2023-07-01 10:20:41
From engraving with Degas at the Bnf and a collection that spans the centuries at the Marmottan Museum, Italian painting at the Louvre, photography with Elliott Erwitt and Frank Horvat, here is our selection of exhibitions to see in Paris in July-August .
Works from the Capodimonte Museum visit the Louvre, Ron Mueck returns to the Cartier Foundation with his giant hyperrealist sculptures, four-handed works by Warhol and Basquiat are still at the Vuitton Foundation and the Grande Halle de la Villette plunges us into the universe of the legendary pharaoh Ramses II… Ten exhibitions not to be missed in Paris this summer.
Naples to Paris: Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum to the Louvre
Annibal Carrache, “Pietà”, 1599-1600. Naples, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte (Courtesy of the MIC-Ministry of Culture, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte)
From Raphael to Caravaggio, from Michelangelo to Ribera, two major museums, among those with the most important collections of Italian art, are joining forces for an exceptional exhibition: the Capodimonte Museum in Naples is lending Louvre 70 of his greatest masterpieces. The opportunity for those who have not made the trip to Naples to discover extraordinary paintings, and also to see the Italian works, no less extraordinary, of the Louvre. Until January 8, 2024.
Drawing, engraving, photography: Degas obsessed with black and white at the Bnf
Edgar Degas, “Woman standing in a bathtub”, circa 1880-1885, monotype in black ink (© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) / Thierry Le Mage)
Edgar Degas, great master of pastel, was also obsessed all his life with black and white, in pencil, engraving, monotype printing, photography… These techniques allowed him to create dark atmospheres full of contrasts and clarity. obscure. There National Library of France, which retains many prints and photographs by Edgar Degas, highlights this work within the work in a very fine exhibition. Until September 3, 2023.
One hundred printmaking masterpieces, from Dürer to Picasso, at the Marmottan Museum
Henri Fantin-Latour, “Les Petites embroiderers”, 1898, plate from “L’Estampe et l’ Affiche”, March 15, 1898, lithograph in pencil and scratching on China paper applied to vellum paper, Vevey, Musée Jenisch Vevey – Cabinet cantonal des prints, Fondation William Cuendet & Atelier de Saint-Prex, Collection P (© Olivier Christinat, Lausanne)
The Marmottan Museum also takes an interest in prints: he presents the collection of the Swiss foundation William Cuendet & Atelier de Saint-Prex, which brings together the great names in engraving from the 15th to the 21st century. Works by Dürer, Rembrandt, Canaletto, Piranèse, Goya, Lorrain, Daumier, Degas, Corot, Manet, Degas, Bonnard, Vuillard or Picasso and also contemporary works created at the Atelier de Saint-Prex in Switzerland. From July 5 to September 17, 2023.
Basquiat and Warhol together at the Vuitton Foundation
Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol, “6.99”, 1984. 297 x 410 cm. Nicholas Erni Collection. (THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC. / LICENSED BY ADAGP, Paris 2023 – ESTATE OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT LICENSED BY ARTESTAR, NEW YORK)
Between 1983 and 1985, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol produced 160 paintings in common where two aesthetics, two generations and two temperaments come together. Drama, police violence and racism thus intersect consumerist madness, popular culture and pop imagery, all intertwined with signs, graffiti, symbols and numbers. 70 of these works are shown at the Louis Vuitton Foundation. Until August 28, 2023.
Françoise Pétrovitch, the feeling of love and nature at the Museum of Romantic Life
Françoise Pétrovitch, Untitled, 2022, oil on canvas, diptych, 240 x 320 cm (© A. Mole, Courtesy Semiose, Paris © Adagp, Paris, 2023)
To like. To break upThe romantic life museum, which wants to explore the extensions of romanticism in contemporary art, presents some forty works by Françoise Pétrovitch, paintings, drawings, sculptures, created especially for this exhibition, where she approaches the landscape and the feeling of love. Until September 10, 2023.
Ron Mueck at the Cartier Foundation
View of the Ron Mueck exhibition at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Felton Bequest, 2018 (Photo © Marc Domage)
The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art again exhibits the Australian Ron Mueck, works unseen in France and emblematic works of the hyperrealist sculptor which testify to the recent evolution of his work. His monumental installation Mass (2017), the largest he has made, composed of huge human skulls, comes out of Australia for the first time, just like Dead Weight, a cast iron skull weighing nearly two tons. Until November 5, 2023.
Ramses and the gold of the pharaohs at the Grande Halle de la Villette
A monumental statue of Ramses II exhibited at the Grande Halle de la Villette as part of the exhibition “Ramses and the gold of the pharaohs”, April 6, 2023 (ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP)
After San Francisco and Houston, the pharaonic exhibition is at the Great Hall of La Villette, its only stop in Europe. The same people who produced the Tutankhamun, the Treasure of the Pharaoh exhibition in 2019, the American company World Heritage Exhibitions, offer more than 180 pieces with exceptional colors that immerse us in the universe of Ramses II, the legendary pharaoh. Until September 6, 2023.
The humorous look of Elliott Erwitt at the Maillol Museum
Berkeley, California, USA, 1956. (ELLIOTT ERWITT / MAGNUM PHOTOS)
Like few others, he was able to capture the small theater of life, the comical moments and the intimate moments, with a look full of humor and humanity: the photographer Elliott Erwitt is the subject of a rich retrospective at the Maillol Museum. 220 photos that cross the themes of his work (couples, children, dogs, cities…). Until August 15, 2023.
Photographer Frank Horvat at the Jeu de Paume
Frank Horvat, Séance de macumba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1963 (Franck Horvat)
The Palm Game exhibits 170 prints and 70 personal archive documents from the first 15 years of Frank Horvat’s career, from reportage to fashion. Iconic images, lesser known or unpublished black and white photographs, fashion magazines and period documents that shed light on the photographer’s approach in the context of the evolution of the illustrated press and photography of fashion. Until September 17, 2023.
Sarah Bernhardt, a sacred monster at the Petit Palais
Georges Jules Victor Clairin, Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, 1876, oil on canvas, Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris; The actress, nonchalantly lying on a sofa, a greyhound at her feet, is represented in the studio-living room of her private mansion (© Paris Musées / Petit Palais)
Demi-mondaine, then actress and star on the stages of the world, Sarah Bernhardt became a great figure at the turn of the 20th century who fascinated painters, musicians and writers. THE Small palace recounts his life and career through 400 works and pieces, costumes, photos, paintings, posters and also sculptures by his hand. Until August 27, 2023.
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