The exhibitions to see in Paris in 2020<

Cindy Sherman in Majesty at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, Christian Louboutin Superstar at the Golden Door, the Impressionists digitized at the Atelier des Lumières, Overview of the exhibitions to be seen in Paris this year.

Azzedine Alaïa and Cristóbal Balenciaga: Crossed looks

A few months after the disappearance of Azzedine Alaïa, and several decades after that of Cristóbal Balenciaga, Hubert de Givenchy had mentioned the desire to see together in an exhibition the creations of these two great masters of sewing.His wish is answered with the exhibition Azzedine Alaïa Collector, which makes dialogue eighty models from the archives of the Alaïa house and the personal collection of the designer, started in the late 1960s when Mademoiselle Renée, former deputy director general ofCristóbal Balenciaga, offered to dispose as he wanted archive pieces of the Spanish designer.The meeting of two of the most powerful universes in fashion history, and an unrivaled demonstration of perfection in the study of lines, colors and volumes.

Azzedine Alaïa Collector - Alaïa and Balenciaga Sculptors of the Form, from January 20 to June 28, 2020 at the Azzedine Alaïa association, 18 rue de la Verrerie, 75004 Paris

The strange tales of n.H.Jacobsen

This is the first time that an exhibition has highlighted the Danish sculptor and ceramist Niels HansenJacobsen.The Bourdelle museum is interested in the Parisian period of this contemporary of Antoine Bourdelle, strongly influenced by the capital, then a home of the first symbolism.Nourished by his many artistic meetings, HansenJacobsen designs in his workshop in the Flower City Works and sculptures dominated by the strange see the macabre, deeply inspired by Nordic mythology and Scandinavian legends.The Bourdelle museum today exhibits an incredible collection crossing the genres that immerse us in the enigmatic and dreamlike universe of this artist apart.

The strange tales of n.H.Jacobsen.A Danish in Paris, until July 26, 2020, Bourdelle museum, 18, rue Antoine Bourdelle 75015 Paris

The images supermarket

The Jeu de Paume questions the notion of iconomy, the economy of images, with regard to a plural exhibition confronting us with the visual overexploitation of our time in accelerated.The supermarket of images, a well thought out title of this exhibition supported by the House of watchmaking Jaeger-LeCoultre, shows the work of artists enlightened around this overproduction of images and its dazzling and blurred circulation.Incisive and alerting, the exhibition stands out as an essential meeting to understand our world.

The Images Supermarket, from February 11 to June 7, 2020, PAUME game, 1 place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris

Christian Louboutin: Exhibition [iste]

Perhaps the creator of the most famous shoes in the world, Christian Louboutin is the guarantor of a prolific universe rich in references, sometimes magical, sometimes theatrical, historical or cinematographic, which range from pumps to the dizzying camber of Dita von teese to his reinterpretationsMary-Antoinette's shoes, with the famous red sole for red thread.The Palais de la Porte Dorée devotes an exhibition to this creator and its bounded imagination, which highlights its creative process, unprecedented pieces never exposed and collaborations with the artists who are dear to him, from David Lynch to Bianca Li.

Christian Louboutin: Exhibition [iste], until January 3, 2021, Palais de la Porte Dorée

Cézanne and the masters.Italy dream

A new look at Cézanne's work.It is the ambition of the next exhibition of the Marmottan Monet museum that lights up the works of the Aix artist with regard to the greatest masterpieces of the Italian masters, from the 16th to the 19th century.Randomly, Tintoret, Greco, Ribera, Giordano, Poussin, and the Moderns Carrà, Sironi, Soffici and Boccioni.On the picture rails of the Parisian mansion, around sixty canvases show the influence of these Latin masters in the work of Cézanne, who gradually imposed himself as a "new" painting.

Cézanne and the masters.Dream of Italy, until January 3, 2021, Marmottan Monet museum, 2 rue Louis Boilly, 75016 Paris

Mediterranean trips

After the majestic retrospective dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh and his first immersive festival played at a closed counter, the Lights workshop pushes the cursor a little further with its new exhibition dedicated to the trips of the Mediterranean.About the ?Gather a royal squadron of artists, - from Monet toChagall via Renoir, Picasso and Matisse -, around this darling theme of painting which sacraits the greatest artistic currents.Dead before the eyes, more than 500 canvases crossing genres, from impressionism to modernism, skillfully set in motion thanks to the 140 video projectors hidden in a monumental space of 2000 m².In parallel with the exhibition, the Cutback creation studio will present Yves Klein, the infinite blue, which echoes this celebration of the Mediterranean with regard to 90 works and 60 animated archives at the vibrant sound of Vivaldi.

Monet, Renoir...Chagall.Travels to the Mediterranean, until January 3, 2021, Atelier des Lumières, 38 rue Saint-Maur, 75011 Paris

Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris!

In 1958, Christo moved to Paris.A founding period for the artist, who meets his acolyte Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon.Exit the framework of the painting, Christo begins to pack up everyday objects and gradually evolve his work towards large formats which take the urban landscape for subject.In 1961, the duo began to create works for public spaces in the city, and developed the project to pack Parisian monuments.In March, the George Pompidou Center will devote an exhibition to this monumental work.A first part will be dedicated to Christo's workshop work: its boxes, its paintings, its fronts inspired by New York architecture, the beginnings of a work that will take the landscape itself as a material.The second will be dedicated to one of his major works, his Pont-Neuf packaging project, carried out in 1985.From the first studies to the documentary film directed by the Maysles brothers, including models, this unprecedented work which has deeply marked the Parisian memory will be retraced in the details.We will also discover the preparatory studies of the next monumental project of the artist, who will be going to be born in next September seventy years ago: packing the Arc de Triomphe.Pending this new event, the Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris exhibition!will offer an overall vision of his work, and will highlight the importance of his Parisian years in the evolution of his creative words.

Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris!, du 1^er juillet au 19 octobre 2020 au Centre Georges Pompidou, Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris

James Tissot

It was time to grant him a new retrospective.35 years after the Petit Palais, the Musée d'Orsay dedicates its new exhibition to James Tissot, an impressionist dandy very appreciated in the capital before sharpening his art across the Atlantic where he painted his partner Kathleen Newton in virtuoso before finding Franceafter his death.His new credo?The Parisian in all her seams that he paints the time of a cycle.The Musée d'Orsay returns to this abundant career with regard to its great works, multiplying supports and techniques.

James Tissot, Modern Ambigu, from June 23 to September 13, 2020, Musée d'Orsay, 1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris

Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman in Majesty.It is the delightful news of the Louis Vuitton Foundation which welcomes next spring a large exhibition curated by the artist herself.On more than 1500 m², more than 170 works - from 1975 to today - tell the themes that cross the career of the artist, identity or societal stereotypes tinged with a cinematographic veil with fifties that made hissignature.A unique opportunity to perceive in particular the role games of Cindy Sherman, follower of self-scene and travesty, both subject, make-up artist, hairdresser and photographer in poignant clichés with considerable influence.In parallel, Cindy Sherman brought together in Crossing Views around sixty works from the rich collection of the Foundation highlighting 20 French and international artists.

A retrospective (1975 - 2020);Crossing views, looks at a new choice of works from the collection (awaiting the reopening of the Louis Vuitton Foundation), 8 avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, 75116 Paris

Precious stones

Those who worship lithotherapy will find their happiness at the National Museum of Natural History which devotes a great exposure to precious stones. Pensée par Van Cleef & Arpels, l'exposition monomaniaque retrace l'histoire de ces pierres aux multiples pouvoirs, des minéraux ancestraux dont elles sont extraites aux bijoux qui les subliment. 800 minéraux, gemmes, objets d'art et créations joaillières précieusement prêtées par Van Cleef & Arpels se dévorent des yeux au fil d'un parcours passionnant qui couvre l'histoire de notre Terre et des Hommes.Unavoidable.

Precious stones, from September 16, 2020 to June 14, 2021, Grande Galerie de l'Evolution 36 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 75005 Paris

Black and white: an aesthetic of photography at the Grand Palais

True object of worship, black and white in photography has this power to reveal the emotions that the color does not go down.Willy Ronis is used to tell an era of carelessness, Helmut Newton seizes it until the obsession, Gustave Le Gray, ahead of his time, is the subject of his experiments.This year, with the support of the National Library of France, the Grand Palais celebrates this plural aesthetic by exhibiting on its picture rails over 300 black and white prints, from the 19th century to today, witnesses of the many appropriations and daring of thesegender experts, more than 200 gathered.In short, one of the most beautiful exhibitions to see a few months before the closure of the Grand Palais for 4 years.An apotheosis on icy paper that is only lived once, so.

Black and white: an aesthetic of photography, from November 12, 2020 to January 4, 2021, Grand Palais, Galerie Sud-Est, 3 avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris

Man Ray and Fashion

It is an unknown aspect of Man Ray's work, which nevertheless contributed to the very invention of fashion photography.When the artist moved to Paris in the 1920s, he met Couturier Paul Poiret, for whom he begins to work on order, as a photographer, in order to support his needs and continue his activity as a painter.A first foray into fashion whose result is deemed without interest, until Man Ray meets Carmel Snow and Alexey Brodovitch, respectively editor -in -chief and artistic director of Harper’s Bazaar magazine.By applying fashion photography the techniques and tricks he uses for his artistic work, Man Ray helps to considerably enrich the processing of fashion image.Until then purely documentary, it becomes a field of artistic experimentation, where decor, model and light are magnified as much as clothing.After the Marseille exhibition, Man Ray and fashion invests the walls of the Luxembourg Museum in the spring.A must-have.

Man Ray et la Fashion, from September 23, 2020 to January 17, 2021, Musée du Luxembourg, 19 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris

Revolutions 1966-1970

A wind of revolution blows over the capital this spring.Cap on La Villette where a large exhibition will be presented to revolutions that took place around the world from 1966 to 1970, a pivotal time for the evolution of manners, carried out in particular by May 68.5 years during which youth dreams of freedom and seized it with protests and daring that have forever marked the world.Music, politics, fashion, cinema, art...The revolution goes through all areas. Mais quid aujourd'hui ? L'exposition pensée par le Victoria & Albert Museum de Londres s'interroge sur les effets de cette époque bouillante sur la société actuelle.Exciting.

Revolutions 1966-1970, (awaiting the reopening of the Grande Halle de la Villette), 211 avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris

Italian sculpture at the Louvre

While the Leonard de Vinci exhibition breaks all attendance records, the Louvre still puts this year on the figures of Italian art with body and soul, sculpture in Italy, which shows the greatest mastersLike, from Donatello to Michelangelo.Extending the exhibition Le Printemps du Renaissance in 2013, it explores the great periods of sculpture in Italy, which knows its peak in the Renaissance thanks to the genius of Michelangelo, through the prism of the representation of the human being, constantly reinvented and sharpened via increasingly innovative techniques over the eras.

Body and soul, sculpture in Italy, from Donatello to Michelangelo.1460-1520, (awaiting the reopening of the Louvre) Louvre museum, Hall Napoleon, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris

Matisse at the Center Pompidou

In Beaubourg, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henri Matisse.But far from an academic retrospective, the Center Pompidou highlights the fusional ties between the painter and literature work.Friend of writers - he illustrated the poems of Mallarmé and was the subject of a writing by Aragon (Henri Matisse, novel), in love with words that inspired many of his paintings ... The exhibition, the greatest organized inFrance since that of the Grand Palais in 1970, recounts the life and the work of this leader of fauvism like a novel cut into 9 chapters.We thought we knew everything about Matisse, we were wrong ...

Matisse, from October 21, 2020 to February 22, 2021, Center Pompidou, Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris

Picasso - Rodin

Summit meeting.The Picasso museum and the Rodin museum have composed the Picasso - Rodin exhibition, which puts the work of these two great masters in each of the two Parisian museums in four hands in each of the two Parisian museums.The Rodin museum will confront the two artists with a rich series of works from different supports while the Picasso museum will be interested in their creative process.A great way to highlight their unexpected proximity.

Picasso museum, from February 9 to July 18, 2021, 5, rue de Thorigny, 75003, Parismusée Rodin, from February 9 to July 18, 2021, 77, rue de Varenne, 75007, Paris

The Morozov collection

After the collections Chtchoukine and Courtauld, the Louis Vuitton Foundation exhibits the treasures of the Morozov collection on its pictures.Or more than 200 impressionist works and canvases carefully collected at the beginning of the 20th century by the two Russian patron brothers Mikhail Abramovitch and Ivan Abramovitch, crossing French and Russian Modern Art.Monet, Renoir, Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh ... The essential great masters will chat with some talents from the Russian avant-garde for a capital exhibition which already promises to be the blockbuster of autumn 2020.

Morozov collection, from October 13, 2020 to August 31, 2021, Louis Vuitton Foundation, 8 avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, 75116 Paris

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