“Deauville is getting ahead.
The exhibition
“Sport, for the beauty of the gesture”
is the first in France, labeled by Paris 2024, as part of the Olympic year,” immediately explains the curator of the exhibition which is held within the grounds of the very beautiful cultural site of the Franciscans of the seaside town.
Throughout the rooms, the visitor discovers a selection of works of art, documentary images, models and photographs from the collections of the INSEP (National Institute of Sport), the National Sports Museum, the Center Pompidou or the icon library of the newspaper “L’Équipe”
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Roland Garros (detail), Paris 2022, by Mathieu Forget © Forgetmat
“When we watch sport, we often focus on the result.
But first, there is often a fascinating beauty of the gesture, which this exhibition allows us to grasp.
As if we saw these athletes at a standstill.
I was really touched by the images of rugby, boxing and even the photos of Olympic divers,” enthuses Gaëlle, 52 years old.
Each of the works reveals this aesthetic of the sporting movement through eight different disciplines: tennis, football, rugby, boxing, high jumping, diving, archery and even running.
“The exhibition thus highlights the back and forth between sport and culture, two worlds which constantly enrich each other,” continues the exhibition curator.
Olympische Spiele München, 1972, by David Hockney © Musée National du Sport, Nice
It is also an opportunity to remember that in addition to the international delegations it will receive during the Games, the Normandy seaside resort will have the honor of receiving the Paralympic flame on August 26.
“For the beauty of gesture”, exhibition until May 12, 2024, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Full price: €13.
Free for under 16s.