The Louvre is dedicating a major exhibition to the Carracci drawings, reconstructing the creative process that led to the creation of the famous Galleria Farnese in Rome, frescoed by Annibale Carracci with the collaboration of his brother Agostino and their circle of students. Through a selection of sketches, studies, and preparatory cartoons of exceptional quality, the exhibition offers the opportunity to observe the creation of one of the absolute masterpieces of Baroque painting. Installed in the Mezzanine Napoléon room, the exhibition leads the visitor into the artist's studio, revealing the evolution of the project from the first sketch to the final composition. The drawings trace the journey from the rapidity of the initial stroke to anatomical studies and posing tests, up to the full-scale cartoons that anticipate the frescoes on the vault and in the Camerino. The exhibition testifies to the complexity of a collective process, in which drawing becomes a tool for invention, technical coordination, and dialogue with the client. The exhibition portrays an ambitious and self-aware Annibale Carracci, capable of blending Renaissance teachings with a new narrative energy. At thirty-four, the painter led a monumental undertaking that would shape the evolution of European decoration for over two centuries. The relationship between idea and form, between project and fresco, demonstrates the strength of a conception of art as an intellectual and collective endeavor, which finds its first and purest expression in drawing.
From October 15, 2025, to February 1, 2026, the Philharmonie de Paris explores Kandinsky’s bond with music. Paintings, watercolors, and documents interact with scores and sound installations. An immersive journey reveals how music inspired the birth of abstraction.
The Musée des Arts décoratifs marks the centenary of the 1925 Exposition with an extensive survey tracing the origins, evolution and legacy of Art Deco. One thousand works, from furniture and glass to fashion and design, illustrate a movement that fused craftsmanship and industry, modernity and luxury.
The exhibition revisits Walter De Maria’s work through sequences, geometries and perceptions that turn space into a physical experience. Sculptures, films and drawings reveal an artist far more complex than his customary association with Land Art suggests.
The Musée d’Orsay presents an exhibition on Renoir as a draftsman, featuring around one hundred works on paper from international collections. From his academic training to his later years, the show reveals the central role of drawing and red chalk in the creative process of the Impressionist Master.
