Let's fill up on culture!
We missed museums and culture! Virtual exhibitions are great, but it's still not the same as seeing the works in real life! Since May 19, cultural venues have been able to reopen their doors. Please note, however, that due to high demand and the limited number of places available, it's best to book your tickets online, on the official museum websites.
Here's a small selection of the cultural exhibitions that caught our eye ...
Magritte / Renoir - Surrealism in the sunlight
This exhibition unveils some of the work of René Magritte, an emblematic figure of Belgian Surrealism who left his mark on the movement. But Magritte drew a great deal of inspiration from the work of Auguste Renoir, and this is what the Musée de l'Orangerie aims to portray.
Paintings from Magritte's "Renoir" period (1940-1947) are directly confronted with Renoir's masterpieces in the exhibition.
Bringing together some sixty paintings and forty drawings, this exhibition opens with a few pieces from the late Thirties, in which Magritte expresses the arrival of war and disaster. But the artist was convinced that the defeat of the German army at Stalingrad would mark the end of the conflict and the return of happy days.
"The beautiful side of life would be the area I'd explore. By this I mean all the traditional paraphernalia of charming things, women, flowers, birds, trees, the atmosphere of happiness.
It's a rather powerful charm that now replaces in my paintings the disquieting poetry I once strove to achieve."
- Magritte to Paul Éluard in 1941.
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Metro: Concorde or Tuileries
Exhibition from May 19 to July 19, 2021
They make abstraction
This exhibition of over 500 works, dating from the 1860s to the 1980s, is on view at the Centre Pompidou.
It tells the story of 106 artists from around the world and their relationship to abstraction.
Elles font l'abstraction introduces us to a number of artists who are relatively unknown to the general public.
The exhibition highlights the work of many of these artists, who suffer from a lack of visibility and recognition beyond the borders of their own countries.
Her aim is to reveal these women, who are sometimes overshadowed in art history, and to give greater prominence to their contribution to the expansion of abstraction.
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Subway: Rambuteau
Exhibition from May 19 to August 23, 2021
Olivier Ratsi - Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light
Blessed are the cracked, for they will let the light shine through ... Behind this cinematic line by screenwriter Michel Audiard lies visual artist Olivier Ratsi.
Through this exhibition, he imagines a striking, multi-sensory chromatic journey.
With its mix of light and color perception disorders and sensory derangement, this exhibition is sure to fascinate.
It's a true exhibition-experience that will accompany us right through to the heart of summer.
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Metro: Arts et Métiers, Réaumur - Sébastopol or Strasbourg - Saint-Denis
Exhibition from May 19 to July 18, 2021
Dalí - the never-ending enigma
L'Atelier des lumières has chosen to adorn itself with the famous and singular works of Salvador Dalí.
The exhibition is, as its name suggests, an intrigue from beginning to end. Dalí, the never-ending enigma looks back over 60 years of creations by this Catalan artist who traversed and invented several artistic styles.
It's a surprising journey in which Dalí takes us on a journey through surprising, surreal and metaphysical landscapes.
L'Atelier des lumières is unique in that its works are displayed animatedly on the floor and walls. This medium allows you to fully immerse yourself in the artist's boundless imagination, and to live the experience to the full.
Combined with the legendary sounds of Pink Floyd, this exhibition offers a journey out of time. A cultural moment that awakens the unconscious, where Dalí's work remains a mystery and a never-ending enigma.
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Subway: Père Lachaise
Exhibition from May 19, 2021 to January 2, 2022
Henri Cartier-Bresson - Seeing Paris again
The Musée Carnavalet has joined forces with the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson to present a collection of vintage prints by this world-famous artist.
As lovers of the French capital, this exhibition brings together a large number of photographs taken at gatherings, on the banks of the Seine, or in various scenes of everyday life.
"Photography is an attitude, a way of being, a way of living."
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
Practical info :
Metro: Chemin Vert or Saint-Paul
Exhibition from June 15 to October 31, 2021
