Past exhibitions

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Fashion Icons – Masterpieces from the collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs Adelaide, Australia - October 25, 2014 – February 15, 2015 The Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide (AGSA), home to a magnificent collection of Australian and international art, hosts a regular program of exhibitions from some of the world’s most prestigious museums and galleries (the Tate Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum, etc). From October 25, 2014 to February 15, 2015, it has presented an exclusive exhibition specially designed by (...)
La Belle Époque de Jules Chéret – De l’affiche au décor Albi - 29 September to 31 December 2012 Former residence of the archbishops whose construction began in the 13^th century, the Palais de la Berbie is situated in the very heart of the city’s historical centre of Albi. The Toulouse-Lautrec galleries were inaugurated at the Palais de la Berbie in 1922 with the help of an exceptional bequest from the Count and Countess of Toulouse-Lautrec. Besides, the museum keeps archeological, (...)
La Belle Époque de Jules Chéret – De l’affiche au décor Ixelles, Belgium - 1 March to 20 May 2012 The Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels, founded in 1892 as a result of an important legacy of art objects from the painter-cum-collector Edmond de Pratere (1826–1888) and from the Brussels lawyer Octave Maus (1856–1919), posseses a collection of paintings and posters nearly 13,000 strong, the oldest pieces dating back to the 14^th century. Enlightened management soon enabled the museum to make a name for (...)
Jules Chéret (1836-1932) Künstler der Belle Époque und Pionier der Plakatkunst / La Belle Époque de Jules Chéret – De l’affiche au décor Munich, Germany - 10 November 2011 to 5 February 2012 The Museum Villa Stuck in Munich, former residence and studio of the Symbolist and Expressionnist artist Franz von Stuck (1863-1928), was restored to its former glory after seven years of major renovation work, from 1998 to 2005. It now holds regular exhibitions of the art of the Belle Epoque, as well as of modern and contemporary art. Jules Chéret and the Belle Epoque – from posters to decor (...)
Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties New York, USA - January 26, 2011 – April 17, 2011 This exhibition was on display at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York, from 26 January to 17 April 2011. It was organised in collaboration with Les Arts Décoratifs and regrouped nearly 170 Chinese cloisonné enamels from the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) to the end of the Manchu Qing dynasty (1644-1912). Half of these pieces came from the (...)
Toulouse-Lautrec, mojster plakata / Toulouse-Lautrec, Maître de l’affiche Ljubljana, Slovenia - March 17, 2011 – August 25, 2011 Toulouse-Lautrec, Master of the Poster was shown at the Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s main cultural institution, from 17 March to 25 August 2011. It was a continuation of the exhibition Hommages to Toulouse-Lautrec, poster designer originally held at the Musée de la Publicité in Paris from 17 June 2009 to 3 January 2010, Together with works from the Paris show, a selection of contemporary (...)
Valentino Retrospective - Passé/Présent/Futur Singapour - December 22, 2010 – February 13, 2010 Valentino Retrospective – Past/Present/Future retells the history of the famous Italian fashion house through a selection of 100 haute couture creations selected by Pamela Golbin, head curator of the Fashion and Textile Collections at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris. This exhibition, held in Singapore from 22 December 2010 to 13 February 2011, was an example of Singapore’s policy of cultural openness (...)
Valentino Retrospective - Passé/Présent/Futur Brisbane, Australia - August 6, 2010 – November 14, 2010 Valentino Retrospective – Past/Present/Future was on show at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia, from 6 August to 14 November 2010. It consisted of 100 haute couture and prêt-à-porter creations from the Valentino fashion house selected by Pamela Golbin, head curator of the Fashion and Textile Collections at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris. The Queensland Art Gallery, one of Australia’s (...)
Jean Paul Gaultier / Régine Chopinot, Le défilé Taipei, Taïwan - May 29, 2010 – August 15, 2010 Jean Paul Gaultier/Régine Chopinot. The défilé, curated by Olivier Saillard, was originally shown in the Fashion and Textile Galleries at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris from 21 March to 23 September 2007, and subsequently at the Centre National du Costume de Scène et de la Scénographie in Moulins, France, from 1 December 2007 to 11 May 2008. It was inaugurated at the Taipei Fine Art Museum in Taiwan on (...)
Dries Van Noten – Inspirations Antwerp, Belgium - February 13 – July 19, 2015 The highly successful exhibition Dries Van Noten – Inspirations has moved on to the famous couturier’s home town of Antwerp, where it was on view from February 13 to July 19, 2015 at the MoMu Fashion Museum. The new version of the exhibition stayed true to its original incarnation in Paris, highlighting the sources of Dries Van Noten’s inspiration by juxtaposing his creations with emblematic (...)
Fashioning the Body New York, USA - March 25 – July 26, 2015 The Bard Graduate Center in New York has hosted from April 3 to July 26, 2015, the exhibition La Mécanique des dessous, une histoire indiscrète de la silhouette, originally held in the Fashion and Textile galleries at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Denis Bruna, curator of the Paris exhibition, remained curator of the project which focuses on the history of undergarments and silhouette of the (...)
A charming day. The French-Style Art of Living in the 18^th Century, in Paris Seoul, South Korea - December 12, 2014 – March 29, 2015 The Seoul Arts Center, one of South Korea’s major cultural institutions, is a complex comprising the Opera House and two museums – the Hangaram Art Museum and the Hangaram Design Museum. From December 12, 2014 to March 29, 2015 the Design Museum has hosted an exhibition created by Les Arts Décoratifs and curated by Anne Forray-Carlier, chief curator of the 17^th- and 18^th-century department. As (...)