What's on in March in Paris ?
Turner and his painters – Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais
J.M.W. Turner’s English landscape paintings established his reputation as one of the finest landscape artists of the 19th century.
He was constantly in search of inspiration and turned first to the work of other young English painters working in watercolours, later examining the work of Dutch landscape painters and then the Italian painters.
The influence of the Ancient Masters and Turner’s contemporaries alike can be seen in the landscapes on display here.
3, avenue du Général Eisenhower
75008 Paris
Métro : Champs Elysées Clémenceau
Until May 24, 2010
Edvard Munch or the Anti-Scream – Pinacothèque de Paris
“Edvard Munch or the Anti-Scream” is a retrospective of the work of Edvard Munch, the pioneering Expressionist painter best known for his celebrated painting “The Scream”. The exhibition displays around one hundred works (paintings and sketches) covering the artist’s rich and singular oeuvre.
With this exhibition from 19 February to 18 July 2010, the Pinacothèque de Paris is offering a fresh insight into the work of Edvard Munch, one of the most legendary and paradoxically least-known artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is the first time in 20 years that his work is being shown in Paris, and indeed in France; the Pinacothèque de Paris is therefore providing art lovers in France with a wonderful opportunity to discover the vision of this great artist, using a simple approach that allows all visitors to understand why he occupies such a significant place in art history.
Pinacothèque de Paris
28, Place de la Madeleine
75008 Paris
Métro : Madeleine
Until July 18, 2010
Art Paris + Guests – Nef du Grand Palais
The great cultural rendezvous for Spring, Art Paris, the modern and contemporary art fair is proposing a new exhibition format: Art Paris + Guests. Art Paris + Guests gives gallery owners the possibility to "create an event within the event" in association with partners "guests" from other international galleries and either foundations, collectors or even designers, writers, film-makers, architects, fashion designers, musicians, big names in gastronomy, etc.
Grand Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris
Métro : Champs-Elyses Clémenceau
from March 18 to 22
Yves Saint-Laurent, 40 ans de création – Petit Palais
This exhibition covers 40 years of the Master's work, from 1962 till 2002, and introduces us to the aesthetic revolution symbolized by his name : the revolution in style.
Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux Arts de la ville de Paris
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 PARIS
Metro : Champs Elysées Clemenceau
until August 29, 2010
Crime and Punishment, from Goya to Picasso – Musée d'Orsay
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The “Crime and Punishment, from Goya to Picasso” exhibition examines the aesthetic of violence and the representation of violent crime and the death penalty in the visual arts through a selection of striking works by major artists.
The death penalty, crime and punishment and Man’s desire to defy an all-powerful God and the supremacy of the King to mete out his own justice – these are all strong themes that have inspired generations of painters. Goya, Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cézanne and Degas among others were fascinated by images of crime and capital punishment.
The works on display are pictorial representations of the guillotine, crimes of passion, male and female criminals, prison conditions and the last days of condemned prisoners.
The last few works on display depict the use of the criminal theme in the visual arts.
Musée d'Orsay
1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur
75007 Paris
Metro : Solférino
until June 27, 2010
Les Lalanne, de la sculpture aux Arts Décoratifs – Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Major exhibition dedicated to Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, uncategorizable sculptors that always exhibited their works together with the common idea of sometimes giving sculpture a function. The first retrospective in a Parisian museum since 1977. Their work will be shown in mutiple categories, from monumental sculpture to daily objects. Mise en scene by Peter Marino of more than 150 works, invites visitors to discover the universe of Lalanne in the nave of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
107 rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris
Metro : Tuileries
until July 4, 2010
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