LES SABLONS : FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON

Marvels from the MOMA Merveilles du MOMA

Alandmark exhibition is being played out at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in the bucolic Bois de Boulogne on the western edge of town. Entitled Etre Moderne: Le MOMA à Paris (Being Modern, the MOMA in Paris), the exhibition showcases a selection of 200 works from the unparalleled collection of the Museum of Modern Art. The show is curated jointly by the MOMA and the Fondation Louis Vuitton and presents a selection of works in myriad mediums, from all six of the MOMA’S departments, reflecting the history of the institution and its way of collecting.

Established in 1929 in New York City, The Museum of Modern Art was one of the first museums devoted exclusively to the visual arts of the time. Etre Moderne represents the wide range of artworks that MOMA has acquired over the decades, ranging from the early defining movements of the modern art period to Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Pop art and digital works of art.

The show brings together paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, films, media works, performances as well as architecture and design objects, tracing the evolution and scope of the museum’s collection. Etre Moderne features major works by artists including Max Beckmann, Alexander Calder, Paul Cézanne, Marcel Duchamp, Walker Evans, Jasper Johns, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Gustav Klimt, Yayoi Kusama, René Magritte, Pablo Picasso, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Yvonne Rainer, Frank Stella, and Paul Signac. A selection of rarely shown documentary material from MOMA’S archives will be incorporated in the galleries, tracing the history of the museum and contextualising the works. A number of the works are being shown in France for the first time. Through to March 5th 8 ave Mahatma Gandhi (16th), 01 40 69 96 00 www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr