It's a real event for the Petit Palais: the museum is hosting its first urban art exhibition from June 12 to November 17, 2024. In collaboration with the Itinerrance gallery, the cultural institution is showcasing the work of street-artists in a large-scale exhibition accessible to all, free of charge.
The We are here exhibition features works by such street-art greats as Seth, Invader, Shepard Fairey, Hush, Swoon, Conor Harrington, D*Face, Inti and others. These urban art greats take up residence in the permanent collections of the Petit Palais, with monumental installations that create a new and unexpected dialogue with the masterpieces on display in the museum.
Street art, paintings, sculptures and traditional objets d'art offer an unusual and curious mix, a clash of generations and cultures that enriches all the works.
Visitors can stroll through the museum's permanent collections to discover the creations of street-artists, before arriving at a large room housing over 200 works. This small "urban art salon" features major street-art artists who have left their mark on their generation and their discipline, both in France and internationally. The diversity of the works on display reveals the richness and inventiveness of this movement.
Inequalities and civil rights, major world events, the quest for identity, protest: the exhibition also highlights the soul of this street art, which has developed from the walls of working-class neighborhoods to the walls of Paris's biggest museums.
Lovers of street-art won't want to miss this original exhibition, on view free of charge at the Petit Palais from summer 2024.
Dates and Opening Time
From June 12th, 2024 to November 17th, 2024
Location
Le Petit Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris 8
Prices
Free
Official website
www.petitpalais.paris.fr
