MARCH: TOP EXHIBITIONS IN PARIS

From "Barbie" at Les Arts Décoratifs to Claire Marie Osta and Nicolas Le Riche's live perfomance, take a look at our favorites culture Must-Go.

by Sakina Loudari, photography by Courtesy | 16 March, 2016

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Chefs-d’œuvre de Budapest from 09 March 2016 to 10 July 2016

The Szepmuveszeti Museum of Fine Arts shows a part of its collection at the Musée du Luxembourg. The opportunity to look at the different artistic trends that have developed in Europe since the middle Ages from a different perspective.

Chefs-d’œuvre de Budapest

The exhibition brings together some 90 or so works by different artists such as Goya, Manet, Koloscka and Dürer.

Place: 19 rue de Vaugirard – 75006 ParisMusée d’Orsay – Saint-Germain-des-Prés – 6e Arrondissement

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The Open-air Studio – Impressionists in Normandy from 18 March 2016 to 25 July 2016

Sainte-Adresse, Honfleur, Deauville, Giverny … Many towns in Normandy have been the inspiration for a new pictorial genre in the 19th century. Artists such as Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, Degas or Pissaro made it them a focus of their works.

The Open-air Studio - Impressionists in Normandy

The exhibition ‘Normandie, l’atelier en plein air’ shows the importance of this region in the emergence of an artistic current.

Place: 158 boulevard Haussmann – 75008 Paris – Champs-Élysées – 8e Arrondissement

 

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kPaul Klee. Irony at work from 06 April 2016 to 01 August 2016

The Pompidou Centre presents an exhibition on one of the 20th century’s leading artists: Paul Klee. This retrospective, featuring 250 works by this major figure of modern art, looks at the career of the artist through the prism of irony.

Paul Klee. Irony at work

Originating in early German Romanticism, this satire and detachment enabled Paul Klee to be creative and paint whilst at the same time denouncing the policies and ideologies of his time. The exhibition is organized around seven themes:

‘Les débuts satiriques (Satirical Beginnings)’, ‘Klee et le cubisme (Klee and Cubism)’, ‘Théâtre mécanique (Mechanical Theatre)’, ‘Klee et les constructivismes (Klee and Constructivism)’, ‘Regards en arrière (Looking Back)’, ‘Klee et Picasso (Klee and Picasso)’ and ‘Années de crise (Crisis Years)’.

Place: Place Georges Pompidou – 75004 Paris- Le Marais – 4e Arrondissement

 

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Barbie from 10 March 2016 to 18 September 2016 A true icon in the toy world, the Barbie doll certainly deserved an exhibition.

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The Museum of Decorative Arts devotes a unique retrospective to Mattel’s leading star.
Place : 107 rue de Rivoli – 75001 Paris – Louvre – 1er Arrondissement

 

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Etoiles, Clairemarie Osta & Nicolas Le Riche from 29 January 2016 to 29 May 2016

Focus on the career of two legendary dancers of the Opéra de Paris: Claire Marie Osta and Nicolas Le Riche.

Etoiles, Clairemarie Osta & Nicolas Le Riche

Through films, photographs, costumes and paintings, Elephant Paname offers its visitors the opportunity to trace the careers of two stars of contemporary dance, who inspired the greatest choreographers: an immersive experience in the world of dance.

Place: 10 rue Volney – 75002 Paris- Opéra – Grands Boulevards – 2e Arrondissement

 

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Edme Bouchardon, De sanguine et de marbre from 16 September 2016 to 05 December 2016

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Amongst sculptures, drawings, engravings and books, this monograph exhibition dedicated to Edmé Bouchardon by the Louvre Museum offers an exploration of neo-classicism from a different angle.

Place: Musée du Louvre – 75001 Paris