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The 2010 – 2011 season at the Grand Palais
The programme for the Nave of the Grand Palais
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Alec Dubreuil / Brand is beautiful
Alec Dubreuil / Brand is beautiful
Biennale des antiquaires
September 15 - 22 2010
For art lovers from all over the world, hoping to acquire the finest antiques, fine art or jewellery, the Biennale des Antiquaires has been a must-attend event for nearly half a century.
The Biennale des antiquaires is an unmissable international event for collectors and lovers of outstanding works, from the prehistoric to modern art. The Biennale des antiquaires, is also a highlight on the calendar of the Paris art market, coming after the summer break and setting the tone for a host of exhibitions in the city's galleries.
The Nave will be welcoming 80 of the world's leading antique dealers, and seven top jewellers who will be presenting their most exquisite masterworks from a wide range of specialities and periods: 17th, 18th and 19th century furniture and objets d'art, the decorative arts of the 20th century, sculptures, old modern paintings and drawings, Asian arts, archaeology and primitive art, silver and gold ware, antiquarian and rare books, postage stamps and old weapons.
For the first time, the Great Balcony will be staging "Tremplin pour la Biennale" with a spotlight on 25 upcoming dealers representing the future of the Biennale, each exhibiting an item of their choice.
This year the Biennale is celebrating its 25th edition, in its favourite setting, the Grand Palais, and in the world's finest city, at the heart of the international art market.
The event is organised by the Syndicat national des antiquaires.
September 15 - 22 2010
For art lovers from all over the world, hoping to acquire the finest antiques, fine art or jewellery, the Biennale des Antiquaires has been a must-attend event for nearly half a century.
The Biennale des antiquaires is an unmissable international event for collectors and lovers of outstanding works, from the prehistoric to modern art. The Biennale des antiquaires, is also a highlight on the calendar of the Paris art market, coming after the summer break and setting the tone for a host of exhibitions in the city's galleries.
The Nave will be welcoming 80 of the world's leading antique dealers, and seven top jewellers who will be presenting their most exquisite masterworks from a wide range of specialities and periods: 17th, 18th and 19th century furniture and objets d'art, the decorative arts of the 20th century, sculptures, old modern paintings and drawings, Asian arts, archaeology and primitive art, silver and gold ware, antiquarian and rare books, postage stamps and old weapons.
For the first time, the Great Balcony will be staging "Tremplin pour la Biennale" with a spotlight on 25 upcoming dealers representing the future of the Biennale, each exhibiting an item of their choice.
This year the Biennale is celebrating its 25th edition, in its favourite setting, the Grand Palais, and in the world's finest city, at the heart of the international art market.
The event is organised by the Syndicat national des antiquaires.
© Collection Grand Palais,
François Tomasi
François Tomasi
2nd Electro night at the Grand Palais / SFR live concerts
Saturday October 9 2010
Buoyed by the success of the first edition of Electro night held in the Grand Palais on September 25 2009, drawing 8,000 people, the Nave will again be welcoming electronica for the second edition of Electro night / SFR Live Concerts.
This year again, the event promises to be autumn's first major musical event in Paris. A uniquely off-beat moment in the Nave of the Grand Palais, transformed for the occasion into an original, conceptual dance floor. The 2010 edition is set to be red hot, featuring leading figures of the electro movement. The whole setting will be designed by Electronic Shadow, and the event will go out on the Web, TV and mobile phone. La Lune Rousse and Artevia will be kickstarting NEF (Numeric experience festival), the annual get-together of electronica in Paris. Like Sonar in Barcelona or Ars Electronica in Linz, the label will be showcasing the latest trends in digital creativity.
The event is co-produced by Artevia and Lune Rousse in partnership with the Grand Palais and SFR.
Saturday October 9 2010
Buoyed by the success of the first edition of Electro night held in the Grand Palais on September 25 2009, drawing 8,000 people, the Nave will again be welcoming electronica for the second edition of Electro night / SFR Live Concerts.
This year again, the event promises to be autumn's first major musical event in Paris. A uniquely off-beat moment in the Nave of the Grand Palais, transformed for the occasion into an original, conceptual dance floor. The 2010 edition is set to be red hot, featuring leading figures of the electro movement. The whole setting will be designed by Electronic Shadow, and the event will go out on the Web, TV and mobile phone. La Lune Rousse and Artevia will be kickstarting NEF (Numeric experience festival), the annual get-together of electronica in Paris. Like Sonar in Barcelona or Ars Electronica in Linz, the label will be showcasing the latest trends in digital creativity.
The event is co-produced by Artevia and Lune Rousse in partnership with the Grand Palais and SFR.
FIAC
October 21 - 24 2010
The FIAC (Foire internationale d'art contemporain) is back at the Grand Palais for an event that is one of the highlights of the cultural season in Paris and in the international arena.
FIAC is now a regular Autumn feature at the Grand Palais, and its success has been growing for several years. The 2009 edition drew 80,000 visitors and the innovative centrepiece, "the modern project", a joint presentation of major modern works by ten of the world's top international galleries in a dedicated area of 300 m2, received critical and public acclaim.
This year, the 37th edition, running from October 21 to 24 in the Grand Palais and the Cour Carrée du Louvre, will provide yet another opportunity to discover new artists championed by some 200 top international modern, contemporary art and design galleries. The exciting interaction between painting, sculpture, photography and design is guaranteed to draw in professionals, amateurs and anyone with an inquisitive mind.
In partnership with the Louvre Museum, FIAC will also be presenting a programme of outdoor projects including installations and monumental sculptures in the Tuileries Gardens, accompanied by a performing arts programme.
The event is organised by Reed Expositions France. Official partner: Groupe Galeries Lafayette.
October 21 - 24 2010
The FIAC (Foire internationale d'art contemporain) is back at the Grand Palais for an event that is one of the highlights of the cultural season in Paris and in the international arena.
FIAC is now a regular Autumn feature at the Grand Palais, and its success has been growing for several years. The 2009 edition drew 80,000 visitors and the innovative centrepiece, "the modern project", a joint presentation of major modern works by ten of the world's top international galleries in a dedicated area of 300 m2, received critical and public acclaim.
This year, the 37th edition, running from October 21 to 24 in the Grand Palais and the Cour Carrée du Louvre, will provide yet another opportunity to discover new artists championed by some 200 top international modern, contemporary art and design galleries. The exciting interaction between painting, sculpture, photography and design is guaranteed to draw in professionals, amateurs and anyone with an inquisitive mind.
In partnership with the Louvre Museum, FIAC will also be presenting a programme of outdoor projects including installations and monumental sculptures in the Tuileries Gardens, accompanied by a performing arts programme.
The event is organised by Reed Expositions France. Official partner: Groupe Galeries Lafayette.
Fencing 2010. The World Championship
November 6-13 2010
Duels in the Grand Palais! For the first time in its history, the Nave will be welcoming one of France's strongest sporting disciplines: fencing. Hundreds of swordsmen from all over the world will be taking part in the world's top event: the 2010 World Fencing Championship.
In the country that gave the world the Three Musketeers, the Grand Palais is a dream venue for the 2010 World Fencing Championships. France's number one Olympic sport, fencing deserved a prestigious, historic arena on a level with its great sporting tradition.
The World Fencing Championship will be held in the Grand Palais from November 6 to 13, 2010. Showcasing this elegant sport in such a majestic setting will help to increase the popularity of fencing in France and throughout the world, while leaving the world's leading exponents with lasting memories. Foils, sabres and epées will be clashing at an event of world status, with women's, men's and disabled events all running parallel.
The enormous volume of the Nave is preparing to welcome over 5,000 spectators every day. For a whole week, one thousand competitors representing a hundred nationalities will be disputing the individual and team events with 24 world titles to fence for. En garde!
November 6-13 2010
Duels in the Grand Palais! For the first time in its history, the Nave will be welcoming one of France's strongest sporting disciplines: fencing. Hundreds of swordsmen from all over the world will be taking part in the world's top event: the 2010 World Fencing Championship.
In the country that gave the world the Three Musketeers, the Grand Palais is a dream venue for the 2010 World Fencing Championships. France's number one Olympic sport, fencing deserved a prestigious, historic arena on a level with its great sporting tradition.
The World Fencing Championship will be held in the Grand Palais from November 6 to 13, 2010. Showcasing this elegant sport in such a majestic setting will help to increase the popularity of fencing in France and throughout the world, while leaving the world's leading exponents with lasting memories. Foils, sabres and epées will be clashing at an event of world status, with women's, men's and disabled events all running parallel.
The enormous volume of the Nave is preparing to welcome over 5,000 spectators every day. For a whole week, one thousand competitors representing a hundred nationalities will be disputing the individual and team events with 24 world titles to fence for. En garde!
© Martine Delaleuf,
architect
architect
Art en Capital
November 23-28 2010
Art en Capital continues the prestigious tradition of Art Salons while offering an outlet for new creative sensibilities and the emerging talents of the 21st century, with works by over 2,000 artists on show.
Five historic salons all under the same roof provide five good reasons to visit Art en Capital: the Salon des artistes français, the Salon des artistes indépendants, Comparaisons, the Salon du dessin et de la peinture à l'eau (drawings and watercolours), and the Société nationale des beaux-arts.
Heir to the long tradition of painting Salons, Art en Capital is an invitation to take a journey through a world of living art in which all today's trends and identities come face to face as fraternal neighbours.
Each year, the event draws over 40,000 visitors, and artists who have been working in solitude suddenly find themselves all together under the changing skies and majestic cupola of the Grand Palais.
November 23-28 2010
Art en Capital continues the prestigious tradition of Art Salons while offering an outlet for new creative sensibilities and the emerging talents of the 21st century, with works by over 2,000 artists on show.
Five historic salons all under the same roof provide five good reasons to visit Art en Capital: the Salon des artistes français, the Salon des artistes indépendants, Comparaisons, the Salon du dessin et de la peinture à l'eau (drawings and watercolours), and the Société nationale des beaux-arts.
Heir to the long tradition of painting Salons, Art en Capital is an invitation to take a journey through a world of living art in which all today's trends and identities come face to face as fraternal neighbours.
Each year, the event draws over 40,000 visitors, and artists who have been working in solitude suddenly find themselves all together under the changing skies and majestic cupola of the Grand Palais.
Bulgari. 125 years of Italian magnificence
December 10 2010 – January 12 2011
A unique journey into the heart of art, colour, precious stones, luxury and the world of cinema and history.
After the enormous success of its 125th anniversary celebration in Rome last year, the luxury jeweller's will be bringing its exhibition to Paris for the first time, choosing the legendary surroundings of the Grand Palais to showcase its history, creativity and prestige.
"125 years of Italian Magnificence" looks back over the key moments in the history of the celebrated jewellery maker and the development of Bulgari design, from the opening of the first boutique on Rome's Via Sistina in 1884 to the present day. More than 500 precious items illustrate the path followed by Bulgari on the way to becoming the world's leading exponent of precious, highly colourful jewellery.
Divided chronologically into periods, the retrospective begins with designs using silver and diamonds from the first half of the 20th century, then shows the creative turn taken in the 1960s with the emergence of a new style combining precious stones with rarely used original materials. The exhibition continues with the eclectic style inspired by 1970s pop art, the bold designs of the 1980s and 90s, right through to the spectacular designs of the 21st century.
Jewellery, drawings, cinema stills and original items from private collections never yet publicly exhibited in France, including Bulgari's own vintage collection and pieces owned by Elisabeth Taylor, immerse visitors in the luxurious world of Bulgari, in a spectacularly designed setting.
December 10 2010 – January 12 2011
A unique journey into the heart of art, colour, precious stones, luxury and the world of cinema and history.
After the enormous success of its 125th anniversary celebration in Rome last year, the luxury jeweller's will be bringing its exhibition to Paris for the first time, choosing the legendary surroundings of the Grand Palais to showcase its history, creativity and prestige.
"125 years of Italian Magnificence" looks back over the key moments in the history of the celebrated jewellery maker and the development of Bulgari design, from the opening of the first boutique on Rome's Via Sistina in 1884 to the present day. More than 500 precious items illustrate the path followed by Bulgari on the way to becoming the world's leading exponent of precious, highly colourful jewellery.
Divided chronologically into periods, the retrospective begins with designs using silver and diamonds from the first half of the 20th century, then shows the creative turn taken in the 1960s with the emergence of a new style combining precious stones with rarely used original materials. The exhibition continues with the eclectic style inspired by 1970s pop art, the bold designs of the 1980s and 90s, right through to the spectacular designs of the 21st century.
Jewellery, drawings, cinema stills and original items from private collections never yet publicly exhibited in France, including Bulgari's own vintage collection and pieces owned by Elisabeth Taylor, immerse visitors in the luxurious world of Bulgari, in a spectacularly designed setting.
110 years of automobiles at the Grand Palais: a one-off sale of collector automobiles and an exhibition of vintage models from the early 20th century
February 4 - 6 2010
The Grand Palais has a long-standing love affair with automobiles. As long ago as 1901, the Salon de l'automobile motor show presented no fewer than 600 booths with legendary car makers including Dion-Bouton, Peugeot, and Renault… Until 1961, motor shows contributed to the popularity and worldwide fame of the Grand Palais, regularly drawing record attendances, as in 1954, with a million visitors coming to the show.
To celebrate the 110th anniversary of the first motor show, the Grand Palais will be staging an exhibition, followed by a one-off auction sale of vintage models from the earliest days of the motor industry and from the years 1901 to 1955, some of which will be returning to the Grand Palais for the first time since their maiden appearance years ago in the Nave.
February 4 - 6 2010
The Grand Palais has a long-standing love affair with automobiles. As long ago as 1901, the Salon de l'automobile motor show presented no fewer than 600 booths with legendary car makers including Dion-Bouton, Peugeot, and Renault… Until 1961, motor shows contributed to the popularity and worldwide fame of the Grand Palais, regularly drawing record attendances, as in 1954, with a million visitors coming to the show.
To celebrate the 110th anniversary of the first motor show, the Grand Palais will be staging an exhibition, followed by a one-off auction sale of vintage models from the earliest days of the motor industry and from the years 1901 to 1955, some of which will be returning to the Grand Palais for the first time since their maiden appearance years ago in the Nave.
© Marc Domage
ARTPARIS+GUESTS
March 31 – April 3 2011
Symbolising the vitality of the Paris art market, ArtParis+Guests is back again in the Nave of the Grand Palais.
For the fifth year running, the Grand Palais will be welcoming ArtParis, an exhibition that in the last fifteen years, has become one of spring's unmissable events.
ARTPARIS+GUESTS 2011: JUST ART! For the 13th edition, ARTPARIS+GUESTS will be inventing a new artist-centric type of fair. The galleries will not only be presenting works but also actively involving the artists. A showcase for projects, ArtParis+Guests will be combining international art galleries and geographic platforms revealing emerging scenes.
The instigator of this new type of art fair, Lorenzo Rudolf, strategic director of ArtParis+Guests, will be setting out to "push the envelope of traditional fairs and adapt to new practices among amateurs of contemporary art".
The 2011 edition of ArtParis+Guests will be pursuing this trend and be even more international, qualitative and surprising, offering international collectors a fair that is truly the only one of its kind.
March 31 – April 3 2011
Symbolising the vitality of the Paris art market, ArtParis+Guests is back again in the Nave of the Grand Palais.
For the fifth year running, the Grand Palais will be welcoming ArtParis, an exhibition that in the last fifteen years, has become one of spring's unmissable events.
ARTPARIS+GUESTS 2011: JUST ART! For the 13th edition, ARTPARIS+GUESTS will be inventing a new artist-centric type of fair. The galleries will not only be presenting works but also actively involving the artists. A showcase for projects, ArtParis+Guests will be combining international art galleries and geographic platforms revealing emerging scenes.
The instigator of this new type of art fair, Lorenzo Rudolf, strategic director of ArtParis+Guests, will be setting out to "push the envelope of traditional fairs and adapt to new practices among amateurs of contemporary art".
The 2011 edition of ArtParis+Guests will be pursuing this trend and be even more international, qualitative and surprising, offering international collectors a fair that is truly the only one of its kind.
© Frédéric Chehu
Saut Hermès at the Grand Palais
April 15 - 17 2010
On April 15, 16 and 17, the Nave will again be ringing to the sound of horses' hooves and the ovations of the public as the Saut Hermès returns to the Grand Palais.
After the success of the Saut Hermès equestrian spectacular at the Grand Palais in April 2010, the Hermès fashion house will be organising the second edition of an event that seems destined to become a highlight on the Paris calendar, celebrating every aspect of horses and horsemanship, including international show jumping event that has been granted 5-star status by the sport's governing body.
It is a little-known fact that the Grand Palais was originally designed to accommodate horses. As early as 1901, show jumping competitions were organised there, and were elegant, much in-demand social events. Team horses, thoroughbreds and top riders regularly entertained enraptured spectators as they went through their paces.
For three days, the world's best riders with their finest mounts will be competing at the Saut Hermès in the Nave of the Grand Palais, before over 4,000 passionate spectators who, in addition to the jumps, will be able to enjoy an original equestrian spectacular.
April 15 - 17 2010
On April 15, 16 and 17, the Nave will again be ringing to the sound of horses' hooves and the ovations of the public as the Saut Hermès returns to the Grand Palais.
After the success of the Saut Hermès equestrian spectacular at the Grand Palais in April 2010, the Hermès fashion house will be organising the second edition of an event that seems destined to become a highlight on the Paris calendar, celebrating every aspect of horses and horsemanship, including international show jumping event that has been granted 5-star status by the sport's governing body.
It is a little-known fact that the Grand Palais was originally designed to accommodate horses. As early as 1901, show jumping competitions were organised there, and were elegant, much in-demand social events. Team horses, thoroughbreds and top riders regularly entertained enraptured spectators as they went through their paces.
For three days, the world's best riders with their finest mounts will be competing at the Saut Hermès in the Nave of the Grand Palais, before over 4,000 passionate spectators who, in addition to the jumps, will be able to enjoy an original equestrian spectacular.
© Studio LWA
International Antiquarian Book Fair Fine Print and International Fine Print Fair
April 29 – May 1
The only one of its kind, embodying the wealth and diversity of the world's cultural heritage, the International Antiquarian Book Fair, and the International Fine Print Fair will be presenting an outstanding collection of works.
Manuscripts, precious copies, erudite or popular works, rarities and curiosities, photographs, historic maps, prints and drawings… there is so much to fascinate, astound and generate the desire of knowledgeable collectors and the public at large.
The International Antiquarian Book Fair, uniquely associated with the International Fine Print Fair, form one of the world's biggest and most high-profile events in their fields.
The programme for the 23rd edition will include exhibitions, talks, guided tours, concerts, an "Introduction to Antiquarian Books" booth to help would-be collectors get to grips with the idea of building a collection, and the Bibliography Prize award ceremony organised by the Syndicat national de la librairie ancienne et moderne… An outstanding event for erudition, passion, emotion and pleasure.
The event is organised by the Syndicat national de la Librairie ancienne et moderne (SLAM).
April 29 – May 1
The only one of its kind, embodying the wealth and diversity of the world's cultural heritage, the International Antiquarian Book Fair, and the International Fine Print Fair will be presenting an outstanding collection of works.
Manuscripts, precious copies, erudite or popular works, rarities and curiosities, photographs, historic maps, prints and drawings… there is so much to fascinate, astound and generate the desire of knowledgeable collectors and the public at large.
The International Antiquarian Book Fair, uniquely associated with the International Fine Print Fair, form one of the world's biggest and most high-profile events in their fields.
The programme for the 23rd edition will include exhibitions, talks, guided tours, concerts, an "Introduction to Antiquarian Books" booth to help would-be collectors get to grips with the idea of building a collection, and the Bibliography Prize award ceremony organised by the Syndicat national de la librairie ancienne et moderne… An outstanding event for erudition, passion, emotion and pleasure.
The event is organised by the Syndicat national de la Librairie ancienne et moderne (SLAM).
© Philippe Chancel
MONUMENTA 2011 / Anish Kapoor
May 11 – June 23 2011
The sheer monumental scale of the Grand Palais provided the inspiration for a big idea: MONUMENTA.
For its fourth edition in 2011, MONUMENTA has invited Anish Kapoor, an Indian-born British artist, to challenge the 13,500 m2 of the Nave of the Grand Palais. After guest artists Anselm Kiefer, Richard Serra and Christian Boltanski, it will be the turn of Anish Kapoor to meet the challenge with a brand new work.
Born in 1954, Anish Kapoor has been producing powerful, meditative pieces since the 1980s. Making forceful use of the less-is-more principle, his installation-sculptures have a vertiginous, captivating impact on visitors. He uses materials as diverse as polished mirrors, powdered pigments, unsurfaced concrete or fatty wax, to produce forms that are at once organic and minimalist.
MONUMENTA marks Anish Kapoor's return to Paris, thirty years after his very first exhibition. His ambition for the Grand Palais is to create an aesthetic and physical shock, a colourful experience that is at once poetic, meditative and stunning, measuring itself against the verticality and light of the Nave, an interior that seems somehow greater than the exterior.
The event is an initiative of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication (Direction générale de la création artistique) and is co-produced by the Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP), the Grand Palais and the Réunion des musées nationaux.
Commissioner: Jean de Loisy
May 11 – June 23 2011
The sheer monumental scale of the Grand Palais provided the inspiration for a big idea: MONUMENTA.
For its fourth edition in 2011, MONUMENTA has invited Anish Kapoor, an Indian-born British artist, to challenge the 13,500 m2 of the Nave of the Grand Palais. After guest artists Anselm Kiefer, Richard Serra and Christian Boltanski, it will be the turn of Anish Kapoor to meet the challenge with a brand new work.
Born in 1954, Anish Kapoor has been producing powerful, meditative pieces since the 1980s. Making forceful use of the less-is-more principle, his installation-sculptures have a vertiginous, captivating impact on visitors. He uses materials as diverse as polished mirrors, powdered pigments, unsurfaced concrete or fatty wax, to produce forms that are at once organic and minimalist.
MONUMENTA marks Anish Kapoor's return to Paris, thirty years after his very first exhibition. His ambition for the Grand Palais is to create an aesthetic and physical shock, a colourful experience that is at once poetic, meditative and stunning, measuring itself against the verticality and light of the Nave, an interior that seems somehow greater than the exterior.
The event is an initiative of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication (Direction générale de la création artistique) and is co-produced by the Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP), the Grand Palais and the Réunion des musées nationaux.
Commissioner: Jean de Loisy
The exhibitions at the Galeries nationales in the Grand Palais
Claude Monet,
Jeanne Marguerite Lecadre in the Garden
The State Hermitage, St Petersburg
© The State Hermitage / V. terebenin,
L. Kheifets, Y. Molodkovets
Jeanne Marguerite Lecadre in the Garden
The State Hermitage, St Petersburg
© The State Hermitage / V. terebenin,
L. Kheifets, Y. Molodkovets
Claude Monet.1840 -1926
September 22 2010 – January 24 2011
An exhibition of great wealth tracing back the artistic development of one of the most illustrious fathers of impressionism: Claude Monet.
Monet, the most celebrated representative of the Impressionist movement, painted for more than sixty years: landscapes (On the Bank of the Seine, Étretat, Belle-Île…), figures, still lifes (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe). These masterpieces, rarely loaned by the Orsay Museum, form a unique ensemble within the exhibition, alongside other paintings from major foreign collections. In 1890, Monet acquired his now famous property at Giverny. His art moved on, especially with the large format Water Lilies series. He invented his own personal path, reconciling a deep attachment to nature with evocations of his own poetic universe.
Organised by the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Orsay Museum, the "Claude Monet 1840-1926" exhibition is the first monograph devoted to the artist since the major retrospective in 1980. Its international commissioners have set out to present the whole of his career, in the light of the most recent research. Bringing together 200 paintings, it will feature exclusive loans from countries all over the world including Australia, Brazil, USA, the Netherlands, and Russia.
An exhibition co-produced by the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Orsay Museum.
General commissioner: Guy Cogeval, President of Orsay Museum,
Commissioners: Sylvie Patin, General Curator at Orsay Museum, Sylvie Patry, curator, Anne Roquebert, Chief Curator at the Orsay Museum and Richard Thomson, Professor at Edinburgh University.
September 22 2010 – January 24 2011
An exhibition of great wealth tracing back the artistic development of one of the most illustrious fathers of impressionism: Claude Monet.
Monet, the most celebrated representative of the Impressionist movement, painted for more than sixty years: landscapes (On the Bank of the Seine, Étretat, Belle-Île…), figures, still lifes (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe). These masterpieces, rarely loaned by the Orsay Museum, form a unique ensemble within the exhibition, alongside other paintings from major foreign collections. In 1890, Monet acquired his now famous property at Giverny. His art moved on, especially with the large format Water Lilies series. He invented his own personal path, reconciling a deep attachment to nature with evocations of his own poetic universe.
Organised by the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Orsay Museum, the "Claude Monet 1840-1926" exhibition is the first monograph devoted to the artist since the major retrospective in 1980. Its international commissioners have set out to present the whole of his career, in the light of the most recent research. Bringing together 200 paintings, it will feature exclusive loans from countries all over the world including Australia, Brazil, USA, the Netherlands, and Russia.
An exhibition co-produced by the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Orsay Museum.
General commissioner: Guy Cogeval, President of Orsay Museum,
Commissioners: Sylvie Patin, General Curator at Orsay Museum, Sylvie Patry, curator, Anne Roquebert, Chief Curator at the Orsay Museum and Richard Thomson, Professor at Edinburgh University.
Jean Hey, The Annunciation, 1490 / 1495,
Collection Mr and Mrs Martin A. Ryerson
© The Art Institute of Chicago
Collection Mr and Mrs Martin A. Ryerson
© The Art Institute of Chicago
France 1500. Between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
October 6 2010 – January 10 2011
The first large-scale event to be dedicated to this key, transitional period, Between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, is an opportunity to dive deep into the history of France.
In France, during the years 1483-1515, there were several artistic hotbeds: the Loire Valley, home to royalty; further south, the powerful Dukes of Bourbon, patrons of the celebrated painter Jean Hey, "the Master of Moulins"; and also Languedoc, Normandy, and Champagne. The period was marked by vigorous creativity, catalysed by increasingly intensive contact with the rest of Europe. Artists travelled, new works and new approaches could be discovered, and new themes, shapes and motifs adopted.
Showing over 200 works, with outstanding loans from French museums and public collections, as well as many prestigious foreign institutions in the USA, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK, the exhibition is co-produced by the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Louvre Museum and organised jointly with the Art Institute of Chicago. It draws on the very latest research work and discoveries.
The exhibition is organised jointly by the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Art Institute of Chicago, staged in collaboration with the Louvre Museum, the Cluny Museum (the National museum of the Middle Ages) and the National Renaissance Museum in the Château d'Ecouen, with the support of the French National Library.
Commissioners: Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye, director of the National Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris, Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Director of the Department of Sculpture in the Louvre Museum, Thierry Crépin-Leblond, Director of the National Renaisssance Museum, Château d'Ecouen, Martha Wolff, curator in charge of pre-1750 European painting at the Art Institute of Chicago.
October 6 2010 – January 10 2011
The first large-scale event to be dedicated to this key, transitional period, Between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, is an opportunity to dive deep into the history of France.
In France, during the years 1483-1515, there were several artistic hotbeds: the Loire Valley, home to royalty; further south, the powerful Dukes of Bourbon, patrons of the celebrated painter Jean Hey, "the Master of Moulins"; and also Languedoc, Normandy, and Champagne. The period was marked by vigorous creativity, catalysed by increasingly intensive contact with the rest of Europe. Artists travelled, new works and new approaches could be discovered, and new themes, shapes and motifs adopted.
Showing over 200 works, with outstanding loans from French museums and public collections, as well as many prestigious foreign institutions in the USA, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK, the exhibition is co-produced by the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Louvre Museum and organised jointly with the Art Institute of Chicago. It draws on the very latest research work and discoveries.
The exhibition is organised jointly by the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Art Institute of Chicago, staged in collaboration with the Louvre Museum, the Cluny Museum (the National museum of the Middle Ages) and the National Renaissance Museum in the Château d'Ecouen, with the support of the French National Library.
Commissioners: Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye, director of the National Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris, Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Director of the Department of Sculpture in the Louvre Museum, Thierry Crépin-Leblond, Director of the National Renaisssance Museum, Château d'Ecouen, Martha Wolff, curator in charge of pre-1750 European painting at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Annibale Carracci, The Sacrifice of Abraham,
Louvre Museum, Paris
© Rmn / Gérard Blot
Louvre Museum, Paris
© Rmn / Gérard Blot
Nature and the ideal: landscape in Rome, 1600 - 1650 / Carracci, Poussin, Le Lorrain
March 9 – June 6 2011
The exhibition focuses on a pivotal point in art history when landscape became a genre in its own right. It was in Rome, in the first half of the 17th century that the history of landscape painting began in earnest. Landscapes had, till then, simply fulfilled a decorative the development of Naturalism in Northern Europe; the development of landscapes in the neo-Venitian style in Rome between 1620 and 1630; the popularity of the Bamboccianti's painted genre scenes; the success of topographic landscapes and architectural caprices; and finally the outstanding ability to capture light and atmospheric effects.
The exhibition is organised by the Réunion des musées nationaux, and the Louvre and Prado Museums.
General Commissioner in Paris: Stéphane Loire, head curator at the Paintings Department of the Louvre Museum.
March 9 – June 6 2011
The exhibition focuses on a pivotal point in art history when landscape became a genre in its own right. It was in Rome, in the first half of the 17th century that the history of landscape painting began in earnest. Landscapes had, till then, simply fulfilled a decorative the development of Naturalism in Northern Europe; the development of landscapes in the neo-Venitian style in Rome between 1620 and 1630; the popularity of the Bamboccianti's painted genre scenes; the success of topographic landscapes and architectural caprices; and finally the outstanding ability to capture light and atmospheric effects.
The exhibition is organised by the Réunion des musées nationaux, and the Louvre and Prado Museums.
General Commissioner in Paris: Stéphane Loire, head curator at the Paintings Department of the Louvre Museum.
Odilon Redon, Jeanne d'Arc, circa 1900,
pastel, Orsay Museum, Paris
© Rmn
pastel, Orsay Museum, Paris
© Rmn
ODILON REDON
March 23 – June 20 2011
The exhibition in timeline format revisits the work of one of the geniuses of modern art: Odilon Redon.
From the anguish of the dark period (charcoal, lithographs) to the colourful explosion of the late works, Odilon Redon (1840-1916) had a deep impact on the Symbolist generation, and subsequently the Nabis and the young Fauves, with their bold use of colour. He explored the meanders of thought process, and the esoteric aspect of the human soul, marked by the mechanisms of dream.
The exhibition is organised by the Réunion des musées nationaux, and the Orsay and Fabre Museums, and is staged in collaboration with the Department of Prints and Photography of the French National Library. A chronological look back at the artist's stylistic development, from blacks to colours, it will be showing 170 outstanding works (paintings, drawings, pastels and charcoal) from major French and international collections (Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands and the UK). It will also be displaying archive documents (photos, letters, magazines, books) illustrating the links between Odilon Redon and the intellectuals of his time.
The exhibition is organised by the Réunion des musées nationaux, the Orsay Museum and the Fabre Museum, and is produced in collaboration with the Department of Prints and Photography of the French National Library. It will then go to the Fabre Museum in Montpellier, from July 5 to October 16 2011.
General Commissioner: Rodolphe Rapetti, General Curator for Heritage, associate researcher at INHA.
March 23 – June 20 2011
The exhibition in timeline format revisits the work of one of the geniuses of modern art: Odilon Redon.
From the anguish of the dark period (charcoal, lithographs) to the colourful explosion of the late works, Odilon Redon (1840-1916) had a deep impact on the Symbolist generation, and subsequently the Nabis and the young Fauves, with their bold use of colour. He explored the meanders of thought process, and the esoteric aspect of the human soul, marked by the mechanisms of dream.
The exhibition is organised by the Réunion des musées nationaux, and the Orsay and Fabre Museums, and is staged in collaboration with the Department of Prints and Photography of the French National Library. A chronological look back at the artist's stylistic development, from blacks to colours, it will be showing 170 outstanding works (paintings, drawings, pastels and charcoal) from major French and international collections (Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands and the UK). It will also be displaying archive documents (photos, letters, magazines, books) illustrating the links between Odilon Redon and the intellectuals of his time.
The exhibition is organised by the Réunion des musées nationaux, the Orsay Museum and the Fabre Museum, and is produced in collaboration with the Department of Prints and Photography of the French National Library. It will then go to the Fabre Museum in Montpellier, from July 5 to October 16 2011.
General Commissioner: Rodolphe Rapetti, General Curator for Heritage, associate researcher at INHA.
Patronage
© Collection Grand Palais,
Raphaël Gaillarde
Raphaël Gaillarde
Would your company like to support the Grand Palais? If so, become a patron and enjoy exclusive advantages.
With its prime, downtown location just off the Champs-Élysées, and an events programme that draws wide-ranging audiences, showcasing contemporary creativity, masterpieces from our artistic heritage, fashion, live shows, and popular, festive events, the Grand Palais brings in 3 million visitors every year.
Become a patron of the Grand Palais:
- Support contemporary artistic creativity in all its forms
- Contribute to the restoration and embellishment of a prestigious historic building and the creation of new facilities
- Enable the broadest possible audience to access exhibitions of international stature.
What benefits for your company?
By supporting the activities and restoration of the Grand Palais, you associate your image with a flagship of French heritage, with a dynamic events programme, international renown and high media profile.
What you gain:
- your company will feature on Grand Palais communication media
- the opportunity to use facilities in the building for your own events
- VIP access to exhibitions and events.
The Grand Palais is already supported by:
Patrons: The Boston Consulting Group, Prévoir, Vitra
Sponsor: Sony France
The Galeries nationales du Grand Palais is supported by:
Patrons: August & Debouzy, Axa Private Equity, Dyson, Ernst & Young
Fondation Swiss Life, Invia, Macif, Natixis, Lazard Frères, Sysca, TEP, Transpalux
Sponsor: Barclays Bank
Partners: Air France, Charles Heidsieck, Hilton Arc de Triomphe, Peugeot Paris Entreprise
Contacts
Melvina Mossé, Patronage Manager, Grand Palais - melvina.mosse@grandpalais.fr - Tel.: +33 (0)1 56 43 41 92
Frédéric Vernhes, Patronage Manager, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (Rmn)- frederic.vernhes@rmn.fr - Tel.: +33 (0)1 40 13 41 48
With its prime, downtown location just off the Champs-Élysées, and an events programme that draws wide-ranging audiences, showcasing contemporary creativity, masterpieces from our artistic heritage, fashion, live shows, and popular, festive events, the Grand Palais brings in 3 million visitors every year.
Become a patron of the Grand Palais:
- Support contemporary artistic creativity in all its forms
- Contribute to the restoration and embellishment of a prestigious historic building and the creation of new facilities
- Enable the broadest possible audience to access exhibitions of international stature.
What benefits for your company?
By supporting the activities and restoration of the Grand Palais, you associate your image with a flagship of French heritage, with a dynamic events programme, international renown and high media profile.
What you gain:
- your company will feature on Grand Palais communication media
- the opportunity to use facilities in the building for your own events
- VIP access to exhibitions and events.
The Grand Palais is already supported by:
Patrons: The Boston Consulting Group, Prévoir, Vitra
Sponsor: Sony France
The Galeries nationales du Grand Palais is supported by:
Patrons: August & Debouzy, Axa Private Equity, Dyson, Ernst & Young
Fondation Swiss Life, Invia, Macif, Natixis, Lazard Frères, Sysca, TEP, Transpalux
Sponsor: Barclays Bank
Partners: Air France, Charles Heidsieck, Hilton Arc de Triomphe, Peugeot Paris Entreprise
Contacts
Melvina Mossé, Patronage Manager, Grand Palais - melvina.mosse@grandpalais.fr - Tel.: +33 (0)1 56 43 41 92
Frédéric Vernhes, Patronage Manager, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (Rmn)- frederic.vernhes@rmn.fr - Tel.: +33 (0)1 40 13 41 48
Le Grand Palais, a new book
Provisional cover page
© Collection Grand Palais,
Raphaël Gaillarde
© Collection Grand Palais,
Raphaël Gaillarde
Tonino Benacquista and Raphaël Gaillarde worked together to produce this fine book devoted to the Grand Palais, and due for publication at the end of 2010.
Le Grand Palais, catalogue déraisonné, is the first fine art book to be devoted to the Grand Palais.
The photography by a visual poet, Raphaël Gaillarde, is accompanied by pithy texts from writer Tonino Benacquista.
The two artists bring totally original angles to the diversity and vitality of the Grand Palais. The sheer scale and modernity of this great building, originally constructed for the 1900 Universal Exhibition in 1900, burst into life in this "unreasoned" catalogue which offers readers an original, playful and visionary insight into the Grand Palais.
A great Christmas gift.
A Grand Palais / Rmn joint publication.
The authors
Tonino Benacquista (text) is an author and screenplay writer. With many books (La Maldonne des sleepings, Saga, Quelqu'un d'autre, Malavita, Malavita encore…) published in France by Gallimard, he has also co-signed screenplays with Jacques Audiard: Sur mes lèvres (César for the best screenplay), De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (César for the best adaptation).
Raphaël Gaillarde (photography) has been working for the Gamma agency since 1977. He works mostly for magazines and has been rewarded on several occasions by World Press Photo, while winning the Visa d'or at Visa pour l'image in 2000. He has been published worldwide, notably in National Geographic, and Le Figaro Magazine. In 2008, the Grand Palais offered him "carte blanche" to do his own, very personal photo report on the building.
The Grand Palais would like to thank Mr Edward and Mrs Joyce Misrahi, and Mr. Raoul Salomon.
Le Grand Palais, catalogue déraisonné, is the first fine art book to be devoted to the Grand Palais.
The photography by a visual poet, Raphaël Gaillarde, is accompanied by pithy texts from writer Tonino Benacquista.
The two artists bring totally original angles to the diversity and vitality of the Grand Palais. The sheer scale and modernity of this great building, originally constructed for the 1900 Universal Exhibition in 1900, burst into life in this "unreasoned" catalogue which offers readers an original, playful and visionary insight into the Grand Palais.
A great Christmas gift.
A Grand Palais / Rmn joint publication.
The authors
Tonino Benacquista (text) is an author and screenplay writer. With many books (La Maldonne des sleepings, Saga, Quelqu'un d'autre, Malavita, Malavita encore…) published in France by Gallimard, he has also co-signed screenplays with Jacques Audiard: Sur mes lèvres (César for the best screenplay), De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (César for the best adaptation).
Raphaël Gaillarde (photography) has been working for the Gamma agency since 1977. He works mostly for magazines and has been rewarded on several occasions by World Press Photo, while winning the Visa d'or at Visa pour l'image in 2000. He has been published worldwide, notably in National Geographic, and Le Figaro Magazine. In 2008, the Grand Palais offered him "carte blanche" to do his own, very personal photo report on the building.
The Grand Palais would like to thank Mr Edward and Mrs Joyce Misrahi, and Mr. Raoul Salomon.
The Sésame Card
The Sésame card for the 2010- 2011 Season
A passport for the Galeries nationales, Grand Palais
Subscribe to freedom
Forget the hassle of getting tickets and cut the queue. Enjoy unlimited access to the season's exhibitions. Come when you like and with whom you like.
- Sésame Duo: 83 €. Card holders are free to invite the guest of their choice every time they visit the Grand Palais.
- Sésame Solo: 49 €.
- Sésame Jeune: 22 € (special price for young people aged 13 to 25 inclusive).
What you get:
- unlimited access and no queuing
- 10% off selected items in the bookshop and 5% off books and the Petit Journal (not applicable to items already on special offers)
- preferential rates for guided tours
- preferential rates for audioguides
- 10% reduction on food and beverages in the Grand Palais refreshment facilities (not applicable to fixed menu meals).
For full information:
- www.rmn.fr
- Accueil Sésame Service Clients :
Galeries nationales, Grand Palais
3, av. du Général Eisenhower 75008 Paris
- Tel.: +33 (0)1 44 13 17 17 (voice server)
- Fax: +33 (0)1 44 13 17 19
You can buy your card at www.rmn.fr
A passport for the Galeries nationales, Grand Palais
Subscribe to freedom
Forget the hassle of getting tickets and cut the queue. Enjoy unlimited access to the season's exhibitions. Come when you like and with whom you like.
- Sésame Duo: 83 €. Card holders are free to invite the guest of their choice every time they visit the Grand Palais.
- Sésame Solo: 49 €.
- Sésame Jeune: 22 € (special price for young people aged 13 to 25 inclusive).
What you get:
- unlimited access and no queuing
- 10% off selected items in the bookshop and 5% off books and the Petit Journal (not applicable to items already on special offers)
- preferential rates for guided tours
- preferential rates for audioguides
- 10% reduction on food and beverages in the Grand Palais refreshment facilities (not applicable to fixed menu meals).
For full information:
- www.rmn.fr
- Accueil Sésame Service Clients :
Galeries nationales, Grand Palais
3, av. du Général Eisenhower 75008 Paris
- Tel.: +33 (0)1 44 13 17 17 (voice server)
- Fax: +33 (0)1 44 13 17 19
You can buy your card at www.rmn.fr
Join the Grand Palais community
Who built the Grand Palais? What's on there? To help you learn about the building's fascinating history and keep up-to-date with the busy programme of events in the Nave and the Galeries nationales, the Grand Palais is developing new ways to satisfy your curiosity.
Find out all the news about the Grand Palais at
- www.grandpalais.fr
- Facebook , Twitter , Flick'r, Dailymotion
- On the iPhone: Grandpalais application and CultureClic
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Interviews, event previews and practical information
Prepare your visit
Whether you are sitting at home, in a public place with a wi-fi connection, or just using your mobile phone, you can go to our www.grandpalais.fr Web site, check out our "Prepare your visit" feature, and download our free photos, audio reports in French and English on history, events, highlights, and behind the scenes stories about the Grand Palais.
Discover the Nave
The Nave's Grand Entrance Hall on Winston-Churchill is open free of charge from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm when the Nave is closed to set up exhibitions. From this huge 300 m2 vantage point, you can admire the architecture of the Nave through the glass wall and also download content on the Grand Palais via the bluetooth terminal. The schedule of opening days is available on www.grandpalais.fr
The news of the Galeries nationales
Book your tickets, find out about what is going on behind the scenes at exhibitions, download the audioguides and access the cultural programme at www.rmn.fr
The Grand Palais is referenced on Proxima Mobile, a portal offering services to the public via mobile phones.
Find out all the news about the Grand Palais at
- www.grandpalais.fr
- Facebook , Twitter , Flick'r, Dailymotion
- On the iPhone: Grandpalais application and CultureClic
Subscribe to the Quadriges monthly newsletter
Interviews, event previews and practical information
Prepare your visit
Whether you are sitting at home, in a public place with a wi-fi connection, or just using your mobile phone, you can go to our www.grandpalais.fr Web site, check out our "Prepare your visit" feature, and download our free photos, audio reports in French and English on history, events, highlights, and behind the scenes stories about the Grand Palais.
Discover the Nave
The Nave's Grand Entrance Hall on Winston-Churchill is open free of charge from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm when the Nave is closed to set up exhibitions. From this huge 300 m2 vantage point, you can admire the architecture of the Nave through the glass wall and also download content on the Grand Palais via the bluetooth terminal. The schedule of opening days is available on www.grandpalais.fr
The news of the Galeries nationales
Book your tickets, find out about what is going on behind the scenes at exhibitions, download the audioguides and access the cultural programme at www.rmn.fr
The Grand Palais is referenced on Proxima Mobile, a portal offering services to the public via mobile phones.
