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Dynamo | A Century of Light and Motion in Art. 1913-2013
Location: Grand Palais
Description: Notions of space, vision and light run through the abstract art of the 20th century and interest many world renowned contemporary artists such as Ann Veronica Janssens, Anish Kapoor, John Armleder, Carsten Höller, Philippe Decrauzat, Jeppe Hein, Felice Varini and Xavier Veilhan. By putting vibration along with the spectator’s perception in the centre of their works, they set up multiple resonances with optical and kinetic art, which first emerged at the...See more
Start: April 10, 2013 End: July 22, 2013
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Emprunter pour inventer, Philippe Barde revisite Paul Bonifas
Location: Arts décoratifs, Musée des
Description: The museum’s contemporary gallery is featuring the work of Philippe Barde (born 1955), one of the major Swiss ceramicists of his generation. This project focuses on the last three years of his rich creative itinerary, devoted to his free interpretation of the modernist work of one of the great Swiss potters in the 1930s, Paul Bonifas (1893–1967). (source: lesartsdecoratifs.fr)
Start: March 21, 2013 End: August 18, 2013
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Eugène Boudin au fil de ses voyages
Location: Jacquemart-André, Musée
Description: At the end of his life, Monet wrote, "I owe everything to Boudin." For the first time since 1899, a Parisian institution organizes a retrospective exhibition of paintings, pastels and watercolors by the initiator of Impressionism. This unique event is made possible thanks to the outstanding loans of the greatest American museums (National Gallery, Washington, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ...).
Start: March 22, 2013 End: July 22, 2013
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Félicie de Fauveau. The Amazon Sculptress
Location: Musée d’Orsay
Description: The very first retrospective devoted to the work of Félicie de Fauveau (1801-1886), a figure as emblematic as she was unique. Nostalgic for an era that she had not lived through, a royalist, a catholic, a single woman and a feminist, this sculptress committed her life and her art to defending a political utopia, expressed principally through images of History. (source: .musee-orsay.fr)
Start: June 11, 2013 End: September 15, 2013
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Futurotextiles
Location: Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie - La Villette
Description: Futurotextiles offers visitors an opportunity to explore the world of textile science and technology. This exhibition is a playful and poetic artistic journey, through the achievements of the greatest designers of recent years.
Start: February 05, 2013 End: July 14, 2013
