A meeting at the top.
The formula is far from being excessive to qualify the Claude Monet-Joan Mitchell dialogue proposed by the Louis Vuitton Foundation.
A large-scale confrontation, long dreamed of by art specialists, but never implemented.
“We have the Mitchells, you have the Monets.
Why not dedicate a joint exhibition to them?”
launched Bernard Arnault's team one day to the managers of the Marmottan Museum, then headed by Patrick de Carolis.
Delighted to contribute to the development of an ambitious parallel between the last compositions of the French painter and the works of the emblematic ambassador of abstract expressionism, their response was enthusiastic.
“This was a historic opportunity
, says Marianne Mathieu, scientific director of the Marmottan Museum.
This project has been mentioned since 1955, but it has always remained in the literature.
I am delighted that it is taking shape at all levels of the Vuitton Foundation which, by its size…
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