A precious material.

Bronze was always a respected material in China, from the early dynasties to the nineteenth century. However, in the tenth century, to strengthen the imperial authority of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), the ancient rites related to the imperial...

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Image and text become inseperable.

The Jeu de Paume presents the first retrospective European of the works of Lorna Simpson. An American artist, Simpson was born in Brooklyn in 1960. Her texts are inseparable from her images, whose their textual component renders...

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Gastronomy and art.

As part of the Dynamo exhibition, the Grand Palais organises a variety activities for children and adults so that they may take advantage of a program that combines gastronomy with art.

They will be able to...

More information about Dynamo, a century of light and movement in art 1913-2013, visits and workshops

Romantic and coquettish.

From September 2013, the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris showcases a selection of Victorian paintings (1860-1914).
During the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), various artistic movements were to develop in England....

More information about Desire and Sensuality in the Victorian Era, Alma-Tadema, Leighton, Burne-Jones, exhibition

A photographer in vogue.

Erwin Blumenfeld, who was born in Berlin in 1897 and died in Rome in 1969, was one of the most important fashion photographers of the twentieth century. The exhibition at the Jeu de Paume shows the breadth of his work within the...

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A beautiful work.

For ten years Penelope waits for the return of her husband Odysseus. During this time she rejects the advances of numerous suitors.

This is the story behind the opera Penelope by Faure, a work which was first performed in...

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A new vision of nature.

In spring, the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris hosts the first Parisian retrospective to be devoted to Eugène Boudin since the late nineteenth century.

Known for his seascapes and beach scenes, Eugène Boudin (1824-1898) was one of the...

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Politics in art.

The Jeu de Paume presents the first exhibition in Paris of the work of Ahlam Shibli. The artist, born in Palestine in 1970, takes reportage style photographs and allows the public to discover the news through her eyes. She is in no hurry to...

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The romantic touch of the travelling painter.

French painter Felix Ziem (1821-1911) was a nomadic artist, unclassifiable, eccentric and romantic. A great traveller, a close friend of the Barbizon painters, an admirer of both Claude Lorrain and Turner, he...

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The development of the modern woodcut.

From October 2013, the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais in Paris is dedicating an exhibition to the artist Félix Vallotton.

A Swiss artist born in Lausanne in 1865, Félix Vallotton became a French...

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