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© Musée du Louvre / Michel Chassat
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Each season, the Louvre features a series of temporary exhibitions, each the result of the latest expert research. Some of these shows are more suitable for the general public, but in their conception they act as echoes, versions and counterpoints to the museum's collections.
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News |
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Contemporary artists at the Louvre in 2011 |
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In 2011, the Louvre is playing host to a number of artists and events: an exhibition of works by English sculptor Tony Cragg, a series of unpublished photographs by Italian artist Mimmo Jodice, an intervention by Israeli artist Michal Rovner, and the FIAC art fair. And our guest of honor this season is author Jean-Marie G. Le Clézio.
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What's On |
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from 04-21-2011
to 07-18-2011
Claude Lorrain – The Draftsman Studying Nature
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Sketches from life, preparatory drawings, large-scale landscape compositions depicting religious or mythological scenes are all central to the oeuvre of this painter, draughtsman and engraver, known as one of the greatest masters of landscape art.
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from 04-21-2011
to 07-18-2011
Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus
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This exhibition will showcase one of the masterpieces of the Louvre, The Pilgrims at Emmaus, surrounded by different representations of Christ by Rembrandt and his students.
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