Musée d'orsay

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The Musée d’Orsay to be renamed after Valéry Giscard d’Estaing

The Ministry of Culture announced in this Monday March 29: the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie are now renamed after former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing. Roselyne Bachelot wishes to pay tribute to a “man of culture, fascinated by art and literature from the 19th century”.
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Museums suffer from this extended lockdown

“It’s heartbreaking, these exhibitions will not meet the public again” Musée d’Orsay president Laurence des Cars deplores. As they must stay closed at least until January 7, 2021, museums are going out of their ways to make sure their programs will survive the Covid-19 epidemic.
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Léon Spilliaert, the exhibition between light and solitude at the Musée d'Orsay - closed

The Musée d'Orsay pays tribute to the painter Léon Spilliaert with the exhibition "Lumière et solitude", from October 13, 2020 to January 10, 2021. More than 90 works highlight the artist's distinctive style, at the frontier of different pictorial currents. The exhibition remains closed until further notice.
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Aubrey Beardsley, the exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay - closed

The Musée d'Orsay pays tribute to Aubrey Beardsley, the English draughtsman and illustrator. The exhibition, on view from October 13, 2020 to January 10, 2021, features original drawings shown for the first time in France. Around a hundred works await you in this unprecedented retrospective. The exhibition is closed until further notice.
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Prior to the reopening of the Musée d'Orsay, work in the collections

At the Musée d'Orsay, work took place during the second lockdown. Rearranging rooms, painting, cleaning works, installing the exhibition Les Origines du Monde (The Origins of the World), the museum dedicated to Impressionism took advantage of this time without the public to give itself a facelift. To be seen from December 15, 2020.
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Coronavirus: the Musée d’Orsay shuts down until further notice

Due to the Coronavirus epidemic, the Musée d’Orsay has announced it will be closed starting Friday October 30, 2020 and until further notice.
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James Tissot, the Musée d'Orsay exhibition: our photos

To mark its reopening after the coronavirus crisis, the Musée d'Orsay is staging a brand-new exhibition focusing on James Tissot. Originally scheduled to open on March 24, from June 23 to September 13, 2020, the exhibition plunges us into the daily life of 19th-century high society. Discover details of the life of an artist with a strong attachment to French and English society!
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Coronavirus: the Musée d’Orsay regulates its entries

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and in compliance with the ban of any public gathering of over 1000 people inside and outside, the Musée d’Orsay is regulating its entries starting now. Despite restricted access, make the best of it to discover the very beautiful and currently running exhibition, The land of monsters.
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Degas at the Opera, the Musée d'Orsay exhibition - photos

Degas at the Opera, the exhibition on view at the Musée d'Orsay from September 24, 2019 to January 19, 2020, takes us into "his own bedroom", on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the Paris Opera. It has to be said that Edgar Degas was fascinated by the Opera and loved to paint the life of this universe!
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Huysmans, from Degas to Grünewald, the Musée d'Orsay exhibition

The Musée d'Orsay presents the exhibition "Huysmans, de Degas à Grünewald. Sous le regard de Francesco Vezzoli", from November 26, 2019 to March 1, 2020. Whether you're passionate about art or literature, this exhibition aims to touch and impress you.
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Berthe Morisot, the exhibition at Paris Musée d’Orsay

From June 18 to September 22, 2019 the Musée d’Orsay devotes an exhibition to Berthe Morisot. Through 60 paintings, we discover the exceptional career of this impressionist painter.
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June 2019's best exhibitions in Paris

Summer exhibitions are coming to Paris! In June 2019, museums display their beautiful exhibitions, gardens welcome contemporary artists and museums are the best places to hang out on hot June 2019 days...
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Sérusier's Talisman exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay: extensions

The Musée d'Orsay is devoting an exhibition to Sérusier's Talisman, the painting that became the icon of the Nabis. This landscape with its simplified forms is a "prophecy of color", and is to be rediscovered at the Musée d'Orsay from January 29 to June 2, 2019.
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Black Models: from Gericault to Matisse at the Musée d’Orsay, our pictures

From March 26 to July 21, 2019 Black Models are displayed at the Musée d’Orsay with an exhibition aiming at being historic. Over 100 works return on the representation of black figures in visual arts, from the abolition of slavery in France (1794) to nowadays.
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Renoir Père et Fils, painting and cinema at the Musée d'Orsay

The Musée d'Orsay is devoting an exhibition to the Renoir family and their art, entitled Renoir Père et Fils, from November 6, 2018 to January 28, 2019. Auguste Renoir, renowned painter, and Jean Renoir, director, a father and son, often dialogued like two artists debating their art! A multidisciplinary retrospective that delves into their respective fields, intelligently responding to each other.
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Museums and monuments closed in Paris this December 15, 2018

Some museums in Paris are closing this Saturday December 15, 2018 – for safety reasons. So, before you go out to enjoy beautiful art collections and temporary exhibitions in Paris, check if the museum you want to visit is closed or open!
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Orsay seen by Julian Schnabel, the Musée d'Orsay exhibition

The Musée d'Orsay invites American artist Julian Schnabel to his own reading of the museum's collections, through an exhibition of some of the institution's pieces and his works. Entitled Orsay vu par Julian Schnabel, it runs from October 10, 2018 to January 13, 2019.
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Picasso. Blue and Rose, the exhibition at Paris Musée d’Orsay: pictures

From September 18, 2018 to January 6, 2019, the Musée d’Orsay will dedicate an exhibition to Pablo Picasso. Picasso. Blue and Rose, will return on 6 crucial years in the art of Pablo Picasso, these years of blues followed by joy known as the periods of blue and rose, as a nod to the main colors of his works!
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En couleurs, the polychrome sculpture exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay

Discover sculptures in color at the Musée d'Orsay, from June 12 to September 9, 2018. In a beautiful exhibition, the Musée d'Orsay highlights the work of certain artists who applied color to a medium often left the white of marble in the 19th century.
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Fête de la Musique 2018: a curious nocturne at the Musée d'Orsay

The Musée d'Orsay celebrates the Fête de la Musique and the summer solstice with not-to-be-missed concerts all evening on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Please note that admission to the museum remains paying, except for those under 26!