L'Origine du monde will disappear from the corridors of the Musée d'Orsay. Rest assured, this absence is only temporary! Gustave Courbet's famous painting, painted in 1866 and exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay since 1995, will be on loan to the Centre Pompidou-Metz.
The Metz museum will host the work within its walls as part of the exhibition"Lacan: Quand l'artiste précède le psychanalyste", from November 18, 2023 to April 15, 2024. He will leave Paris a few weeks beforehand, and should return before the summer of 2024. The exhibition will trace Lacan's relationship with art. The psychoanalyst was the last owner of L'Origine du monde.
This is not the only painting that the Musée d'Orsay is lending to the Centre Pompidou-Metz.Auguste Renoir 's Danse à la ville will also leave the 7th arrondissement of Paris to enrich the exhibition"Suzanne Valadon. Un monde à soi", from April 15 to September 11, 2023.
But don't worry, there's plenty more to see!
Munch Ball: the Musée d’Orsay and the Nuits Sonores festival have us dance surrounded by works
An exceptional night expects you at the Musée d’Orsay: on January 21, 2023, come and dance and have fun at the Munch Ball, a fun event celebrating the Edvard Munch exhibition. [Read more]
The Musée d’Orsay invites art fans to come from September 20, 2022 to January 20, 2023, and discover an exhibition focusing on work by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, called “Edvard Munch, A Poem of Life, Love and Death”. [Read more]
Dates and Opening Time
From November 18th, 2023 to April 15th, 2024
Location
Musée d'Orsay
62 rue de Lille
75007 Paris 7
Munch Ball: the Musée d’Orsay and the Nuits Sonores festival have us dance surrounded by works
Edvard Munch. A Poem of Life, Love and Death exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay - Our pictures
