Exhibitions
The drawings of Joseph Beuys
On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) who multiplied the events from Duisburg to Düsseldorf and Bonn, the Museum of Modern Art in Paris has chosen to exhibit the drawings of the shaman of art German (he made more than 10,000 throughout his life).
A hundred drawings which have this royal particularity of coming from the collection of the Beuys family, so dear to the artist.
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