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From 1 June to 16 September 2024 at Musée national Marc Chagall From his native shtetl to the great cities of today’s world, Marc Chagall has lived through the ages. He lived through great encounters in artistic hives where Bohemian influences buzzed, then by sharing his work on the stained-glass windows of a hospital in Jerusalem and a cathedral in Metz. Or, looking up at the world ...
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From 27 January to 13 May 2024 at the Musée National Marc Chagall The museum’s collections were enriched in 2023, notably with the arrival of four rare works by the artist: The Mexican Rider in Red and his Violet Horse (1943), Ka Descent from the Cross on a Blue Background (1950), The Fiddler (1957) and The Chariot of Elijah (1970). There are currently almost 1,000 pieces preserved. ...
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October 3, 2023 – February 26, 2024 at the Centre Pompidou Thanks to the generosity of Bella and Meret Mayer, a large number of works have been brought together for this exhibition. They include 127 drawings, 5 ceramics and 7 sculptures by the artist. They mainly concern three themes. Firstly, preparatory drawings for costumes and stage curtains for Igor Stravinsky’s ballet ...
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Until 4 September 2023 at the Musée national Marc Chagall This three-part exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the museum, created on the artist’s birthday, 7 July 1973, when it hosted the Biblical Message cycle. To mark the occasion, contemporary artists and writers will be sharing their interpretations of Chagall’s paintings, with a host of events planned for 7 July ...
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Until 7 January 2024 at the Atelier des Lumières The immersive adventure continues at the Atelier with the reception and the musical walk on the walls of Marc Chagall’s work. Emphasizing the way in which the two cities, Paris and New York, will welcome and inspire him. His fantastic bestiary, his characters from the circus, fables or opera, but also biblical episodes and references to ...
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Until the early twentieth century, the history of Russia's Jews unfolded primarily in territories that no longer belong to the present-day Russian federation (Ukraine, Belarus, Bessarabia, and Lithuania). With a few rare exceptions, Jews were forbidden to settle in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and the city of Central Russia. Of course, Jewish colonies have existed since antiquity on the shores ...
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In northern Belarus, on the road to Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Vitebsk symbolizes all the Jewish shtetlach of Russia immortalized in the work of Marc Chagall, who was born here in 1887 and lived here until 1907, and again from 1917 to 1919. In the era of Chagall’s childhood, Vitebsk had a Jewish majority (there were 34420 Jews here, or 52% of the population), as depicted in the images ...
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The synagogue of the handsome coastal town of Ostend becomes busy in the summer. It was built partly with the help of rich financiers. At one time as many as 300 families came to pray here. Among the famous Jewish figures who stayed in Ostend were Marc Chagall and Albert Einstein. Ostend is a seaside town that has been very popular with British holidaymakers for centuries, as James Joyce, for ...
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The visitor to Eastern Europe hoping to discover a rich Jewish architectural heritage must remember that what was once the center of Judaic cultural and religious life in Europe -principally in Lithuania between the eighteenth century and the Shoah- had disappeared beyond ruins and cemeteries. The complete eradication of a Jewish presence, the sworn objective of the Nazis, was conducted with ...
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the legendary bohemia of Montparnasse included many Russians Jewish painters who had fled the anti-Semitic pogroms of the day. Among them were Soutine, Chagall, and Zadkine. Others, such as Modigliani, were simply attracted by the city’s prestige and contributed to the tremendous creative effervescence of the day. These inspired individuals, ...
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