2024
The trompe l鈥櫯搃l has an image problem. The genre 鈥� in its narrowest sense a group of works that create an optical illusion, typically tricking the viewer into mistaking...
A new show at Mus茅e Marmottan Monet conceptualizes just how fragile the line is between reality and our perception.
From the storied halls of the Louvre to the cutting-edge displays at Gagosian.
Game on! With the Olympics and Paralympics being held in Paris this summer, French museums have been inspired to present exhibitions dealing broadly with sports in an effort dubbed the Cultural Olympiad.
On April 15, 1874, a group of some 30 painters, many rejected by the jury of the official Paris Salon, were invited by the photographer Nadar to showcase their works in his former Paris studio.
2023
From 5 July to 17 September 2023, the Mus茅e Marmottan Monet will host a remarkable collection of engravings belonging to the Swiss Fondation William Cuendet & Atelier de Saint-Prex.
With over one hundred masterpieces on display, the exhibition showcases an ensemble of works ranging from the 15th to the 21st century. The works of the great masters will be displayed in a dialogue with creations by contemporary artists.
Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was the first female member of the Impressionist movement and perhaps its most constant participant.
2022
鈥淒on鈥檛 talk to me about Monet!鈥�
The exhibition 鈥淢onet - Mitchell鈥� creates, for the first time, a visual, artistic, sensorial, and poetic dialogue between the works of two exceptional artists, Claude Monet (1840-1926), with his Water Lilies, and Joan Mitchell (1925-1992).
On 13 November 1872, from the window of his hotel in Le Havre, Claude Monet painted a view of the port through the mist.
From 13 April to 21 August 2022, the Mus茅e Marmottan Monet presents an exhibition entitled The Theatre of Emotions.
2021
The Mus茅e Marmottan Monet is hosting the first exhibition ever dedicated to Julie Manet (1878-1966). Over one hundred works are on display, featuring paintings, sculptures, pastels, watercolours, and engravings.
The day before her death in February 1895, the painter Berthe Morisot wrote to her only child: 鈥淢y little Julie, I love you as I die; I will love you when I鈥檓 dead... you haven鈥檛 made me sad once in your little life. You have beauty and wealth; use them well.鈥�
During a recent visit to the Elkon Gallery in New York, where her show From the Floating World is exhibited, Vicky Colombet, a usually calm person, gets ecstatic while showing Monet鈥檚 famous Matin茅e sur la Seine, the series that inspired her work.