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Bemberg Foundation: 3 years later, Toulouse finds one of its museums

2024-02-01T14:51:13.631Z

Highlights: Bemberg Foundation: 3 years later, Toulouse finds one of its museums. From this Friday, lovers of paintings and art objects will be able to reinvest this Assézat hotel, a magnificent building in the heart of the Capitole district. Three years of efforts complicated by Covid and the subsequent shortage of raw materials were necessary to bring the museum up to safety and conservation standards. The task was delicate, if only because it involved two project managers: that… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 84% left to discover.


From Cranach to the Post-Impressionists, Georges Bemberg's treasures had been invisible for three years. Their setting, a Renaissance masterpiece in the Capitole district, has just been restored.


While the remains of a chapel discovered during preliminary archaeological excavations delay the reopening of the Musée des Augustins, under construction for four years, Toulouse finds the Bemberg Foundation.

From this Friday, lovers of paintings and art objects (small bronzes, majolica, enamels, pieces of goldwork, furniture from great 18th century cabinetmakers such as the folio cabinet by Bernard Van Risen Burgh) will to be able to reinvest this Assézat hotel, a magnificent building in the heart of the Capitole district, and reconnect with its treasures.

Lucas Cranach, “Venus and Cupid Stealing Honey.”

Rmn-Grand Palais (Bemberg Foundation) / Mathieu Rabeau

This other Mecca of the arts in the Pink City has been completely redesigned and completely modernized.

Three years of efforts complicated by Covid and the subsequent shortage of raw materials were necessary to bring the museum up to safety and conservation standards, as well as for a more coherent and comfortable museography.

The task was delicate, if only because it involved two project managers: that…

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Source: lefigaro

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