Images of Dance
BNF OPERA19 June / 11 January
The question of how to represent the dance beyond the dancer’s movements while remaining faithful to the capacity for artistic expression and the dancer’s charisma on stage is the subject of this exhibition. Using drawings, prints, paintings, photographs and videos it attempts to convey the atmosphere of a show and represent the art of movement that is dance, in a faithful, imaginary and fantasized ways.
Les Héritiers de Daumiers, Caricatures Contemporaines
Through 8 June
In a world moving at the speed of the Internet, the caricature has found a new relevance. On view will be a selection of the best of contemporary cartoonists, such as Reiser, Tim, Petillon and Cabua.
Centre Georges Pompidou
Place Georges Pompidou
75004 Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 78 12 33
Louise Bourgeois
Through 2 June
The Centre Pompidou presents the first extensive retrospective survey of Louise Bourgeois’ work in France since the 1995 exhibition held by the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. This exhibition features around 100Кsculptures, paintings, drawings and engravings produced between 1940 and 2005.
Galeries Nationals du Grand Palais
75008 Paris
Entrйe Clemenceau
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 13 17 17
Marie Antoinette
Through 30 June
Marie Antoinette has always been the subject of conflicting interpretations. This exhibition seeks to discover the person behind the myth and give a fuller picture of the exceptional fate of one of the last queens of France. The exhibition includes over 300 works drawn from across Europe.
Musee d'Orsay
1, rue de la Legion d’Honneur,
75007 Paris
Tel: +33 (0) 1 40 49 48 14
Lovis Corinth (1858Р1925)
Through 22 June
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Lovis Corinth, the Musée d’Orsay is presenting the work of this original artist who tackled almost every style from mythology, religion, portraits and self-portraits, to genre scenes and landscapes.
Louvre
Rue de Rivoli, Paris
www.louvre.fr
Marie d’Orléans 1813–39
Through 21 July
Marie d’Orléans, princess and Romantic artist, epitomizes the ideals of the age in which she lived. Possessing a solid, open-minded education given by her father King Louis-Philippe, she developed a passionate interest in the arts and took up drawing and sculpture herself. Dying prematurely at the age of 26, she has left remarkable works such as a life-sized figure of Joan of Arc and her final work, an angel in white marble, as a testament to her inspired genius which has been compared to Canova.
Musee de l’art moderne
Palais de Tokyo, Paris
www.paris-france.org/musees
Bridget Riley
12 June / 14 September
The first retrospective of the work of Bridget Riley in France includes 70 paintings and 50 drawings including works inspired by Seurat, her celebrated black and white Op art pictures and her final experiments with form and colour. One of Britain’s best-known artists, Riley creates visual experiences that are characterized by their intense and often disorientating effect which address not only the viewer’s engagement with the object but also with the actual process
of observation.