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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 11, 2026

Javier Silva Meinel, a Reflected Reality

Javier Silva Meinel, un réel réfléchi

The Maison de l'Amérique latine in Paris presents the first institutional solo exhibition in France of Peruvian photographer Javier Silva Meinel (b. 1949). The show, curated by Alejandro León Cannock and organized in association with Galerie Younique, features a thematic selection of Silva Meinel's work spanning over forty years, including portraits, self-portraits, and images of street theater, rituals, and landscapes. The exhibition highlights the artist's constructed, poetic approach to photography, where reality and fable intertwine, and pays special attention to his use of the traditional studio backdrop as a conceptual device.

museum exhibitions schedule May 26, 2026

Three Centuries of French Explorations

Trois siècles d’explorations françaises

The Musée de l’armée in Paris presents the exhibition "Explorations : une affaire d’État ?" covering 300 years of French exploration from the 18th to the 21st century. The show brings together artworks, maps, archives, and scientific objects to trace how state power, the military, and science intersected in expeditions from Bougainville’s 1766-1769 circumnavigation to contemporary space and deep-sea missions. It includes a film by artist Thibault Brunet created with researchers using the game Minecraft Explorers, imagining a new scientific exploration.

museum exhibitions schedule May 26, 2026

All William Klein in Your Pocket

Tout William Klein en poche

The French art magazine *L'ŒIL* reports on the reissue of a *Photo Poche* monograph dedicated to William Klein (1926-2022), timed to coincide with the photographer and filmmaker's retrospective planned for the 2026 Rencontres de la photographie d'Arles. The new edition, written by Jacques Damez and published by Actes Sud, features 86 photographs across 144 pages, covering Klein's full artistic journey from his early abstract compositions to his painted contacts. The text combines Klein's career trajectory, technical aspects of his work, and a fully revised biography.

article culture schedule May 26, 2026

From an Artist to His Dealer

D’un artiste à son marchand

A new book titled "Miró-Loeb. Correspondance. 1926-1936" has been published by Éditions Norma, presenting the previously unpublished correspondence between Spanish painter Joan Miró and his Parisian dealer Pierre Loeb from 1926 to 1936. The volume includes photographs, reproductions of artworks, an illustrated record of Miró's exhibitions at Galerie Pierre, a prologue by art historian Joan Punyet Miró (the artist's grandson), and contributions from Albert Loeb (Pierre's son) and Sonia Loeb (his granddaughter), contextualizing a decade of exchanges amid cultural ferment and rising tensions. The book also features sparser letters from 1945 until Loeb's death in 1963, tracing the evolution of their relationship.

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 30, 2026

Lee Miller in Wide Angle

Lee Miller en grand angle

The Musée d'Art moderne de Paris (MAM) has opened a major retrospective of photographer Lee Miller (1907-1977), featuring nearly 250 prints—many vintage and previously unseen. The exhibition originated at Tate Britain, where it drew over 250,000 visitors, and was co-organized with MAM and the Art Institute of Chicago. Curated by Michal Goldschmidt (former Tate Britain curator) and Fanny Schulmann of MAM, with new research led by Hilary Floe, the show emphasizes Miller's ties to Paris, her technical mastery, and her wartime reporting, including contact sheets from Dachau and Buchenwald never before shown in France.

person people schedule Apr 22, 2026

Anne-Claire Legendre: 'Restoring serenity and transparency to the institution'

Anne-Claire Legendre : « Redonner de la sérénité et de la transparence à l’institution »

Anne-Claire Legendre has been appointed to succeed Jack Lang as president of the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) in Paris. A French diplomat, Legendre aims to restore confidence in the institution through governance reform, increased transparency, and a new strategic plan following an external financial audit.

article policy schedule Apr 16, 2026

The Nicéphore-Niépce Museum is Standing Still

Le Musée Nicéphore-Niépce fait du surplace

The Musée Nicéphore-Niépce in Chalon-sur-Saône remains in a state of stagnation as long-promised modernization plans continue to stall. Despite over twenty-five years of proposals for a new facility or a "Cité de l'image," the project has become a political "sea serpent," hampered by budget cuts, staff reductions, and shifting municipal priorities. Most recently, the city declined to renew the contract of Fannie Escoulen, a former Ministry of Culture official hired to steer the project, further signaling a lack of progress.