Exhibition organized with The Mobilier national, Paris, and the Villa Médicis, Rome In 1683, the royal workshops were undertaking a new tapestry of the story of Moses from eight paintings by Nicolas Poussin, then regarded as the greatest French painter, and two of Le Brun, First Painter to the King. Thanks to the generous loan of the Mobilier National, Museum of Fine Arts of Bordeaux will present the whole tapestry.

This exhibition presents the artistic and private universe of the painter Gustave Caillebotte, and his photographer brother Martial. Thanks to some exceptional loans from private collections, many of Gustave’s paintings are presented together with Martial’s photographs for the first time. This exhibition offers a unique perspective into to the rich and fruitful bond that united the two brothers, and invite visitors into the private world of a large Parisian family through changes in urban lifestyles which were taking hold at the dawn of the XXth century.

Christelle Maureau / christelle@claudinecolin.com

From the 17 December 2010 to the 27 April, the Farnese Palace in Rome is exceptionally opening its doors to the public for the exhibition "From The Renaissance to The French Embassy". A selection of 150 works (drawings, sculptures, paintings, art objects) will bring five centuries to life through the history of the Palace, from the splendour of the Farnese family in the 16th century, through the 135 past years, when the Palace served as the headquarters for the French Embassy in Italy and the French School of Rome. An important selection of works from the Farnese collection will return from the site where it was first conceived thanks to the passion of the Farnese family.

Astrid Rappel / astrid@claudinecolin.com

The exhibition will present a hundred drawings, which corresponds to a sixth of the collection of the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (Fine Art School) in Paris. This unique collection is composed of works by professors from 1660-1720, and students from 1750-1790. Following first a chronological then thematic order, the academies will evoque the team of Charles Le Brun and of Versailles (Champaigne, Coypel, Jouvenet, Lafosse, Mignard) then artists from the end of Louis XIV’s reign with Largillierre and Rigaud, to end the exhibition with the Age of Enlightenment, including the Rococo generation (Boucher, Natoire, Nattier, Van Loo) and French Neoclassicists (Vincent, Brenet, Gros, Drouais).

Sandrine Mahaut / sandrine@claudinecolin.com

Following the success of the Jasper Morrison exhibition in 2009, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Museum of Decorative Arts) in Bordeaux pursues its design exhibition programme with Michele De Lucchi, whose work is already part of its important permanent exhibition. This unique project plays on the theme of confrontation: for the first time in pubic, pieces by Michele are exhibited alongside works by his twin brother Ottorino, who is a chemist as well as a painter.

Press opening: 14 October 2010

Sandrine Mahaut / sandrine@claudinecolin.com

This fall, as part of the France-Russia Year 2010, the musée de l’Armée (Army Museum) in Paris and the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, are jointly presenting an exhibition dedicated to the history of the Russian Imperial Guard, and more broadly to the history of Russia through over 150 objects of exceptional and sumptuous characteristics.

Press opening: 7 October 2010 at 9:00 am

This fall 2010, the Jacquemart-André Museum brings together two major figures of occidental painting: Pierre-Paul Rubens, uncontested master of Flemish Baroque painting, and Nicolas Poussin, leading figure of the French Classical School. This exhibition will provide the opportunity for a fascinating confrontation, which will highlight the considerable influence Flemish and French artists had on each other during the first half of the 17^th century.

Press opening: 23 September 2010 at 9:30 am

Christelle Maureau / christelle@claudinecolin.com

For several years now, performance has once more become a widely adopted medium. The goal of the 2010 Printemps de Septembre festival is to analyze this revival: what are the new arenas of performance, and what are the links between them? Where do its new challenges lie? How have artists of our day and age appropriated its essentials? How does it stand up to the limitations of exhibitions and cultural events?

These questions are all the more important because France has not seen any major exhibitions on the subject since 1994. Photographs, videos, objects, installations, sound pieces, and different documents will all be stressing the ‘live’ factor; over and above the initial gesture, it is the form displayed that will be the main object of study.

Press opening : 24 September 2010 at 2:30 pm

Constance Gounod / constance@claudinecolin.com



The 6th European Night of Museums will take place on Saturday 15 May 2010.

This event, created in 2005 by the Ministry of Culture and Communication, is the chance for French and European museums to unite every audience for an exceptional nocturnal event, and allow the largest number of people to discover their museums and their collections in a novel way and free of charge.

Each year the event attracts a larger audience and includes an ever growing number of museums, and equally more and more participating countries, thus contributing to the construction of a cultural Europe.

La Nuit européenne des musées is organised by the Ministry of Culture and Communication, the « direction générale des patrimoines » / the « services des musées de France (SMF) » and the regional directions of cultural affairs (DRAC) with the cooperation of the Réunion des musées nationaux (RMN). It benefits from the support of Neuflize OBC and Neuflize Vie. This event will be placed, as with the previous editions, under the high patronage of the Secrétaire Général du Conseil de l’Europe, of UNESCO, and will benefit once again from the connection with the « Journée internationale des musées » (International Museums Day) of the ICOM (Conseil international des musées), thus confirming the european and international dimension of this event.

The Frac Aquitaine and the Bordeaux musée des beaux-arts cross their views of their collections to mark the acquisition of new works by the Frac Aquitaine in 2009. They propose to shed new light on a selection of their works: old works viewed in the light of the present, and contemporary works seen as a reflection of the past. The complete collection of Frac Aquitaine’s 17 new acquisitions will be presented for the first time in contrast with 19 works from the musée des beaux-arts collection from different schools (French, Flemish, Italian, English) and different periods (from the 17th to the 20th century).