Tag: Musée d’Orsay

  • Christian Krohg: The People of the North

    A key figure in Norwegian art, the naturalist painter wanted his art to bring social change and produced strikingly modern images

  • Art is in the Street

    This comprehensive show charts the groundbreaking rise of the illustrated poster in 19th-century France, drawing on its rich heritage and highlighting its wide impact on society

  • Gaudí

    Whether you consider him a madman or a genius, there is no doubt that Gaudí was responsible for a slew of incredible buildings in Barcelona. This retrospective, with three rooms devoted to the Sagrada Família alone, aims to aims to…

  • Sophie Calle and her guest Jean-Paul Demoule: The Ghosts of Orsay

    Through photographs, text and objects, Calle weaves a tale about the time she spent staying in room 501 of a derelict hotel, and those who stayed and worked there before her

  • Huysmans, Art Critic: From Degas to Grünewald, in the Eye of Francesco Vezzoli

    A diverting exhibition at Musée d’Orsay explores the influential art criticism of the quintessential decadent writer, helped – and hindered – by the contemporary Italian artist Vezzoli

  • Renoir Father and Son: Painting and Cinema

    An exhibition exploring the shared motifs, subjects and settings of paintings and films by Pierre-August Renoir and his film director son Jean demonstrates how all too often, what in youth we think we want to escape, in adulthood we want…

  • Camille Claudel

    Her legacy has often been dwarfed by her biography – as Rodin’s student and lover, who spent 30 years in a psychiatric institution. But with a new museum in her name, and 11 of her works saved for the French…