At the Louvre, Zaho de Sagazan and (La)Horde in “The Night of Fools”

Mark your calendars! The evening of January 17the Louvre museum will celebrate the closing of its great exhibition “Figures of the madman. From the Middle Ages to the Romantics » with a nocturne exceptional, with a rich program and numerous guests.

From 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., we can take turns applauding a cabaret, take out your notebook when mini-guided toursdance during a balattend a concertlisten to an author tell stories, participate in jeuxhand your face to a professional makeup artist…

Wind of madness on the Louvre

Among the highlights of the evening: the concert of Zaho de Sagazanwhich will electrify the Louvre Pyramid… But also the continuous performance of the famous choreographic collective (LA)HORDEwho came especially from Marseille to invest with his well-known freedom the Cours Marly and Puget! Without forgetting the promising cabaret numbers of the Montmartre troupe Madame Arthur in the underground passages of the medieval Louvre, and the great “Bal macabre” led by the dancer Cécile Theil Mourad on electronic music Birr.

In a quiet mood? It will also be possible to sit down and let yourself be captivated by the art historian and writer Thomas Schlesser (author of Mona’s Eyesed. Albin Michel, 2024), who will tell ten “crazy stories” around the Louvre Museum. Then, we can get moving again and meet speakers scattered around the museum, who will invite visitors to observe fascinating things up close. details of works related to the history of madness.

At the Studio, lottery and crazy makeup!

In the Museum Studio, you can participate in a lotto game hosted by two famous drag artists, Minima Gesté and Miroslav Toi les Mains, before letting yourself be made up by Alex Moro (who will be inspired by the works in the exhibition!), or getting your hands dirty duringcreative workshops with Alaric Chagnard, Alexandre Berthaud and Bruno Kervern. Finally, it will be possible to tryoptical illusion with the manufacture of a thaumatrope, or even to discover a singular performative buffet signed by Hopla studio…

Good to know: nocturnal is included in the access ticket at the museum, and free for those under 26 (reservation remains required). The ticket office will open this December 19 at 3 p.m., and places are likely to sell out at breakneck speed!