The Petit Palais pays tribute to Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of his birth.

A painter of the human spirit, famous for his portraits and genre scenes, Greuze was one of the most important and daring figures of the 18th century. Although he is less well known today, in his own time, he was acclaimed by the public, courted by collectors, and adored by critics, Diderot in particular. He was, however, also utterly singular. A rebellious spirit, he never ceased to reaffirm his creative freedom and the possibility of rethinking painting outside of conventions.

This exhibition allows visitors to rediscover his work through the prism of the theme of childhood, through approximately one hundred works of art, on loan from some of the most important French and international collections, including the Musée du Louvre (Paris), Musée Fabre (Montpellier), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), National Galleries of Scotland (Edinburgh), the Royal Collection (Britain), as well as numerous private collections.

Scientific curators

Annick Lemoine, general curator of Heritage, director of the Petit Palais
Yuriko Jackall, director of the Department of European Art & Allan and Elizabeth Shelden curator of European Paintings, Detroit Institute of Arts
Mickaël Szanto, senior lecturer, Sorbonne University

Petit Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris

Contact: www.petitpalais.paris.fr

The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is presenting, in collaboration with the artist, the most significant exhibition to date of George Condo’s work. A painter, draftsman, and sculptor, Condo has created a distinctive pictorial universe, drawing on a rich visual culture that spans Western art history, from the Old Masters to contemporary practices. Following the museum’s retrospectives on Jean-Michel Basquiat in 2010 and Keith Haring in 2013, both artists with whom Condo shared a close artistic friendship, this exhibition forms the final chapter of a New York trilogy, exploring the emergence of a new generation of painters in the 1980s. Each of these artists contributed in their own way to redefining the medium of painting, a path that Condo, the sole survivor of that decade, has continued to pursue ever since.

Organized in dialogue with the artist, the exhibition revisits more than four decades of Condo’s career, presenting his most emblematic works. Loans from major American and European institutions, including MoMA, the MET, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, alongside private collections, are brought together in Paris for the first time. The exhibition features approximately 80 paintings, 110 drawings – grouped in a dedicated graphic arts space – and around twenty sculptures interspersed throughout the galleries.

Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM
11 avenue du Président Wilson
75116 Paris
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Mitchell is driven by dreams of paradise against the backdrop of history. His images propel a visual narrative of beauty, style, utopia, and the landscape that expands visions of Black life and shows how portraiture can be rooted in the past while evoking imagined futures. Wish This Was Real covers ten years of Mitchell’s dynamic artistic practice in photography, video, and sculpture, demonstrating the influence of the “New Black Vanguard”, the proliferation of images by Black photographers who work across genres of fashion and art. From portraits made in the United States, Europe, and West Africa to his latest prints on fabric and mirrors, he traces photography’s vital role in shaping a visual realm in which refuge and repose are central.

MEP - Maison Européenne de la Photographie
5/7 Rue de Fourcy
75004 Paris

Contact: P : +33 (0)1 44 78 75 00
www.mep-fr.org/en