“Surrealism”: for its centenary, a re-examination of the movement
Tracing more than forty years of exceptional creative effervescence, from 1924 to 1969, the exhibition “Surrealism” celebrates the anniversary of the movement, born with the publication of the Manifesto of Surrealism by André Breton.
Set up by curators Marie Sarrée and Didier Ottinger, with scenography by Corinne Marchand, the exhibition aims to restore the surrealist artistic movement to its former glory and remind visitors of the global reach of its thinking and its main themes, some of which are still very contemporary.
Critics’ opinions:
The exhibition made a great impression on critics.
Sally Bonn describes the exhibition as an interweaving of times, places and arts.What makes the exhibition exciting is also that it restores a desire for creation in this kind of vital energy, the very heart of surrealist thought.“, she explains. The criticism also highlights the return to honor of women in the surrealist movement, they who held a central place, both iconographic and creative.
“It is an important exhibition, for beginners and experts alike.” completes Stéphane Corréard. “You can discover many artists there, there is a real search for masterpieces (Magritte, Dali, etc.) and no facility in the choice of works. Some juxtapositions are dazzling“.
An exhibition “of lively and contemporary relevance“which seeks to repair the truncated historiography of surrealism, by putting women back in their place as creators.
The exhibition is open to the public until January 13, 2025, at the Pompidou Center. A catalog of the exhibition has been published by the Pompidou Center. It is available for sale on the center’s website and can be found directly on site.
“The Borghese Gallery”: Italy’s great names set up shop in Paris
For its reopening exhibition after more than a year of work undertaken under the direction of the Institut de France, owner of the museum, the Jacquemart-André Museum is presenting around forty masterpieces from the famous Borghese Gallery in Rome.
This exceptional partnership between the two institutions offers the public a unique opportunity to admire in Paris a collection of major works by famous artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods rarely loaned abroad, from Caravaggio to Rubens, including Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Veronese, Antonello da Messina and Bernini.
Critics’ opinions:
For the exhibition at the Jacquemart Andrée museum, the critics are less unanimous. Stéphane Corréard is more mixed than Sally Bonn.
The cramped space made it difficult for him to appreciate the works at their true value.”This exhibition is an Ep(h)adhe said maliciously, a public establishment of hidden art“. “The scenography somewhat blurs the view of the paintings.” However, he admits that some of the works presented – including Bernini’s paintings – are sublime.But, through this collectionexplains the critic, It is also Scipione Borghese himself that we meet. Most of the paintings are based on extremely strong contrasts, something jarring that reveals his taste for violence.“
Sally Bonn is more enthusiastic”We first see extraordinary works, but also how an eye is formed, that of Scipio, aesthete and rogue. There is a relationship to the body that is drawn throughout the exhibition, but also a form of latent eroticism.” She ends with a description of certain works – including the reproduction of Leda by Leonardo da Vinci – which are of “incredible intensity“.
The exhibition, designed by Dr. Francesca Cappelletti and Pierre Curie, is open to the public until January 5, 2025, at the Jacquemart André Museum. The exhibition catalog is published by Fond Mercator, available for sale in the museum bookstore and via the website of the Jacquemart André bookstore-boutique.
Sound clips:
- excerpt from the voice of André Breton recreated by Ircam for the exhibition “ SURREALISM » at the Pompidou Center
- excerpt from an Instagram video by Arielle Dombasle: “ In the rain, I run to see the Borghese collection »
