Nuit des Musées 2024: free tour of the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris

Good plan alert! Nuit des Musées is back in Paris and the Île-de-France region this Saturday, May 18, 2024. Every year, this not-to-be-missed cultural event attracts the curious and the passionate with its rich program of free visits, exceptional nocturnes and unusual events. All over the Paris region, museums, castles, monuments and other fine institutions will be taking part, allowing us to discover our heritage in a whole new light.

For fashion enthusiasts, the Nuit des Musées is also an opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of one of France's greatest couturiers. That's right, the Musée Yves Saint-Laurent, located near Alma-Marceau, is taking part in this new edition and has unveiled its program, which you can find below. You'll be able to immerse yourself in the creative process and universe of Yves Saint-Laurent and his famous fashion house, renowned for reinventing the wardrobe of the modern woman. So, what can you expect this Saturday, May 18, 2024? Here's the program!

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The program for Nuit des Musées 2024 at the Musée Yves Saint-Laurent in Paris

• Visit to the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris
  Saturday, May 18, 6:30 p.m.
  

  Visit the exhibition Yves Saint Laurent: Transparences, Le pouvoir des matières.
  Drawing on the power of materials, this exhibition, the second chapter of a narrative begun last summer at the Cité de la dentelle et de la mode in Calais, aims to explore Yves Saint Laurent's eye for the body and nudity revisited. For this second installment, the Parisian museum has invited curator Anne Dressen, as artistic advisor, to take a look at transparency in Yves Saint Laurent's work. The scenography, designed by architect Pauline Marchetti, questions the sensitive dimensions of space.
  Among the forty or so textile pieces presented are iconic creations from the history of the revelation of the female body by Yves Saint Laurent, such as the first topless blouse from Spring-Summer 1968 or the Nude Dress from the following collection, as well as more original pieces, some from the Left Bank SAINT LAURENT collections.
  Several modern and contemporary works - drawings by Anne Bourse, photographs by Man Ray, a film by the Lumière brothers featuring choreography by Loïe Fuller, and a painting by Francis Picabia - also punctuate the exhibition.
  Free admission subject to availability. Last admission at 9:45pm.