Friday, January 01, 2010

Paris 2010 – Day Three [Itinerary]

Tiffany Exhibit at Musee Luxembourg – What is there not to like about Tiffany? This also one of my all time favorite museums to visit on New Year’s Day. I consider the special exhibitions here to be exactly the right size for my attention span and the closely managed audience size of fellow tourist makes viewing them a wonderful experience. Oh and did I mention – Tiffany. Really who could not love any museum featuring Tiffany?

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The afternoon took us to the Grand Palais to enjoy the exhibit of works by Renior.

renoirepopee_120ans This year's exhibition has been designed in a twofold perspective: to shed new light on a period and little-known aspects of Renoir's work (notably his decorative paintings, drawings and sculptures), while reaffirming the influence of his art throughout the first half of the 20th century in France. Some one hundred Renoir paintings, drawings and sculptures have been gathered together and will be shown in fifteen sections where they will be set against works by Picasso, Matisse, Maillol and Bonnard, giving an indication of the artist's influence and legacy.

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