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Cleveland Museum of Art hosting ‘France in the Time of Manet and Morisot’

The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) has opened a free companion exhibition titled "France in the Time of Manet and Morisot," running through August 23 in the Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Galleries. The show features 50 photographs from the museum's holdings of mid-1800s France, including works by Charles Marville and Édouard Baldus, who were commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III and the Louvre to document historic monuments and new architectural projects. Curated by Barbara Tannenbaum, CMA chair of prints, drawings, and photographs, the exhibition complements the museum's ticketed show "Manet & Morisot," which explores the artistic exchange between Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot. Highlights include André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri's 1861 portrait "Monsieur Merlen," which is noted as an early precursor to the selfie, and a photograph of the Arc de Triomphe under construction.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 7, 2026 visibility 22 link 7 artists

Ascension Weekend 2026: 10 must-see exhibitions to check out in Paris over this long weekend

For the Ascension long weekend (May 14–17, 2026), Paris offers a curated selection of ten must-see exhibitions. Highlights include a major Hilma af Klint retrospective at the Grand Palais, exploring her spiritualist and abstract works; 'Jardins des Lumières' at the Grand Trianon in Versailles, focusing on 18th-century landscape garden design; 'Sèvres, a Rothschild Passion' at the Mobilier National, showcasing Rothschild porcelain collections; and a Giovanni Segantini exhibition at the Marmottan Monet Museum, featuring his Alpine Symbolist and Divisionist paintings.

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article culture schedule May 6, 2026 visibility 31 link 20 artists, 9 galleries

Paris Diary 1

The article is a first-person diary entry from an unnamed narrator visiting Paris and Brussels. The narrator recounts working in the studio of painter Camila Oliveira Fairclough, attending a public dialogue at Almine Rech gallery in Brussels with artist Erik Lindman, and viewing an exhibition pairing Lindman's paintings with works by Robert Motherwell and two Picassos chosen by Bernard Picasso. The narrator also visits a posthumous exhibition of Didier Demozay at Galerie Bernard Jordan and sees a temporary mural by Marielle Paul in a Paris housing complex, later visiting her studio in a historic 19th-century artist building once occupied by Eugène Carrière.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 5, 2026 visibility 25 link 4 artists

Paris exhibition celebrates the visionary world of Hilma af Klint, an artist ahead of her time

A major exhibition at Paris's Grand Palais presents Hilma af Klint's visionary abstract series "Paintings for the Temple" (1906–1915) for the first time in France. The show features works like "The Ten Largest" (1907), which predate the abstract art of Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Malevich by several years. Curated by Pascal Rousseau, the exhibition highlights Af Klint's pioneering use of spirals, geometric forms, and spiritual themes, created in seclusion and long hidden from public view.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 2, 2026 visibility 23 link 2 artists

Meet the Mona Lisa! A free new immersive exhibition opens at Hong Kong Heritage Museum

A free immersive digital exhibition titled 'Meet Mona Lisa & Portraying the Renaissance' opens on May 1 at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, running through July 27. Created in collaboration with the Musée du Louvre and the Grand Palais Immersif, the show is split into two sections: a multimedia journey guided by a narrated Mona Lisa across six chapters, including an interactive photo booth, and a second section featuring over 100 Renaissance treasures from European institutions. Highlights include four original manuscripts of the human body and faces by Leonardo da Vinci, shown for the first time in Hong Kong, alongside loans from the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Musée national de la Renaissance, works by mainland artist Xu Lei, and items from the museum's own collection.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 30, 2026 visibility 26 link 6 artists

Experience 'Mona Lisa' and Renaissance Art at Hong Kong Heritage Museum Exhibition Starting Tomorrow

The Hong Kong Heritage Museum is launching 'The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Meet Mona Lisa & Portraying the Renaissance' exhibition from May 1 to July 27. The show offers a multimedia immersive experience centered on Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' and features Renaissance art treasures on loan from French and Italian cultural institutions, including the Musée du Louvre and the Musée national de la Renaissance. The opening ceremony on April 30 was attended by Hong Kong Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law, French Consul General Christile Drulhe, and other dignitaries.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 25, 2026 visibility 37 link 10 artists

9 Spectacular Art and Fashion Exhibitions You Can’t Miss in 2026

The article previews nine major art and fashion exhibitions scheduled for 2026 across Europe and the United States. Highlights include the V&A's first UK survey of Elsa Schiaparelli, tracing her radical approach to couture; ICA Miami's immersive Dolce&Gabbana showcase celebrating Italian craftsmanship; the Met's comprehensive Raphael exhibition featuring over 170 works; the Musée d'Orsay's exploration of Renoir's joyful modernity; and Palais Galliera's look at 18th-century fashion's lasting influence.

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article policy schedule Apr 22, 2026 visibility 20 link 22 artists

Free museums in Paris and free monuments in Île-de-France: the top cultural deals

The article is a guide listing museums and monuments in Paris and the Île-de-France region that offer free admission, either permanently or on specific occasions like the first Sunday of each month. It highlights venues such as the Paris Museum of Modern Art (MAM), the Petit Palais, the Musée Bourdelle, and Notre-Dame cathedral, detailing their collections and practical visiting information.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 20, 2026 visibility 23 link 8 artists

With over 15,000 works, including a 600-square-meter mural that tells the history of electricity, this iconic Art Deco-style museum in Paris presents a retrospective dedicated to photographer Lee Miller

The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is presenting the largest retrospective in France in twenty years dedicated to photographer Lee Miller. The exhibition features nearly 250 prints, including previously unseen works, and traces her multifaceted career from model and Surrealist muse to fashion photographer and war correspondent.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 9, 2026 visibility 20 link 10 artists, 6 galleries

Her great-uncle was Jackson Pollock. Now, her fledgling gallery, Argo Fine Arts, is the talk of Paris

Samantha McCoy, the grand-niece of Jackson Pollock, has launched Argo Fine Arts, a new gallery model operating between Paris and New York. Making its high-profile debut at the 28th edition of Art Paris in the Grand Palais, the gallery is garnering attention for its impressive inventory, which includes works by Jackson Pollock, Cy Twombly, and Charles Pollock. McCoy has opted for an "ephemeral" gallery model that prioritizes artists and clients over permanent real estate, reflecting a strategic response to the current economic pressures facing traditional brick-and-mortar galleries.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 37 link 10 artists, 8 galleries

Inside Art Paris 2026: a fair shaped by language, memory, and new voices

Art Paris 2026 will return to the Grand Palais from April 9th to 12th, featuring 165 galleries from over twenty countries. This edition is anchored by two major curated themes: 'Babel: Art and Language in France,' led by Loïc Le Gall, and 'Réparation,' an exploration of healing and memory curated by Alexia Fabre. The fair maintains a strong focus on discovery through its 'Promesses' sector for young galleries and a dedicated 'Solo Show' section featuring 24 monographic presentations.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 6, 2026 visibility 20 link 8 artists

Gustave Courbet: realist and rebel

The Leopold Museum in Vienna, in collaboration with Museum Folkwang in Essen, is hosting a major retrospective titled "Gustave Courbet: Realist and Rebel." Featuring 130 exhibits, including 90 paintings and 20 graphic works, the exhibition traces the artist's journey from his early rejection of academic training to his role as the pioneer of Realism. The show highlights his revolutionary choice to depict everyday life and ordinary people on a monumental scale, a practice previously reserved for heroic or mythological subjects.

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candle obituary schedule Apr 3, 2026 visibility 18 link 4 artists

In Memoriam: Melvin Edwards (1937–2026)

Renowned sculptor Melvin Edwards, a pioneer of the Black Art Movement who transformed welded steel into powerful explorations of African American identity, has passed away at the age of 88. Edwards was best known for his "Lynch Fragments," a series of over 300 compact, wall-mounted assemblages that utilized industrial materials like chains, meathooks, and barbed wire to evoke the history of racial violence and the struggle for civil rights. His career spanned over six decades, beginning with a breakout solo show at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in 1965 and a landmark exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1970.

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article culture schedule Mar 10, 2026 visibility 34 link 11 artists

Artists agonise over when a work is finished—but should we viewers care?

The article explores the perennial struggle artists face in determining when a work is complete, a process often fraught with the risk of overworking or 'wrecking' a piece. Drawing on insights from Howard Hodgkin and David Sylvester, it examines how artists like Degas, Matisse, and Cézanne navigated the boundary between a finished object and a work-in-progress, sometimes intentionally leaving canvases 'open' or 'fragmentarily complete' to preserve their emotional and visual immediacy.

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person people schedule Mar 4, 2026 visibility 24 link 9 artists

Profile | Pierre Rosenberg, the former Louvre president, on his long-awaited four-volume Poussin catalogue—and forthcoming museum

Pierre Rosenberg, the 89-year-old honorary president-director of the Louvre, is set to release a definitive four-volume catalogue raisonné of the works of Nicolas Poussin. This monumental publication, weighing eight kilograms, represents over sixty years of scholarship and aims to provide a comprehensive update to the field, addressing previous research by figures such as Anthony Blunt and Louis Marin.

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article news schedule Feb 9, 2026 visibility 17 link 3 artists

France’s ex-culture minister Jack Lang resigns from L’Institut du Monde Arabe amid Epstein revelations

Jack Lang, France's former culture minister, resigned as president of the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) on February 7 following revelations in the Epstein files that his name appeared 673 times. Lang, 86, denies any wrongdoing, acknowledging a long "cordial relationship" with Jeffrey Epstein but claiming ignorance of his sex crimes. The Paris prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation into Lang and his daughter Caroline for "laundering of aggravated tax fraud," and Lang stepped down after being summoned by the French foreign ministry at the request of President Macron and Prime Minister Lecornu.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 9, 2026 visibility 28 link 18 artists

The Year Ahead 2026: the big exhibitions and the key museum openings—podcast

In the first episode of 2026, Ben Luke, Jane Morris, and Gareth Harris preview the year's major art events, including museum openings, biennials, and exhibitions. Highlights include the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, V&A East, and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, along with the Venice Biennale, Whitney Biennial, and shows dedicated to artists like Gainsborough, Raphael, Zurbarán, and Matisse.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 7, 2026 visibility 22 link 57 artists

The best art exhibitions in Europe in 2026

A major exhibition tracing the evolution of the European art market from Greco-Roman antiquity to the 19th century is on view, featuring loans from institutions such as the Rubenshuis and the Princely Collections of Liechtenstein, including works by Titian, Rembrandt, Klimt, and Monet. Additionally, a show by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos at PM23 presents her monumental, participatory fabric sculpture *Valkyrie Venus*, created with over 200 contributors from Lisbon and Rome. A dedicated Cézanne exhibition at Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland highlights the artist's posthumous reputation, with early collectors like Rudolf Staechelin and Oskar Reinhart. Other notable exhibitions across Europe include Brancusi in Berlin, Brassaï in Stockholm, Canaletto and Bellotto in Vienna, and Hammershøi in Madrid.

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article news schedule Jan 5, 2026 visibility 23 link 17 artists

The eight hotly awaited art-venue openings we are most looking forward to in 2026

The article previews eight major art-venue openings expected in 2026, including the long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island, Cardiff's first contemporary art museum (AMOCA), the V&A East Museum in London, the revived Palais de Danse studio of Barbara Hepworth in St Ives, and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. It also notes the uncertain status of the Museum of West African Art in Benin City amid political disputes. These projects range from vast new museums and subterranean expansions to restored artist studios, many delayed by funding, planning, or construction challenges.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 27, 2025 visibility 19 link 12 artists

3 Art Exhibitions to Enjoy this Winter at the Petit Palais

The Petit Palais in Paris is hosting three winter exhibitions: a retrospective of 18th-century portraitist Jean-Baptiste Greuze (until January 25), a tribute to Finnish landscape painter Pekka Halonen (until February 22), and a solo show of contemporary artist Bilal Hamdad (until February 8). The Greuze exhibition is the first full retrospective dedicated to the artist, featuring around 100 works on loan from major collections. The Halonen show, the first major tribute to the Finnish painter in France, highlights his modernist snowy landscapes. Hamdad’s exhibition presents 20 large-scale paintings exploring urban solitude, drawing inspiration from Old Masters like Rubens and Manet.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 11, 2025 visibility 31 link 23 artists

12 exhibitions to see in France over the Christmas holidays

Numéro magazine presents a curated guide to 12 contemporary art exhibitions across France during the 2025 Christmas holidays. Featured artists include Josèfa Ntjam at the IAC Villeurbanne, Alison Knowles (posthumous retrospective) at MAMC+ Saint-Étienne, Korakrit Arunanondchai at the Consortium in Dijon, Sylvie Fleury at Mrac Occitanie in Sérignan, and Clément Cogitore at Mucem in Marseille, among others. The article provides details on dates, locations, and thematic highlights for each show.

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Did Qatar’s Courbet acquisition short-circuit French export licence process?

Qatar Museums has acquired Gustave Courbet's early self-portrait *Le Désespéré* (1843-45) from a French collector for €50 million, bypassing the standard French export licence process. The Musée d'Orsay revealed the purchase at a private event in October, announcing the painting will be lent to the museum for five years before moving to Qatar's future Art Mill Museum (opening by 2030). The sale was conducted without an export certificate, with the justification that the work will remain in France for most of the time, using temporary export licences for exhibitions in Doha. Critics, including heritage campaigner Julien Lacaze, argue this exemption is being misused, as it was intended for one-off exhibitions, not recurring rotations.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 13, 2025 visibility 25 link 3 artists

Dublin’s Monumental Picasso Exhibition Showcases 60 of the Artist’s Masterpieces

The National Gallery of Ireland, in partnership with the Musée national Picasso-Paris, has opened a major exhibition titled "Picasso: From the Studio," featuring 60 works by Pablo Picasso. The show spans five decades of the artist's career, including Cubist portraits, sculptures, still lifes, and rarely seen pieces, with immersive photographic and audio-visual elements that evoke his creative environments in Avignon and the Côte d'Azur. The exhibition runs until February 22, 2026.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 1, 2025 visibility 19 link 9 artists

Georges de La Tour, once a victim of the academy’s collective amnesia, can be seen in a new light in Paris

The Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris opens a new exhibition, "Georges de La Tour: From Shadow to Light," running from 11 September 2025 to 25 January 2026. This is the first Paris show dedicated to the 17th-century French painter in nearly 30 years, featuring about 20 original works and a dozen studio pieces. The exhibition explores La Tour's working practice and his influence from Caravaggio, highlighting how his oeuvre—now counted at only 48 known works—was rediscovered after centuries of misattribution, thanks largely to German art historian Hermann Voss in 1915.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 8, 2025 visibility 11 link 6 artists

Huge fashion photography archive heads this month’s acquisition round-up

The New York Historical has acquired the vast archive of legendary New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, nearly a decade after his death in 2016. The collection includes tens of thousands of images, negatives, slides, contact sheets, and correspondence documenting Manhattan street style and high-society events over 50 years. Separately, the J. Paul Getty Museum received a gift of 38 Italian manuscript illuminations from T. Robert Burke and Katherine States Burke, doubling its holdings in that area. The Hamburger Kunsthalle purchased René Magritte's painting *Le Palais de Rideaux* (1928) for €2.4 million from a Belgian private collection.

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candle obituary schedule Sep 1, 2025 visibility 16 link 4 artists

Sylvain Amic, ‘open spirited’ head of Musée d'Orsay, has died aged 58

Sylvain Amic, the director of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, has died suddenly at age 58. His death was announced by French Culture Minister Rachida Dati, with President Emmanuel Macron expressing shock. Amic died of natural causes while on holiday in southern France. He had been appointed to lead the museum in 2024, fulfilling a long-held dream, but had not yet completed his main mission of rehanging the collection after renovations.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 24, 2025 visibility 20 link 22 artists

The new era of fashion’s art exhibitions

LACMA's upcoming David Geffen Galleries, opening in 2026, will feature over 130 costumes and textiles in its inaugural installations—more than any other time since the museum opened in 1965. The museum also plans exhibitions such as 'Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity' (with mannequins by Jason Wu) and 'Fashioning Fashion' (1900–2025). Other major fashion exhibitions include 'Virgil Abloh: The Codes' at Paris's Grand Palais, 'Westwood Kawakubo' at the National Gallery of Victoria, and 'Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art' at London's V&A. The article notes that fashion exhibitions are increasingly popular and profitable for museums, citing the Met's Costume Institute and its record-breaking Met Gala fundraising.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 15, 2025 visibility 19 link 8 artists

Avignon becomes artist Jean-Michel Othoniel's gallery in his biggest ever exhibition

French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel has mounted his largest-ever exhibition across the city of Avignon, installing 270 artworks—140 of them new—in 10 locations including the Palais des Papes, city museums, public courtyards, building facades, and the medieval St Bénezet bridge. The show, commissioned to mark Avignon’s 25th anniversary as European Capital of Culture and 30th year as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2025, took nearly six weeks to install and involved a team of hundreds, including glassblowers, metalworkers, gilders, and dancers. Othoniel took the 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch as his thematic starting point, exploring different facets of love across the venues.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 9, 2025 visibility 23 link 13 artists

'The idea is to breathe new life into the space': Didier Fusillier, the president of the newly reopened Grand Palais, on his vision for the Parisian institution

Didier Fusillier, president of the newly reopened Grand Palais in Paris, outlines his vision for the historic venue in an interview. The reopening is marked by 'Grand Palais d’été,' a diverse program in partnership with the Centre Pompidou that includes talks, performances under the 'Fun Palace' banner, exhibitions of Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hultén, Bruno Decharme’s Art Brut collection, contemporary tapestries, and 'Euphoria. Art is in the air.' Fusillier emphasizes a collaborative, eclectic approach, with free public access to new spaces and sponsorship from Chanel.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 19, 2025 visibility 18 link 15 artists

Renewed Bern Kunsthalle works to reframe Switzerland's history

The Kunsthalle Bern has reopened after a year-long transformation led by director iLiana Fokianaki, marked by a new entrance designed by ALIAS architects and a trio of exhibitions by Black artists. The reopening follows a symbolic intervention by Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, who wrapped the building in jute sacks referencing the colonial history of Swiss cocoa extraction in Ghana, echoing Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 1968 wrapping of the same building. The inaugural shows feature solo exhibitions by Melvin Edwards, Tuli Mekondjo, and Tschabalala Self, with Edwards's retrospective traveling from the Fridericianum in Kassel to the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

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