Matisse, Cézanne, Picasso... L’aventure des Stein - présentation de l'expo

19 February 2013

D’origine américaine, les Stein s’installent à Paris au début du XXe siècle : Gertrude, écrivain d’avant-garde, avec son frère Léo, rue de Fleurus ; Michael, l’aîné, avec son épouse Sarah, rue Madame. Premiers acheteurs de Matisse et de Picasso, ils accueillent chez eux toute l’avant-garde artistique et constituent ainsi une des plus étonnantes collections d’art moderne.

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‘Rosas Danst Rosas', A contemporary dance by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in response to Stein

Article - 24 January 2024

It was via the performing arts that the writer Gertrude Stein first found success, and it is in the performing arts that her influence endures. We have only to look at the creations of the dancer and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, who developed in the 1980s a minimalist style in response to Stein’s work!

Meanwhile, on the building site, the Grand Palais is back in full colour

Article - 15 November 2023

A monument of stone, glass and metal, the Grand Palais blends into the urban landscape. However, on closer inspection, it is in fact bursting with colour, and one of the challenges of the restoration work currently underway is to restore all its chromatic ranges.

Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso, the duo at the origins of a new language

Article - 15 November 2023

The writer Gertrude Stein had many intellectual and artistic friendships. Amongst these was the iconic partnership with Pablo Picasso: together, they invented a new language!

THE GERTRUDE STEIN AND PABLO PICASSO EXHIBITION IS OPEN!

Article - 13 September 2023

He disrupts the codes of painting, she overturns those of literature. Together, they are the originators of a new language, to which many artists still identify today. The exhibition 'Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso: The Invention of Language': it's happening now at the Musée du Luxembourg until January 28th!

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