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The Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Musée du Quai Branly…: 5 Paris museums listed as the best in France

Which place will be named best museum, best landmark or most remarkable venue in France this year? While waiting to discover the winners this November 10, the Tiqets website – behind this contest – shares the nominees of the 2021 edition. And at least 5 museums in Paris are listed. Here they are.
Enfin le cinéma !, nos photos de l'exposition sur l'apparition du 7e art au Musée d'OrsayEnfin le cinéma !, nos photos de l'exposition sur l'apparition du 7e art au Musée d'OrsayEnfin le cinéma !, nos photos de l'exposition sur l'apparition du 7e art au Musée d'OrsayEnfin le cinéma !, nos photos de l'exposition sur l'apparition du 7e art au Musée d'Orsay

Cinema at last, our photos of the exhibition on the emergence of the 7th art at the Musée d'Orsay

The Lumière brothers gave birth to cinema in 1895. Two centuries later, the Musée d'Orsay looks back at the genesis of this invention that changed art and fashion forever. The Enfin le cinéma! exhibition runs from September 28, 2021 to January 16, 2022.
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Artificialis, the exhibition by Laurent Grasso at the Musée d'Orsay

Laurent Grasso invests the Musée d'Orsay with a new film to be seen from May 19 to July 18, 2021, as part of the exhibition The Origins of the World. The film presents a mass of images of the world in hyper acceleration, in a moment of "paroxysmal hybridization of humans and non-humans".
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Girault de Prangey, photographe, exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay - new dates

The Musée d'Orsay invites you to discover its new exhibition, Girault de Prangey, photographe, from May 19 to July 11, 2021. A retrospective on the career of one of the major figures in the early days of photography in France.
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Modernités suisses, the Musée d'Orsay exhibition - new dates

Swiss modernism from 1890 to 1914 is on show at the Musée d'Orsay this spring. From May 19 to July 25, 2021, the museum presents a selection of 70 paintings by painters of the Swiss avant-garde, including Cuno Amiet, Giovanni Giacometti, Felix Vallotton and Max Buri. Little known in France, they were part of the European avant-garde.
Exposition Les origines du monde au siècle de Darwin au Musée d'Orsay, nouvelles datesExposition Les origines du monde au siècle de Darwin au Musée d'Orsay, nouvelles datesExposition Les origines du monde au siècle de Darwin au Musée d'Orsay, nouvelles datesExposition Les origines du monde au siècle de Darwin au Musée d'Orsay, nouvelles dates

The origins of the world exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay - new dates

The Musée d'Orsay is devoting a major exhibition to the Origins of the World and the Invention of Nature in Darwin's Century. This exhibition, at the crossroads of science and art, will revisit this historic upheaval of the 19th century. The exhibition will run from May 19 to July 18, 2021.
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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.