The Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days) return for the weekend of September 21, 2024 in Paris and the Île-de-France region. Every year, this European cultural event invites us to enjoy a wide range of activities, often free of charge, at the heart of the most beautiful museums, monuments and châteaux. It's a unique way to discover our heritage!
Heritage Days 2024 is also an opportunity to discover exceptional places that are rarely accessible to the general public. Such is the case of theÉcole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris, an emblematic institution dedicated to art education. Normally, only students have access to the school. But during the Journées du Patrimoine, the Beaux-Arts open their doors to you, and you can visit this superb building listed as a historic monument. You won't want to miss it!
From thehemicycle d'honneur painted by Paul Delaroche, to the Augustins chapel, the Palais des études and its glass courtyard, and the library, this two-hectare site in the heart of Paris is a condensed version of the architectural and artistic history of the last 200 years.
The Beaux-Arts de Paris open the doors of their listed buildings.
The staff of the Beaux-Arts de Paris guide you for an hour into the heart of one of the oldest art schools in the world. Immerse yourself in the life of the school and rediscover the history of art, architectural heritage and great history.
Relive the history of art in the Chapelle, the oldest building of the Beaux-Arts de Paris, built in the early 17th century for the Petits-Augustins convent, founded by Marguerite de Valois (Queen Margot).
In 1795, curator Alexandre Lenoir opened the Musée des Monuments Français, the first museum devoted to French art, and brought together architectural and sculptural elements from the country's finest buildings. When the museum closed in 1816, the premises were given over to the École des Beaux-Arts for the training of young artists.
The interior houses original sculptures from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 400 casts of French and Italian works, some of them famous: The Colleone, an equestrian statue by Verrocchio and Leopardi, the original of which is installed in Piazza San Giovanni e San Paolo in Venice...
A collection of painted copies of masterpieces of Italian painting completes the ensemble, the highlight of which is the Last Judgment, commissioned in 1833 from Xavier Sigalon, a copy of Michelangelo's famous work in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Chapel became a grammar of forms and techniques for students, who practiced drawing intensively. Still at the heart of the École's artistic creation today, the Chapelle hosts concerts, exhibitions, performances and exhibitions, as well as the Nouvelle Académie des Beaux-Arts (NABA), which offers courses to art lovers throughout the year.
Guided tours also take in the Cour du mûrier, the Cour d'Honneur, the Palais des études and its glassed-in courtyard, and the Amphithéâtre d'Honneur.
The Beaux-Arts de Paris open the doors of their listed buildings, usually closed to the public.
The Beaux-Arts de Paris, heir to the Royal Academies of Painting and Sculpture, is at once a place of artistic training and experimentation, an exhibition and conservation center for historical and contemporary collections, and a publishing house. Set in an exceptional two-hectare site in the heart of Paris, just a stone's throw from Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the establishment boasts a condensed architectural heritage, from the 17th-century Petits-Augustins chapel to the 20th-century Auguste Perret building.
On the second floor of the Palais des Études, in 1863, Duban transformed the main gallery, lit by eleven large arched windows, into a library - remarkable for the fifteen painted Morceaux de réception from the 17th and 18th centuries on display - for which he designed the shelving, furniture and fixtures. With 65,640 documents in all media (including 51,396 books), excluding periodicals, the library is one of France's leading libraries dedicated to contemporary art. It offers up-to-date documentation on creation and its context - Western and non-Western art history, human and social sciences - to support students in their training and artistic projects.
The Cours d'Honneur, Bonaparte and du Mûrier, as well as the Chapelle des Petits-Augustins, the Amphithéâtre d'Honneur, the Palais des Études and its glass courtyard will also be open to visitors.
The Beaux-Arts de Paris open the doors of their listed buildings.
Rediscover the history of art with an introduction to the collections of the Beaux-Arts de Paris through the prism of the women artists who have marked the life of the School.
Lecture by Hélène Gasnault, curator in charge of the drawings collection, and Alice Thomine-Berrada, head of the collections department, curator in charge of the paintings, sculptures and objects collection.
Amphithéâtre des Loges, access subject to availability.
The Beaux-Arts de Paris, heir to the Royal Academies of Painting and Sculpture, is at once a place of artistic training and experimentation, an exhibition and conservation center for historical and contemporary collections, and a publishing house. Set in an exceptional two-hectare site in the heart of Paris, just a stone's throw from Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the establishment boasts a condensed architectural heritage, from the 17th-century Augustin Chapel to the 20th-century Auguste Perret building.
From the 19th century to May 68, from academicism to the avant-garde, the Beaux-Arts de Paris have been witnesses and players of their time for 200 years.
Dates and Opening Time
On September 21, 2024
Location
Beaux-Arts de Paris
14 Rue Bonaparte
75006 Paris 6
Prices
Free
Official website
www.beauxartsparis.fr
