Art Brut works, often created on the fringes of society and discovered by chance or through people close to the artists, are today a fundamental part of art history. For 45 years, collector Bruno Decharme has been collecting these creations born outside the official art world. The exhibition Art Brut. In the Intimacy of a Collection at the Centre Pompidou presents over 300 works from his donation to the Musée National d’Art Moderne. Organized like a puzzle, the exhibition explores the variety of themes and perspectives of Art Brut, revealing the incredible creative force of the human spirit outside of convention.
A major exhibition at the Louvre brings Michelangelo and Auguste Rodin into dialogue, two sculptors separated by three centuries but united by a shared vision of sculpture as the energy of the human body.
Inventor of the mobile, Alexander Calder transformed sculpture into a system of balanced forces, suspended between lightness and rigor. The major Paris exhibition retraces his entire career, focusing on the relationship between movement, space and perception.
Philip Glass’s Satyagraha returns to the Opéra National de Paris as an opera that turns listening into an experience of thought. Far from traditional melodrama, its minimalist score reflects on time, perseverance and non-violent resistance inspired by Gandhi. A work whose resonance feels particularly strong today.
The first major retrospective in Paris dedicated to Henry Taylor. Around one hundred works showcase the American artist's painting, built around portraiture and the depiction of everyday life, intertwining personal memory, African-American history, and a dialogue with modern tradition.
