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
FROM MIRO TO WARHOL THE BERARDO COLLECTION IN PARIS
From 16th October to 22th February 2008
Born in 1944 on Madeira Island, José Berardo is one of the most influential Portuguese entrepreneurs. An iconoclast who emigrated to South Africa at the age of 19 where he made a fortune in several business sectors including gold and wine trading, banking and telecoms, he assembled on his return to Portugal one of the most interesting collections of modern and contemporary art in Europe.
The collection, which includes 862 works and allows the viewer, according to Berardo, “to experience the 20th century”, is now presented in a museum named after him, located between the Belém Tower and the Hieronymites Monastery in Lisbon.
The more than seventy works from the collection presented at the Musée du Luxembourg are organised around four themes: Surrealism (Miró, Dali, Ernst, Breton…), one of the major themes of the pre-WWII period, Abstraction from 1910 to immediately after WWII (Mondrian, Tanguy, Arp…), the confrontation of Europe and America in the 1960s with New Realism and Pop Art (Warhol, Klein, Soulages, Mitchell…) and post-1970s creations (Schnabel, Stella…).
The exhibition will be curated by André Cariou, director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper and a recognised specialist in 20th century painting.
SPECIAL OFFER!
-20% ON RESERVATIONS MADE BETWEEN JULY 21st AND OCTOBER 1st 2008
http://www.museeduluxembourg.fr
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Partner advantage
Package including one “immediate entrance” ticket + audio guide of the exhibition for 14.50 € (usually 18.50 €) on presentation of proof of Thalys travel or Cybelys card.
Immediate entrance on presentation of these documents at the reservation desk located directly to your left at the museum entrance.
Musée du Luxembourg
19 rue de Vaugirard - 75006 Paris
Metro: Saint-Sulpice, Odéon / RER B: Luxembourg
Bus: lines 84, 58, 89 - Musée du Luxembourg / Sénat stops
Vélib bicycle stops near the museum: 26 rue Guynemer, 74 rue de Vaugirard, 34 rue Condé
Hours:
The museum is open to the public every day:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10:30 am -7 pm
Monday, Friday, Saturday: 10:30 am -10 pm
Sunday and holidays (November 1st and 11th, December 25th, January 1st): 9:30 am to 7 pm
School holidays from October 25th to November 5th, December 25th to January 4th, February 14th -22nd: open every day starting at 9:30 am
Entrance
Individuals: € 11
