
The Kama Sutra makes up one of the major texts of medieval
Hinduism. The exhibition, unadvised for minors, will explain the
erotic aesthetics specific to the Indian cultural life and to Hinduism.
It will also attempt to understand why the Western world casts
such a deformed look on that very unusual book.
Cité de l’Architecture
Revoir Paris
3/9
The idea of this exhibition is to engage in lively manner a set of old
or recent utopian representations of Paris (drawings, paintings,
models) and the many images made by François Schuiten around
Paris, the novel by Jules Verne Paris in the twentieth century, the
Greater Paris project, but especially from the comic strip currently
under realization, Revoir Paris.
Cité de l’Architecture
Viollet-le-Duc – the visions
of an architect
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Eugène
Viollet-le-Duc (1814 - 1879), this retrospective exhibition presents
the unique work of this great architect, theorist and restorer of
monuments, founder of the Museum of Compared Sculpture. The
aspects, the least known and the most unexpected of the
architect with multiple talents, are presented to the public to
demonstrate the richness of his personality.
4/9
Cognac-Jay Museum
Carte Blanche à Christian
Lacroix
4/26
Known for his regular work with museums, Christian Lacroix has
accepted the dual challenge of choosing his own thread for the
exhibition visit, incorporating a theme central to his artistic
approach: that of costume. Textiles create a dialogue with the
museum's age of Enlightenment collections, anchored in their
historical context.
Foundation Henri-Cartier-Bresson
Pieter Hugo
4/27
Kin, is the last project of the south-African photographer Pieter
Hugo. Through landscapes, portraits and still life photography
exhibited for the first time in France, the photographer offers a
personal exploration of South Africa. The exhibit, accompanied by
a book published by Aperture is coproduced with Foto Colectania
Foundation, Barcelone and Stevenson Gallery, Cape
Town/Johannesburg.
Pompidou Centre
The creator of the famous stainless steel balloon has become one
of the most famous and controversial artists in the contemporary
art scene. This retrospective is designed to take stock of an
unquestionably great body of work, now inseparable from the
man who created it.
Jeff Koons
5/31
History of immigration museum
Fashion Mix
9/28
Immigration is a strength, not a problem. Subtitled ‘Fashion from
here. Designers from elsewhere‘, this exhibition, conceived with
the help of Paris’ fashion museum – the Galliera
Museum – celebrates the foreign individuals who have helped
forged Paris’ reputation as the international capital of fashion. This
exhibition shows 100 emblematic pieces of fashion designers:
Charles Frederick Worth, Azzedine Alaïa, Mariano Fortuny, Issey
Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Raf Simons...
Cité de l’Architecture
A building, how many lives?
The purpose of this exhibition is to refocus the debate on the
metamorphosis of modern heritage (from the mid-19th at the
end of the 20th century), and particularly on the post-war boom,
the less considered and the most endangered, because often
judged more easily renewable, not to say more easily 'disposable
'. Through eight themes - more than a hundred projects and
achievements in France and Europe are presented.
Other Events
Dates
2/4
Event
Conference New Frontier IV, by Stephanie Heydt,
Where
Curator at the High Museum of Art of Atlanta
Louvre Museum – auditorium
2/4-2/5
3/26 – 3/29
Bonhams, the famous British auction house, will once
again host a major auction in the nave of the Grand Palais
in Paris. This sale takes place in one of the city's historic
centres of art and industry. The Grand Palais in Paris will,
for the occasion, be the scene of a car exhibition
celebrating the invention of the automobile, as well as the
sale of 150 rare vehicles. There will also be a sale of Art
Nouveau and Art Deco pieces and a wine sale (grand crus).
Grand Palais
Art panorama. Art Paris has become a reference for
modern day gallery owners and art-lovers. Ever since it
was first held in the prestigious glass-roofed "nave" of the
Grand Palais, exhibitors and visitors from around the world
have been drawn to this great event.
Nave of the Grand Palais
3/26 – 3/29 The annual Pavilion des Arts et du Design, a modern
art and design fair, attracts the biggest names in the
business. You'll find Furniture, Drawings, Paintings,
and Sculpture from 1860 to our days, Antiquities,
Modernism, Photography, Design, Primitive and
Asian Art, Contemporary Glass, Jewelry, Carpets,
photography and sculpture.
Jardin des Tuileries
Music, Dance, Opera
From
1/31
2/1
2/2
2/3
2/7
2/8
2/24
2/24
3/1
3/2
3/3
3/11
3/13
3/27
To
2/17
2/15
2/14
2/20
2/28
2/8
3/12
2/24
3/1
2/28
3/5
4/9
3/15
4/21
Where
Bastille Opera House
Garnier Opera House
Bastille Opera House
Garnier Opera House
Bastille Opera House
Bastille Opera House
Garnier Opera House
Bastille Opera House
Garnier Opera House
Bastille Opera House
Th. Champs-Elysées
Bastille Opera House
Opera Royal - Versailles
Garnier Opera House
Performance
Ariadne in Naxos (Strauss and Hofmannsthal)
Abduction from the Seraglio (W.A. Mozart)
Don Giovanni (W.A. Mozart)
Paul/Rigal/lock
Pelleas and Melissande (Claude Debussy)
Récital Krassimira Stoyanova
The song of the earth (Neumeier)
Philippe Jordan & JB Vuillaume trio
Percussions and Dance
Faust (Charles Gounod)
Solaris (Dai Fujikura/Saburo Teshigawara)
Swan Lake (R. Noureev)
Sleeping Beauty (Maladain Ballet Biarritz)
Le Cid (Jules Massenet)
Type
Opera
Opera
Opera
Contemporary Dance
Opera
Concert
Ballet
Concert
Music and Dance
Opera
Opera
Ballet
Ballet
Opera