Destinations
France: Paris
In a nutshell...
Paris can be discovered in many different ways. Sightseers can visit the Eiffel Tower, Sacré Cœur, the Montparnasse Tower and the Arc de Triomphe Cultural visits of Paris include the Louvre, the Pompidou Centre, the Grand Palace and the Orsay Museum. Whichever sights you choose, the capital abounds with visual delights.
Fashion capital of the world, Paris also presents style and luxury from the Champs-Elysées to the Rue de Rivoli, where you can visit the Baccarat Museum or the Museum of Fashion and Fabric.
Paris is also every man’s town and quarters such as the old Montmartre or unusual Belleville with their bistros and traditional festivals are symbolic of the village spirit that can be found within this metropolis.
Finally, Paris is a city of fine food where well-known chefs such as Fauchon and Lenôtre are well-established on the Place de la Madeline.
A city to visit, explore and relish!
Paris : Events
Exhibitions and Tours - Painting & Graphic Arts
"Raoul Dufy - Pleasure"
From Friday, October 17 2008 to Sunday, January 11 2009
"Raoul Dufy is pleasure itself." - Gertrude Stein
The Modern Art museum in Paris is organising a major retrospective exhibition dedicated to Daoul Dufy. Dufy is extensively represented in the museum's collection as well as by the monumental "Fée électricité ("Faery Electricity"). Yet this artist had not been exhibited in a public Parisian institution since his death in 1953.
This retrospective attempts to shed a completely new light on an immensely popular body of work which is still today a paragon of virtuosity, colour and levity.
Gertrude Stein described the artist by a peculiar but powerful phrase in 1946: "Raoul Dufy is pleasure itself." This phrase, in its historical context, reminds us today that Dufy's work was able to radiate with bright, jovial light and a limitless joie de vivre throughout one of the darker periods of the 20th century.
The exhibition will be displaying 120 paintings, 90 graphic pieces (drawings, engravings, illustrations...), 25 ceramic works, 30 textiles and a few items of clothing. Every item was borrowed from public or private international institutions.
From Friday 17 October 2008 to Sunday 11 January 2009 :
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
- Thursday from 10:00 to 22:00
The Modern Art museum in Paris is organising a major retrospective exhibition dedicated to Daoul Dufy. Dufy is extensively represented in the museum's collection as well as by the monumental "Fée électricité ("Faery Electricity"). Yet this artist had not been exhibited in a public Parisian institution since his death in 1953.
This retrospective attempts to shed a completely new light on an immensely popular body of work which is still today a paragon of virtuosity, colour and levity.
Gertrude Stein described the artist by a peculiar but powerful phrase in 1946: "Raoul Dufy is pleasure itself." This phrase, in its historical context, reminds us today that Dufy's work was able to radiate with bright, jovial light and a limitless joie de vivre throughout one of the darker periods of the 20th century.
The exhibition will be displaying 120 paintings, 90 graphic pieces (drawings, engravings, illustrations...), 25 ceramic works, 30 textiles and a few items of clothing. Every item was borrowed from public or private international institutions.
From Friday 17 October 2008 to Sunday 11 January 2009 :
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
- Thursday from 10:00 to 22:00
Metro stop: Alma Marceau, Iéna
MUSEE D ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
11 avenue du Président-Wilson
PARIS 75016
01 53 67 40 00
01 47 23 35 98
