Proximity and evidence make us blind: France is unaware of the inventiveness, the diversity and the current creative agitation of some of our closest neighbours. ABC is an exhibition that does not claim to be a comprehensive portrayal of the diversity of the contemporary scene in Belgium. The disciplines most particularly taught and practiced at Le Fresnoy have formed the criteria of priority for selection purposes: photography, film, video, installation, performance and choreography..

About forty artists will be shown like : Stephan BALLEUX, Orla BARRY, Pierre BISMUTH, Jef CORNELIS, Wim DELVOYE, Jan FABRE, Johan GRIMONPREZ, Anne Veronica JANSSENS, Gwendoline ROBIN, Sophie WHETTNALL…

Katia Lhammi / katia@claudinecolin.com

This exhibition assembles around sixty paintings from some of the best private and public collections in Europe (Art museums in Lille, Nantes, Rennes, Oxford, Liège, and more). It offers a unique view of two great artistic movements of the 17th century: Flemish Baroque painting, of which Rubens is the chief protagonist, and the French Classical school led by Poussin and the influence they had on each other. The Jacquemart-André Museum has set out to write a new page in the history of art.

Christelle Maureau / christelle@claudinecolin.com

Du 27 juin au 31 octobre 2010, la Fondation Maeght présente une rétrospective exceptionnelle de l’oeuvre d’Alberto Giacometti.

Giacometti & Maeght 1946-1966, réunira à la fois les chefs-d’oeuvres les plus connus de l’artiste, parmi lesquelsles bronzes : L’Homme qui marche, Le Chien, Le Chat. Seront

également exposés des peintures, des plâtres et des dessins, prêtés par de grands musées nationaux et internationaux ou par des collections privées.

The Maison Jean Cocteau is an important expression of the artist’s tastes and private life, now offering the public, after five years of preparation, a perfect reconstitution of the bedroom, office, and main sitting room, which notably contains a masterly canvas by Christian Bérard. The renovations, led by architect François Magendie and the team of Dominique Païni-Nathalie Crinière (who organised the Jean Cocteau exhibit at the Centre Pompidou in 2003), also allow for the display of a selection of drawings from the Cocteau estate, which includes, in addition to the best of Cocteau, works by Picasso, Warhol, Modigliani, Buffet, Blanche, Man Ray...

Sandrine Mahaut / sandrine@claudinecolin.com

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).

As a pendant to the Corps et décors, Rodin et les arts décoratifs exhibition, and as part of its ongoing contemporary art program, the musée Rodin invites Wim Delvoye to show some of his major works inside the hôtel Biron and in the main courtyard of the museum.

Sandrine Mahaut / sandrine@claudinecolin.com