July 22 2010 The 2009 Business Report looks back over a year that was rich in popular, high-quality events and includes updates on the ongoing restoration projects and new communication initiatives. The report reflects the formidable appeal and aura of the Grand Palais. With plans under way at the highest level to create a new ambitious organization including the Grand Palais and the Réunion des musées nationaux, which currently manages the Galeries nationales, the Business Report underlines the status and drawing power of a building cherished in France and indeed the world over.

September 15 -- 22 2010 / Nave of the Grand Palais 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.
 
Press contact: Agence Colonnes - Claire Galimard - Adélaïde Demerville - Emilie Jean
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September 22 2010 - January 24 2011 / Galeries nationales of the Grand Palais 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.

Press contact: Florence Le Moing - Tel: +33(0)1 40 13 47 62 - florence.lemoing@rmn.fr

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.
 
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October 6 2010 - January 10 2011 / Galeries nationales of the Grand Palais 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.

Press contact: Florence Le Moing - Tel: +33 (0)1 40 13 47 62 - florence.lemoing@rmn.fr