An uncommon exhibition is coming to Parisian museums… Although it regularly happens that museums work together to curate an exhibition, it is pretty rare that six of them work hand in hand to provide you with a giant exhibition running in six different venues!
From January 29 to May 15, 2022, the Centre Pompidou, the Louvre, Paris Museum of Modern Art, the Musée d’Orsay, the Musée National Picasso-Paris and the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris present “Yves Saint Laurent in museums”, an exhibition running in the six art institutions in Paris. For the 60th anniversary of the designer’s first fashion show, each museum shines a light on the bonds the designer had with art and French public collections.
On January 29, 1962, at only 26, the young Yves Saint Laurent presented his first own collection. An exceptional show that propelled him straight to the rank of major stylist in the fashion industry. His unique lines and innovations will mark his entire career until 2002.
Models and iconic clothes are displayed in the six museums in Paris, echoing some of the permanent collections. You will then attend an unexpected dialog between the designer’s clothes and classic or contemporary art masterpieces displayed in the museums.
Each institution shines a private light on Yves Saint Laurent’s creative path, his career, his life, his work. the monumental project then enables to shine a light on all the different facets of the designer, while giving pride of place to all forms of art displayed in art institutions in Paris.
Yves Saint Laurent in museums: A modern artist up at the Centre Pompidou
One artist, six museums: discover the fantastic exhibition dedicated to Yves Saint Laurent, running from January 29 to May 16, 2022. The Centre Pompidou shines a light on the eternal youth and modernity of the fashion designer’s creations. [Read more]
Yves Saint Laurent in museums exhibition: a dialog of artists at the Musée national Picasso
He was fascinated by the most famous Spanish painter’s work: Yves Saint Laurent has been widely influenced by Picasso. This is what you can see thanks to the musée national Picasso, from January 29 to April 15, 2022, with the Yves Saint Laurent in museums exhibition. [Read more]
Yves Saint Laurent in museums: a golden artist at the Louvre
The Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon welcomes a few extraordinary creations by Yves Saint Laurent. The famous Parisian museum and five of its peers, invite us to discover the “Yves Saint Laurent in museums” exhibition from January 29 to May 15, 2022. [Read more]
Yves Saint Laurent in museums: designer games to discover at Paris Museum of Modern Art
He used to design “colorful, young, lively and bold fashion”: Yves Saint Laurent is given pride of place from January 29 to May 15, 2022, at Paris Museum of Modern Art. The institution takes part in the huge exhibition curated in six museums in Paris: “Yves Saint Laurent in museums”. [Read more]
Yves Saint Laurent in Museums: his influences unveiled at the Musée d’Orsay
Six Parisian museums curates a huge exhibition deployed in the entire city. The “Yves Saint Laurent in Museums” exhibition is to be enjoyed from January 29 to May 15, 2022, at the Musée d’Orsay: discover Marcel Proust’s influence on the designer’s universe and explore the male/female codes. [Read more]
Yves Saint Laurent in museums: the Musée Yves Saint Laurent unveils his archives
A huge party has been planned in the entire city to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first Yves Saint Laurent show: an exhibition deployed in several museums, giving pride of place to the great fashion designer. From January 29 to September 18, 2022, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent takes us back to the designer’s archives. [Read more]
This huge exhibition scattered through Paris is a unique experience to visitors and enables to go deeper in the artist’s creations and life that has an undeniable influence on today’s fashion industry.
Who is ready for this art event in these six museums in town?
Dates and Opening Time
From January 29, 2022 to May 15, 2022
