Grégoire Bouillier, author of Orangerie syndrome (Flammarion), invites its readers to explore the mystery of the famous Water lilies by Claude Monet, exhibited at the Musée de l’Orangerie.
In this work, selected for the Castel, Renaudot and Le Monde 2024 prizes, the latter expresses a strange sensation in the face of these works: an underlying melancholy which reveals a mysterious side of the artist. Nevertheless, a controversy surrounds the writer, recently accused, at least, of great inspiration, by Michel Bernard.
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The show will also look at 1970s cinema with The Serpent’s Crown (Éditions de l’Observatoire) by Guillaume Perilhou. This book looks back on the making of the film Death in Venice by Luchino Visconti, and on the choice of Björn Andrésen, a Swedish teenager, to play young Tadzio. This role will mark his life, and the world which will crown him “most beautiful boy in the world”.
His physique has inspired many artists, notably in Japan for the Shojos. Part of the selection for several literary distinctions, including the Prix Femina and the Prix Méduse 2024, Guillaume Perilhou offers a reflection on the weight of artistic and human expectations.
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