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  • Cheveux chéris

    Location: Quai Branly, Musée du


    Description: At the intersection of anthropology, history of ancient and contemporary art, fashion and manners, this exhibition explores the universal theme of hair in the personal and social spheres.


    Start: September 18, 2012 End: July 14, 2013

  • De l’Allemagne | German Thought and Painting, from Friedrich to Beckmann, 1800-1939

    Location: Louvre


    Description: This exhibition, comprising over two hundred works, offers a reflection on the main themes that structured German thinking from 1800 to 1939. It places artworks and their artists—including Caspar David Friedrich, Paul Klee, Philipp Otto Runge and Otto Dix—in the intellectual context of their time, and confronts them with the writings of great thinkers, chief among whom is Goethe. (source: louvre.fr)


    Start: March 28, 2013 End: June 24, 2013

  • Georg Emanuel Opiz | Watercolors

    Location: Carnavalet, Musée


    Description: At the Salon du Dessin to be held in Paris from 10 to 15 April 2013, the Carnavalet museum offers an exhibition around the work of watercolorist Georg Emanuel Opiz (or Opitz, Prague 1775 - Leipzig 1841 ). Iconic painter of Paris' tumultuous years in 1813 and 1814, you will discover the life of the capital, with its colorful characters and forgotten crafts.


    Start: March 26, 2013 End: June 26, 2013

  • Jules Dalou, the sculptor of the Republic

    Location: Petit Palais


    Description: This exhibition accompanies the publication of the catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Jules Dalou in the collections of the Petit Palais in Paris. Drawing particularly on the Dalou collection, only a small part of which is presented to the public, the exhibition focuses on the artist's monumental production and his relationship with public space in Paris. Jules Dalou (1838-1902) experienced a poverty-stricken childhood in Paris, which gave way to an exi...See more


    Start: April 18, 2013 End: July 13, 2013