Paris: back-to-school Expos 2024

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27 August 2024

All year round, a wide range of exhibitions are held in Paris. In this article, discover the best Paris Expos to visit this autumn 2024:

Surréalisme

Max Ernst, « L'ange du foyer (Le triomphe du surréalisme) », 1937 © Adagp, Paris. Vincent Everarts Photographie

From 04 September 2024 to 13 January 2025 at the Centre Pompidou

‘Combining paintings, drawings, films, photographs and literary documents, the exhibition presents the works of the movement's emblematic artists (Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst, Joan Miró) as well as those of the female Surrealists (including Leonora Carrington, Ithell Colquhoun and Dora Maar).
The exhibition is both chronological and thematic, with 14 chapters evoking the literary figures who inspired the movement (Lautréamont, Lewis Carroll, Sade, etc.) and the poetic principles that structured its imagination (the artist as medium, the dream, the philosopher's stone, the forest, etc.).
At the heart of the exhibition is a central ‘drum’ housing the original manuscript of the Manifesto, on exceptional loan from the Bibliothèque nationale de France. A multimedia projection accompanies the discovery of this unique document, shedding light on its genesis and meaning.’ - centrepompidou.fr

Information and booking on :
https://www.centrepompidou.fr/fr/programme/agenda/evenement/gGUudFS

Chefs-d'œuvre de la Galerie Borghèse

Caravage, Garçon à la corbeille de fruits, vers 1595, huile sur toile, 70 x 67 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome. (© Galleria Borghese / ph. Mauro Coen)

From 6 September 2024 to 5 January 2025 at the Musée Jacquemart André

‘For its reopening exhibition after more than a year's work, the Musée Jacquemart- André will be presenting some forty masterpieces from the famous Galerie Borghèse in Rome. This exceptional partnership between the two institutions will give you a unique opportunity to admire in Paris a group of major works by famous artists from the Renaissance and Baroque periods that are rarely loaned abroad, from Caravaggio to Rubens, including Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, Veronese, Antonello da Messina and Bernini.’ - musee-jacquemart-andre.com

Information and booking on :
https://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/fr/chefs-doeuvre-galerie-borghese

Malcolm de CHAZAL

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From 11 September 2024 to 19 January 2025 at Les Halles Saint-Pierre

‘Acknowledged as one of the most important Mauritian artists of the twentieth century, Malcolm de Chazal was the emblematic face of Mauritius widely disseminated in painting. But he was also its poet of all poets, acclaimed by major post-war literary and artistic figures such as André Breton, George Bataille, Jean Paulhan and Francis Ponge. As for Léopold Sedar Senghor, he immediately recognised the uniqueness and singularity of his work: ‘If Chazal's poetry, which is a geyser of sap, a torrent of lava, a bush of metaphors, seems difficult, it is so confusing (...) his painting gives the impression of ease. Like the paintings of traditional civilisations’.
Planning an exhibition on Malcolm de Chazal today also means, in this period of uncertainty, offering the utopian wonder and enchantment of the Chazalian universe. It also means giving the poet's and painter's art, and its astonishing ecological and spiritual dimensions, their full power to recharge our batteries. - hallesaintpierre.org

Information and booking on :
https://www.hallesaintpierre.org/malcolm-de-chazal/

Harriet Backer (1845-1932) - La musique des couleurs

Harriet Backer (1845 - 1932)
Intérieur bleu, 1883
© Oslo, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, NG.M.02216/ Photo: National Museum / Børre Høstland

From 24 September 2024 to 12 January 2025 at the Musée d'Orsay

‘The Norwegian painter Harriet Backer was the most famous female painter in her country at the end of the nineteenth century, but she was little known outside her own country. Famous for her use of rich, luminous colours, she achieved a highly personal synthesis of interior scenes and plein-air painting. She drew her inspiration from both the realist movement and the innovations of Impressionism, using a free touch and a great interest in variations in light. She is also known for her sensitive portraits of the rural world and her interest in church interiors’. - musee-orsay.fr

Information and booking on :
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/expositions/harriet-backer-1845-1932-la-musique-des-couleurs

Rodin / Bourdelle. Corps à corps

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From 2 October 2024 to 2 February 2025 at the Musée Bourdelle

‘Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929) admired Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), twenty years his senior. He worked for fifteen years as a practitioner, carving marbles for Rodin. The master saw in this willingly unruly heir a
a ‘pathfinder for the future’.
Parallel and often superimposed, their careers are certainly worthy of a major exhibition. Through more than 160 works, including 96 sculptures, 38 drawings, 3 paintings and 26 photographs, the confrontation reveals, with unprecedented ambition and scope, the fraternities and reciprocities as well as the divergences and antagonisms of two creators, of two plastic universes, bearers of the major issues of modernity.’ - bourdelle.paris.fr

Information and booking on :
https://www.bourdelle.paris.fr/visiter/expositions/rodin-bourdelle-corps-corps

Zombis - La mort n'est pas une fin ?

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From 08 October 2024 to 16 February 2025 at the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac

‘Head for Haiti, to the origins of the zombie myth. Far removed from ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘World War Z’, the exhibition reveals the fantasies, beliefs and fears behind the figure of the world's most famous ‘undead’.
Forget everything you think you know about zombies... Far from the contagious undead of film and pop culture, the exhibition takes you to Haiti to follow in the footsteps of a veritable myth.’ - quaibranly.fr

Information and booking on :
https://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/expositions-evenements/au-musee/expositions/details-de-levenement/e/zombis

Silex and the City

Affiche Expo Silex and the City au Musée de l'Homme (© Jul - Dargaud 2024)

From 11 September 2024 to 29 December 2024 at the Musée de l'Homme

‘’ Silex and the city’ is coming to the Foyer Germaine Tillion: a trip back in time! In the Palaeolithic era, in a ‘valley that is still resisting evolution’, some strange characters are curiously steeped in contemporary references. Let's follow their adventures!
Created in 2009, this comic book series is now a must-read. Through a gallery of colourful characters, cartoonist Jul takes a humorous, whimsical look at prehistory. In this way, his universe resonates with a research theme dear to the Musée de l'Homme.
Over an area of 200 m², the exhibition invites you to enter the artist's bubble: a world where the art of drawing is closely linked to science, and in particular to prehistory. Take a step-by-step behind-the-scenes look at how comics were created. - museedelhomme.fr

Information and booking on :
https://www.museedelhomme.fr/fr/exposition/silex-and-the-city

L'intime, de la chambre aux réseaux sociaux

Edgar Degas, Femme assise sur le bord d’une baignoire et s’épongeant le cou, 1880-1895 (© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski)

From 15 October 2024 to 30 March 2025 at the MAD Musée des Arts Décoratifs

‘From 15 October 2024 to 30 March 2025, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is offering a fascinating journey to the heart of our secret gardens through a history of intimacy from the 18th century to the present day. 470 works, including paintings and photographs, as well as decorative art, everyday objects and design objects, reveal how intimacy has evolved. From the bedroom as seen by Henri Cartier-Bresson or Nan Goldin, from the wrought-iron beds of the nineteenth century to the enclosed bed of the Bouroullec brothers, from the pierced chair to the urinal for women, from dry toilet objects to the bathroom, from aristocratic beauty to mass consumption, from licentious books to sex toys, from the walkman to social networks and influence, via surveillance and protection tools, the exhibition shows how intimacy has been imposed and then profoundly modified. The boundaries between private and public have become increasingly blurred and porous, giving rise to much debate. - madparis.fr

Information and booking on :
https://madparis.fr/Exposition-l-intime-de-la-chambre-aux-reseaux

Grotte Chauvet, l'aventure scientifique

Photo : cite-sciences.fr

From 15 October 2024 to 11 May 2025 at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie

‘Discovered just 30 years ago, the Chauvet cave, an archaeological jewel from the Palaeolithic period, has yet to reveal all its secrets... With Grotte Chauvet, l'aventure scientifique, step into the shoes of a scientist and find out how researchers work to unlock the mysteries of these exceptional remains that have remained intact for 21,500 years! - cite-sciences.fr

Information and booking on :
https://www.cite-sciences.fr/fr/au-programme/expos-temporaires/grotte-chauvet-laventure-scientifique

Figures du Fou

Photo : louvre.fr

From 16 October 2024 to 3 February 2025 at the Musée du Louvre

‘Although studied by social and cultural historians, the fascinating figure of the madman, who was part of the visual culture of people in the Middle Ages, has rarely been studied from the point of view of art history. Yet between the 13th and mid-16th centuries, the notion of madness inspired and stimulated artistic creation in both literature and the visual arts.
This ambitious and stimulating exhibition aims to explore the typically medieval figure of the madman through his representations. It will bring together over 300 works in a chronological and thematic display, including sculptures, objets d'art (ivories, caskets, small bronzes), medals, illuminations, drawings, engravings, panel paintings and tapestries. - louvre.fr

Information and booking on :
https://www.louvre.fr/expositions-et-evenements/expositions/figures-du-fou-0

Paris 1793-1794 - Une année révolutionnaire

Photo : carnavalet.paris.fr

From 16 October 2024 to 16 February 2025 at the Musée Carnavalet

‘For the first time, the Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris, a world reference for its collections on the French Revolution, is singling out a single revolutionary year, undoubtedly the most complex.
Year II’ of the Republican calendar, corresponding to the period from 22 September 1793 to 21 September 1794, was a decisive year in the French Revolution.’ - carnavalet.paris.fr

Information and booking on :
https://www.carnavalet.paris.fr/expositions/paris-1793-1794

Jacques Prévert, le rêveur d’images

Photo : museedemontmartre.fr

From 18 October 2024 to 16 February 2025 at the Musée de montmartre

‘The work of Jacques Prévert (1900-1977) marked the 20th century and touched many generations. With his abundant imagination and boundless creativity, he gave life to a unique body of work, full of magic and humanity.
To mark the centenary of Surrealism and the seventieth anniversary of Prévert's move in 1955 to 6 bis, Cité Véron - just above the Moulin Rouge in the 18th arrondissement - the Musée de Montmartre is honouring the man we know first and foremost as a poet and screenwriter, but whose creative output extends far beyond that.’ - museedemontmartre.fr

Information and booking on :
https://museedemontmartre.fr/exposition/jacques-prevert-le-reveur-dimages/

Astérix, le voyage immersif

From 18 October 2024 to 5 January 2025 at the Atelier des Lumières

‘Plunge into the heart of a new immersive adventure in the captivating world of Asterix, an experience designed to enchant newcomers and fans of the famous moustachioed hero alike.
Join the indomitable Gauls on a never-before-seen quest in search of the druid Getafix, captured by Julius Caesar. From the verdant plains of Gaul to the arid landscapes of Hispania, via the misty lands of Great Britain and the pyramids of Egypt, Asterix and Obelix will brave deserts and storms to find him.’ - atelier-lumieres.com

Information and booking on :
https://www.atelier-lumieres.com/fr/asterix

So, which exhibition will you be starting the new academic year with in 2024?

Image à la Une : museedemontmartre.fr
Rédaction : Amandine Goetz