At the Musée du Louvre
November 7, 2018–February 18, 2019
Hall Napoléon
Exhibition curators: Françoise Gaultier and Laurent Haumesser, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities and Anna Trofimova, State Hermitage Museum.
The Musée du Louvre and the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg are joining forces for an outstanding exhibition based on the collection built up by Marquis Campana mostly between the 1830s and the 1850s. For the first time since its dispersion in 1861, the exhibition will provide a comprehensive overview of the 19th century’s largest private collection. With over 12,000 archaeological objects, paintings, sculptures, and objets d’art, and comprising both ancient and modern artefacts, it was a rich, diverse collection of the highest quality
The exhibition will showcase over 500 works, including such masterpieces as the Sarcophagus of the Spouses and Paolo Uccello’s Battle of San Romano. It presents the romantic figure of Giampietro Campana, the society in which he lived, the history of the collection, a reconstruction of parts of the Museo Campana in Rome, as well as the collector’s taste for pastiches and forgeries. It will also highlight the immense influence that the Campana collection had on arts and crafts in the late 19th century.
The Marquis Campana aimed to represent Italy’s cultural heritage, both ancient and modern. As such, the collection was a founding moment in the affirmation of Italian culture during the Risorgimento—the emergence of the Italian nation in the 19th century.
ARCHAEOLOGY GOES GRAPHIC
September 26, 2018– July 1, 2019
Petite Galerie
Exhibition curators: Jean-Luc Martinez, President-Director, Fabrice Douar, Interpretation and Cultural Programming Department and Florence Dinet, Project Manager.
CHIAROSCURO ENGRAVING: CRANACH, RAPHAEL, RUBENS...
October 18, 2018–January 14, 2019
Rotonde Sully
Exhibition curator: Séverine Lepape, Department of Prints and Drawings.
Its sources include recent research into color engraving pigments and watermarks jointly carried out by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the Center for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France (C2RMF).
Chiaroscuro engraving was first practiced in Europe from the early 1500s to around 1650. It was the outcome of technical and artistic attempts to impart subtle nuances of color in printed form. Both an imitation of other art media—drawing first and foremost—and a medium in its own right, it circulated widely and attracted real interest from certain painters, who saw it as a new way to explore light and shade and experiment with monochrome.
KOHEI NAWA: THRONE
July 13, 2018–January 14, 2019
Belvedere under the Pyramid
As part of the Japonism 2018: Souls in Harmony cultural season, Throne will be displayed under the Pyramid of the Musée du Louvre. This monumental work by Japanese artist Kohei Nawa is entirely covered with gold leaf and blends Japanese cultural tradition with cutting-edge technology.
Previsional schedule of events for 2019:
FORGOTTEN KINGDOMS: HEIRS OF THE HITTITE EMPIRE
May 2, 2019–August 12, 2019
Hall Napoléon
Exhibition curator: Vincent Blanchard, Department of Near Eastern Antiquities.
The exhibition invites visitors to rediscover the mythic sites of this forgotten civilization, such as the majestic remains of the Tell Halaf site, located near the current Turco-Syrian border. This major Syrian heritage site was discovered by Max von Oppenheim, who conducted excavations there from 1911 to 1913. The large sculptures, which adorned the palace of the Aramean king Kapara, were brought back to Berlin where they were exhibited, then very heavily damaged in WW2 bombings. An incredible conservation project carried out in the early 2000s made it possible to rehabilitate them.
The history of this collection makes for compelling testimony to the ongoing efforts to preserve endangered heritage sites, past and present. The Louvre is strongly committed to this cause, particularly in war-torn countries, by mobilizing the international community and, most recently, by participating in the creation of ALIPH in 2017 (International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas.)
LEONARDO DA VINCI
October 24, 2019–February 24, 2020
Hall Napoléon
Exhibition curators: Vincent Delieuvin, Department of Paintings et Louis Frank, Department of Prints and Drawings.
Also:
ENGRAVING FOR THE KING: THE CHALCOGRAPHY COLLECTIONS
February 21–May 20, 2019 / ROTONDE SULLY
ANTOINE-JEAN GROS AND THE SCHOOL OF DAVID
June 27–September 23, 2019 / ROTONDE SULLY
HORACE HIS DE LA SALLE, COLLECTOR
November 14, 2019–March 2, 2020 / ROTONDE SULLY
At the Musée Eugène-Delacroix
INSIDE THE ARTIST’S STUDIO: CREATING ART
May 15–September 30, 2019
Musée Eugène-Delacroix
Exhibition curator: Dominique de Font-Réaulx, Musée National Eugène-Delacroix.
These will take the form of several ensembles, each centered on one or more paintings by Delacroix, in order to highlight the creative process behind the works.
At the Louvre-Lens
LOVE
September 26, 2018–January 21, 2019
Temporary exhibition gallery
Exhibition curators: Zeev Gourarier, Mucem, et Dominique de Font-Réaulx, Musée Eugène-Delacroix.
Also:
HOMER
March 27–July 22, 2019
POLISH PAINTINGS
September 25, 2019–January 20, 2020