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Sainte Russie

As part of the Franco-Russian Year, a major, 400-item exhibit of mostly religious Russian art from the early Christian era in the 9th century to the 18th-century splendor of Peter the Great, including icons, paintings, sculpture, architectural elements, textiles, manuscripts, coins, jewelry and objets d’art. Mar 5–May 24
Every Monday, Wednesday through Sunday through May 24th, 2010
Location: Musée du Louvre, Métro: Louvre-Palais Royal.
Admission: €11
Phone Number: 01.40.20.53.17.
Website: louvre.fr

Patrick Jouin: La Substance du Design

Image: © Agence Patrick Jouin 2009.

A look at the development process for 20 different projects by one of France’s leading contemporary designers, with drawings, scale models and prototypes ranging from furniture and cookware to the docking stations for Paris’s Vélib’ rental bikes.
Daily through May 24th, 2010
Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed Tuesday.
Location: Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou, 3rd, Métro: Hôtel de Ville.
Admission: €10-€12
Phone Number: 01.44.78.12.33.
Website: www.centrepompidou.fr

Lydia D., Muse et Modèle de Matisse

Young Russian immigrant Lydia Delectorskaya was Henri Matisse’s assistant, secretary and model during the last 20 years of his life. The show includes 21 paintings and 120 drawings of her by the great artist. The show moves to the Musée Matisse in Nice June 18–Sept 27.
Daily through May 30th, 2010
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Tuesday.
Location: Musée Départemental Matisse, Palais Fénelon, Place Commandant Richez, Le Cateau-Cambrésis (in Nord, near Valenciennes).
Admission: €7
Phone Number: 03.27.84.64.50.
Website: www.tourisme-lecateau.fr

Turner et ses Peintres

Image: La Plage de Calais, à marée basse, 1830.

Nearly 100 paintings, watercolors, drawings and graphic works by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) and the artists who influenced him during his long and varied career, including Le Lorrain, Poussin, Titian, Watteau and his contemporaries Bonington and Constable.
Hours:
Mon/Fri/Sat/Sun: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Tues: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wed: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Thurs: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Daily through May 24th, 2010
Location: Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Entrance Champs Elysées, Métro: Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau.
Admission: €11
Phone Number: 01.44.13.17.17.
Website: www.rmn.fr

Edvard Munch

Image: Summer Night in Studenterlunden, 1899.

Subtitled “The Anti-Scream”, a retrospective of some 100 paintings and graphic works, mostly from private collections, documenting the major influence of the Norwegian artist (1863–1944) on modern European art, extending far beyond that single icon, The Scream.
Daily through July 18th, 2010
Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Pinacothèque de Paris, 28 pl de la Madeleine, 8th, Métro: Madeleine.
Admission: €10
Phone Number: 01.42.68.02.01.
Website: www.pinacotheque.com

Imágenes del Mexicano

Image: Portrait of Francisco Torres, 1846, by José Maria Zepeda de Estrada.

The major exhibit of the city’s Mexican festival, with 150 paintings, drawings, sculptures, photos and other images of Mexicans from the pre-Columbian era to the 20th century, with works by artists including Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Tina Modotti and Frida Kahlo (who has a separate show in adjacent galleries).
Daily through April 25th, 2010
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (9 p.m. Thursday). Closed Monday.
Location: BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts, 23 rue Ravenstein, Brussels.
Admission: €10
Phone Number: +32.2.507.82.00.
Website: www.bozar.be

El Greco, Domenikos Theotokopoulos 1900

Image: El Greco, San Juan Evangelista © Toledo, Museo del Greco.

A Spanish parallel to BOZAR's Mexican festival, with 40 paintings by the Spanish master whose critical reputation plummeted after his death in 1614 and was only resuscitated in the early 20th century.
Daily through May 9th, 2010
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (9 p.m. Thursday). Closed Monday.
Location: BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts, 23 rue Ravenstein, Brussels
Admission: €10
Phone Number: +32.2.507.82.00.
Website: www.bozar.be

Karen Knorr, Fables

Image: Courtesy Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Paris © Karen Knorr

Another exhibit at the Musée Carnavalet brings bucolic animal life to 18th-century period rooms in a tribute to Karen Knorr, who photographed foxes, rodents and birds in the rooms in 2003. Some of the settings of her photos will be recreated in the rooms themselves, and many of the photos will appear on the walls of the rooms in this delightful Aesop- and La Fontaine-inspired exhibit.
Every Tuesday through Sunday through May 30th, 2010
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: 23 rue de Sévigné, 3rd, Métro: Saint-Paul
Admission: Free
Phone Number: 01.44.59.58.58
Website: www.carnavalet.paris.fr

Impossible Photography: Paris Prisons (1851-2010)

Image: Musée Carnavalet, © Jacqueline Salmon

The Musée Carnavalet, the museum of Paris history, brings us a vast collection of 350 photos depicting the evolution of Paris prisons since 1851. The collection challenges viewers to look closer at life in incarceration, and to examine all the societal implications of life in this dark bubble. The exhibition will be supplemented by numerous panels, presentations and round table discussions.
Every Tuesday through Sunday through July 4th, 2010
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: 23 rue de Sévigné
Admission: €5
Phone Number: 01.44.59.58.58
Website: www.carnavalet.paris.fr

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