WHAT’S ONOctober & November PARIS EVENTS


t LIBERATED PARIS, DE SADE’S ARTISTIC LEGACY, BACCARAT’S 250TH, THE KAMA SUTRA RE-EXAMINED & THE CITY’S MESOLITHIC SETTLERS


Words: Sylvia Davis EXHIBITIONS


PARIS LIBERATED, PARIS PHOTOGRAPHED, PARIS EXPOSED Until February 8, 2015


On August 25, 1944 Paris was liberated by General Leclerc’s Second Armoured Division and the Allies. With France and the Allies still battling the Nazis, the Musée Carnavalet began a historical record with a Liberation exhibition which opened that November, to “bring together the documentation essential for future historians”. This fascinating show looks back to that 1944 exhibition. MUSÉE CARNAVALET 16 rue Francs-Bourgeois, Paris 3rd Métro: Saint-Paul, Chemin Vert Open daily 10am-6pm. Closed Mondays. €8


+33 1 44 59 58 58 www.carnavalet.paris.fr


SADE. ATTACKING THE SUN October 14-25


Alphonse Donatien, who’s better known as the Marquis de Sade, transformed the history of literature and art, becoming a veritable legend who inspired a revolution. His work encompassed the ferocity of passion, deviation, extreme behaviours, the weird and the monstrous, and desire as a principle of excess. This exhibition revisits these expressions through works by Goya, Gericault, Ingres, Rops, Rodin and Picasso, among many others. MUSÉE D’ORSAY 5 quai Anatole France, Paris 7th Métro: Solférino


Open daily 9.30am-6pm. Thursdays until 9.45pm. Closed Mondays. €12 (€16 combined with Musée de l’Orangerie) +33 1 40 49 48 14 www.musee-orsay.fr


Jean Séeberger, 28 August 1944, American DCA, Place de Varsovie, 1944


FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT October 8 – January 25, 2015


To mark the 30th anniversary of Truffaut’s death, the Cinémathèque dedicates a major exhibition to the creator of Jules et Jim (1962). In conjunction with a calendar of screenings, this exhibition retraces his life and career through the use of annotated scripts, letters, notebooks and photos. LA CINÉMATHÈQUE FRANÇAISE 51 rue de Bercy, Paris 12th Métro: Bercy


Open daily 12pm-7pm. Thursdays until 10pm. Closed Tuesdays. €11


+33 1 71 19 33 33 www.cinematheque.fr


DESIGNS OF STUDIO GHIBLI October 4 – March 1, 2015


To grasp the extent of the creative genius of Studio Ghibli’s Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki – the


creators of such film masterpieces as My Neighbour Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies, Spirited Away, Ponyo, and The Wind Rises – this exhibition presents nearly 30 years of drawings, totalling some 1,300 original layouts. ART LUDIQUE-LE MUSÉE Cité de la Mode et du Design 34 quai d’Austerlitz, Paris 13th Métro: Gare d’Austerlitz , Quai de la Gare Open daily 11am-7pm. Wednesdays & Thursdays 11am-10pm. Saturdays & Sundays 10am-10pm. Closed Tuesdays. €15


+33 1 42 77 51 05 www.artludique.com


BACCARAT: THE LEGEND OF CRYSTAL


October 15 – January 4, 2015


Celebrating the 250th birthday of the world’s most illustrious crystal makers, this retrospective reunites Baccarat masterpieces from


throughout the company’s history. Exceptional monumental works of art share space with statement tableware and bespoke pieces created for kings, tsars, emperors and maharajas. PETIT PALAIS – CITY OF PARIS FINE ART MUSEUM Avenue Winston Churchill, Paris 8th Métro: Champs-Élysées-Clemenceau Open daily 10am-6pm. Closed Mondays. €11 (admission to the permanent collections is free) +33 1 53 43 40 00 www.petitpalais.paris.fr


CHINA AT VERSAILLES, ART AND DIPLOMACY IN THE 18TH CENTURY Until October 26


Organized to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between France and China, this exhibition follows the history of political and artistic exchanges between the two countries during the 18th century. Approximately 150 paintings, furniture, lacquerware, porcelains and tapestries are used to illustrate French society’s interest for Chinese artistic production since the reign of Louis XIV. CHÂTEAU DE VERSAILLES Place d’Armes, Versailles Open daily 9am- 5.30pm. €15


+33 1 30 83 78 00 www.chateauversailles.fr


TATOOISTS, TATTOOED Until October 18, 2015


In so-called ‘primitive’ societies, the art of tattooing possesses a social, religious and mystical role and often accompanies rites of passage. Conversely, in western culture, tattoos have long been seen as a mark of infamy, criminality and a circus attraction.


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IMAGE: © MUSÉE CARNAVALET/PARISIENNE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE


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