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Don't-Miss Events for Your Next Trip to France
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Hokusai, “L’Affolé de Son Art” |
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A Qui Appartenaient Ces Tableaux? |
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Kisling's Jeune Polonaise, 1928 © ADAGP Paris 2008 |
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Hokusai's Tiger in the Rain © Ota Kinen Bijutsukan |
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Food, Fruit and Glasses on a Table by Peter Binoit © RMN-R |
The first retrospective of Moïse Kisling ever presented in a French museum, although the Polish artist lived most of his life in France, and was an integral part of Parisian life in Montparnasse in the 1920s along with Picasso, Juan Gris, Soutine and Modigliani.
€7. Through Nov 2
Musée de Lodève,
Square Georges Auric, Lodève. 04.67.88.86.10.
www.lodeve.com
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Honoring philanthropists from Edmond de Goncourt to Norbert Lagane who donated ukiyo-e, images of the floating world, by Katsuchika Hokusai (1760–1849), the exhibit displays the museum’s entire collection of paintings and prints by the Japanese master who inspired Degas, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin and many other 19th-century artists.
€7. Through Aug 4
Musée Guimet,
6 pl d’Iéna, 16th,
Métro: Iéna.
01.56.52.53.00.
www.guimet.fr
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An exhibit of 53 works pillaged or sold under pressure during the Nazi occupation of France, whose legitimate owners have still not been identified. Among the paintings are works by Cézanne, Courbet, Delacroix, Pieter de Hooch, Manet, Monet, Seurat and Simon Vouet.
€6.80 June 24–Sept 28
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme,
71 rue du Temple, 3rd,
Métro: Rambuteau. 01.53.01.86.60.
www.mahj.org
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Jules Chéret: L’Esprit et la Grâce |
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Saul Steinberg, Illuminations |
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La Grande Colombine, Jules Chéret, 1911 © Musée Beaux-Arts Nice |
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© Steinberg Fndn/Artists Rights Soc. NY/ADAGP Paris |
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© Musee Albert Kahn, Dept Hauts-de-Seine |
| More than 120 paintings and mural decorations by Chéret (1836-1932), considered the forefather of the modern publicity poster, whose works often portrayed Harlequins, Columbines and other idealized commedia dell’arte characters.
€6 June 14–Sept 21
Palais Lumière,
quai Albert Besson, Evian.
04.50.83.15.90.
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Drawings, collages and caricatures by The New Yorker’s great cartoonist, humorist and philosopher, who described himself as “a writer who draws”.
€6 Through July 27
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson,
2 impasse Lebouis, 14th,
Métro: Gaîté.
01.56.80.27.00. www.henricartierbresson.org
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More than 150 glass-plate color autochromes of India shot by two photographers, Stéphane Passet in 1913–14 and Roger Dumas in 1927–28, both commissioned by philanthropist Albert Kahn as part of his immense Archives of the Planet project. Don’t miss this occasion to visit the spectacular gardens as well.
€1.50 June 17–Mar 8, 2009
Musée Albert Kahn,
14 rue du Port, Boulogne-Billancourt,
Métro: Boulogne-Pont de Saint Cloud.
01.55.19.28.00.
www.hauts-de-seine.net
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Fauves Hongrois 1904–1914 |
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Sèvres, Vienne, Berlin: Ors et Décors 1800–1850 |
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© Musee Beaux-Arts Nice/ADAGP Paris 2008 |
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Porcelain plate, Berlin, c.1823-1832
© Ben Cohen |
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Camillle Claudel's Jeune Fille © Musée Rodin |
| A fascinating look at a group of Hungarian artists who became part of the Fauve movement led by Matisse and Derain, some of them working in Paris and others in Hungary. Among them are Béla Czóbel, Geza Bornemisza, Róbert Bereny, Vilmost Perlrott Csaba and Sandor Ziffer.
€8 June 22–Oct 12
Musée d’Art Moderne,
8 blvd Maréchal Joffre, Céret.
04.68.87.27.76.
www.musee-ceret.com
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More than 400 pieces of porcelain from the three title cities, on loan from the collection of Richard Baron Cohen and never before shown in France. A good excuse to see the fabulous Sèvres museum itself, easily accessible and too often overlooked.
€6.50. Through July 13
Musée National de Céramique
Place de la Manufacture
Sèvres.
01.41.14.04.20
www.musee-ceramique-sevres.fr
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A special retrospective of Rodin’s pupil and muse, bringing together almost all of her known works—80 sculptures in marble, plaster, terra cotta, onyx and bronze, along with a dozen drawings and engravings.
€7. Through July 20
Musée Rodin,
79 rue de Varenne, 7th.
Métro: Varenne.
01.44.18.61.10.
www.musee-rodin.fr
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Strasbourg 1400: Un Foyer d'Art dans l'Europe Gothique |
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Vlaminck: Un Instinct Fauve |
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Garden of Paradise, Strasbourg 1400. © Ursula Edelmann, Artothek. |
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Les Ramasseurs de pommes de terre, 1905 Kunststiftung Merzbacher
© Droits réservés - © ADAGP, Paris, 2007 |
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© Archives Musée Dapper & Hugues Dubois |
At the start of the 15th century, as the tallest spire in the Western world was nearing completion on its cathedral, Strasbourg played a major part in the flowering of European Gothic art, as is beautifully documented in this show of 120 paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, tapestries and works in stained glass.
€5. Through July 6
Musée de l’Oeuvre Notre-Dame,
3 pl du Château,
Strasbourg.
03.88.52.50.00.
www.musees-strasbourg.org
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An exhibit of the early works of Maurice de Vlaminck, painted between 1900 and 1915, documenting the influence of the preceding generation—Van Gogh, the Nabis, Cézanne and Signac—and the audacity and violent color of his Fauve period with Derain and Matisse.
€11. Through July 20
Musée de Luxembourg
19 rue de Vaugirard, 6th
Métro:Odéon
01.45.44.12.90
www.museeduluxembourg.fr |
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The realistic, symbolic, mythic and mystical bestiary of African art, seen in more than 100 sculptures, statuettes, masks, ornaments and ritual objects from across the continent.
€6. Through July 20.
Musée Dapper
35 bis rue Paul-Valéry, 16e
Métro: Victor Hugo
01.45.00.91.75
www.dapper.com.fr |
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