Published on 02/11/2024 22:26
Updated on 02/11/2024 22:36
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Musée du Petit Palais: behind the scenes of a historic exhibition
The Petit Palais in Paris is preparing to open a flagship exhibition in a few days. 97 works from all over the world but never brought together. They are all signed by the artist José de Ribera, a 17th century Baroque painter.
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The Petit Palais in Paris is preparing to open a flagship exhibition in a few days. 97 works from all over the world but never brought together. They are all signed by the artist José de Ribera, a 17th century Baroque painter.
A work is handled with the greatest care from one piece to another. It is then carefully unpacked in a delicate operation. Paintings by the painter José de Ribera, Caravaggio’s terrible heir, arrive from the Louvre and Budapest (Hungary).
Annick Lemoine, the exhibition curator, inspects them down to the smallest detail. To bring together all these paintings, it took months of research and negotiations, in particular to convince major museums or meet private collectors. The exhibition curator traveled the world to make this exhibition possible.
To convince the various players in the art world, Annick Lemoine presents a research project, the story she wants to tell through the exhibition. “It will be the first time worldwide that the two periods of José Ribera will be presented, both the Roman period and the Neapolitan period”explains the curator of the exhibition. It took three years to put together this one of the most anticipated events at the Petit Palais.
Watch the full report in the video above
