The French capital is on the spotlight with one of the biggest designs events taking place in the next weeks – Maison et Objet 2017. Today, Best Interior Designers gives you some more suggestions of what to see in Paris, with a list of 10 Art Exhibitions Not To Miss in 2017. From Vermeer to Picasso, from the Grand Palais to the Palais de Tokyo, here are 10 cultural events to get you excited for the next 365 days ahead.
1. Eli Lotar at the Jeu de Paume
This collection of work, from French-Romanian photographer and filmmaker Eli Lotar, focuses on the daring, innovation and engagement of the interwar period – a retrospective demonstrating the importance of this unique artist’s contribution to modernism as well as social and political action.
Where? Musée du Jeu de Paume, 1 place de Concorde, Paris 8th
When? February 14-May 28 2017
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2. Vermeer et les maîtres de la peinture de genre au Siècle d’Or
This is the cultural event to mark the start of the year. Focusing on the painter Johannes Vermeer – think ‘The Girl With A Pearl Earring’ and ‘The Milkmaid’ – the exhibition is set to shed light on the network and relations between Dutch painters during the period between 1650 and 1675.
Where? Musée du Louvre, Hall Napoleon
When? February 22-May 22 2017
3. L’Esprit français – Contre-cultures en France 1969-1989
Get out your tricolore flag and make your way to Bastille’s Maison Rouge. Through a collection of varied works, this exhibition will recall the alternative rock, anti-establishment painting, mainstream cinema and anti-education attitude of 1970s/ 1980s France.
Where? The Maison Rouge, 10 boulevard de la Bastille, Paris 12th
When? February 24-May 21 2017
4. Sérénissime! Venise en fête, de Tiepolo à Guardi
Set in parallel with the Carnival of Venice 2017, the floating city’s biggest party has been born again in Paris, illustrated by a collection of around 60 works from masters Tiepolo, Guardi, Canaletto or Longhi.
Where? Musée Cognacq-Jay, 8 rue Elzevir, Paris 3rd
When? February 25-June 25 2017
5. Paysages mystiques – De Monet à Emily Carr
In collaboration with Toronto’s ‘Art Gallery of Ontario’, the Musée d’Orsay’s exhibition proposes a journey through the mystical aspect of the symbolist landscapes, featuring work from Gauguin, Klimt, Monet, van Gogh and Emily Carr.
Where? Musée d’Orsay, 1 rue de la legion d’Honneur, Paris 7th
When? March 14-June 25 2017
6. Olga Picasso
The Musée Picasso’s new exhibition looks at the relationship between the artist and his first wife, Russian dancer Olga Khokhlova (between 1917 and 1935), putting his masterpieces in perspective by highlighting their romantic context.
Where? Musée Picasso, 5 rue Thorighny, Paris 3rd
When? March 21-September 3 2017
7. Pissaro à Eragny – L’anarchie et la nature
In 1884, impressionist painter Camille Pissarro settled into the French village of Eragny with his family. The exhibition retraces these final years – bucolic yet seizing – which are so instrumental in his being considered one of the ‘fathers’ of impressionism.
Where? Musée National du Luxembourg, 19 rue de Vaugirard, 6th
When? March 21-July 23 2017
8. De Watteau à David, la collection Horvitz
Two hundred paintings, sculptures and drawings from Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, Greuze and David, all brought together in the same exhibition by art collector Jeffrey Horvitz, offering an unprecedented panorama of French artistic production during the 18th century.
Where? Petit Palais, avenue Winston Churchill, Paris’s 18th
When? March 21-July 9 2017
9. Auguste Rodin au Grand Palais
For the 100th anniversary of the sculptor’s death, the Grand Palais presents a new view of this versatile artist, rounding up and uniting the collectors of his work (and that of his contemporaries) in this dedicated exhibition.
Where? Grand Palais, 3 avenue du General Eisenhower, Paris 8th
When? March 22-July 31 2017
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10. Picasso primitif
The Spanish master’s obsession with art from Africa, the Pacific, the Americas and even Asia is hugely prevalent in his work, in the ‘Demoiselles d’Avignon’ particularly. The Quai Branly exhibition sets out to demonstrate Picasso’s artistic relationship with the non-Western world.
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