Still life in all its splendor... This is the theme of the Musée du Louvre 'sexhibition Les Choses, on view from October 12, 2022 to January 23, 2023. The exhibition retraces the history of the still life, from Antiquity to the 20th century, and pays tribute to art historian Charles Sterling, who organized a major exhibition on the subject in Paris in 1952. It also aims to update the art historian's point of view"by integrating everything that has renewed our perspectives, whether in the history of ancient and contemporary art, or in literature, poetry, philosophy, archaeology, botany or ecology".
Theexhibition is also intended to open"windows onto other cultures that have represented things in majesty", and invites here"contemporary artists who will draw inspiration from their predecessors by modifying our view of the past". A pictorial genre that the museum intends to reconsider"in the light of our growing attachment to things, and to the new relationships being established between the living and the non-living". A true revisiting of the genre"in the perspective of the eternal dialogue between the artists of the present and those of the past", through works by Duchamp, Arcimboldo, Clara Peeters, Louise Moillon, Chardin, Manet, Miró, Zurbarán and De Chirico.
It's an opportunity to rediscover this pictorial genre, whose works abound in museums, and to delve into the life of an art historian too little known to the general public, who helped restore the still life to its rightful place in the pantheon of Cézanne, Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Georges Braques and, more recently, Nicolas McLeod. Shall we take a trip to the Musée du Louvre, my friends?
Dates and Opening Time
From October 12, 2022 to January 23, 2023
Location
Louvre Museum
musée du louvre
75001 Paris 1
Access
Metro Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre
Prices
Tarif sur place (en fonction de l'affluence): €15
Tarif en ligne: €17
Official website
www.louvre.fr
More information
Open Wednesday to Monday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
