Here’s the list for all art-lovers out there……
‘Traverser La Lumiere’. 10 Nov 2018 – 31 March 2019
The works of Roger Bissiere, Jean Bazaine, Elvire Jan, Jean le Moal, Alfred Manessier and Gustave Singier. The organisers tell us that this is a post-war group who called themselves non-figurative artists rather than abstract; they have been, apparently, ‘injustement négligé’ at the expense of American artists since the 70s. So let’s see…..
Harry Callahan: French Archives, Aix-en-Provence, 1957-1958. 16 March – 21 July 2019
This photographer was the director of the Photography Dept at Chicago’s Institute of Design; he received a grant and chose to spend his time in Aix, Sept 1957-July 1958. So we will get an insight into Aix in the late 1950s. Little taste here: http://www.museegranet-aixenprovence.fr/expositions/prochainement/harry-callahan-french-archives-aix-en-provence-1957-1958.html
Fabienne Verdier. Summer 2019
She has designed posters for the Festival d’Aix 2017 and Rolland Garros 2018; she will be exhibiting Cezanne-themed work.
Good to see a woman headlining here for a change…she uses giant paintbrushes to create her pictures. Watch her work on her tennis poster! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyHx5h0YUXA
Egypt. From December 2019
Musée Granet will be presenting items from its Egyptian collection. These were last shown in 1995. They have around 150 items of which many they say are exceptionelles. The curator for this show will be Christophe Barbotin, conservateur en chef au Department des antiquities egyptiennes du musée du Louvre.
It seems museums are increasingly turning out their basements – MuCEM, Avignon, Aix’s municipal museums with their current green-theme – and coming soon, a haul of Egyptian pieces at the Granet. What next will they come up with?
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