Paris - Finestre sull'Arte

An exhibition at the Louvre on the preparatory drawings for the Farnese Gallery frescoes

The Musée du Louvre ideally "transfers" the Galleria Farnese in Rome to Paris through a selection of preparatory drawings that will reconstruct its complexity, on the occasion of the exhibition The Carracci Drawings. The Making of the Farnese ...
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The Grand Palais in Paris hosts four days of events dedicated to art brut

From September 18-21, 2025, the Grand Palais in Paris will be the center of a multifaceted cultural program dedicated toart brut. For four days, the Salon Alexandre III and the Auditorium Alexandre III will host the Art Brut Festival, an event that c...
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At the National Gallery in London an exhibition on Jean-François Millet. On loan from Paris The Angelus

From August 7 to October 19, 2025, the National Gallery in London, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Jean-François Millet's death, presents the exhibition Millet: Life on the Land, curated by Sarah Herring. This is the first major ex...
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The National Gallery in London dedicates a major exhibition to Renoir after 20 years. It will also be in Paris and Boston

From Oct. 3, 2026 to Jan. 31, 2027, the National Gallery in London will host a major exhibition devoted to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, which aims to be the largest in the United Kingdom devoted to the French Impressionist in the past two decades. Renoir ...
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The storming of the Bastille in art: what happened on July 14, 1789?

Imagine a crowd of Parisians on July 14, 1789 as they stormed the Bastille, a now almost disused prison. We then think of all that followed that event, which represented the ultimate breaking point between the people and the absolute monarchy, beginn...
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A museum dedicated to the artist who designed subway entrances is born in Paris

Paris will soon have a new museum entirely dedicated to Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867-New York, 1942), the French architect and designer known for designing the city's unmistakable Art Nouveau metro entrances. The museum will be housed in theHôtel...
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A major exhibition at the Louvre on Jacques-Louis David, the painter of the revolution and Napoleon

In Paris, the Louvre is planning a major exhibition devoted to Jacques-Louis David (Paris, 1748-Brussels, 1825), a great painter associated with the Neoclassical movement, the leading one in Napoleonic France. Curated by Sébastien Allard, Gene...
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Paris, even the Eiffel Tower closes due to extreme heat

The violent heat wave sweeping across Europe has also led to the closing of the Eiffel Tower: in Paris, where temperatures will touch 40 degrees this afternoon (and already yesterday was the hottest day France has ever recorded in its history in June...
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