“Chère Melpomène,
We call to you, the ancient muse of tragedy, who once reigned at the back of the Palais des Beaux-Arts. Once a towering statue, several meters high, you have now become a ruin. From the residue of your dust, we seel to transcend the archetype of the muse and evoke a fresh, nuanced breath, able to seep into the interstices of established orders. In between inspiration and expiration, between what is spoken and what remains silent, this breath embodies our deepest desire for social justice.”

L'art et la vie et inversement presents the 26 artists who received the Diplôme National Supérieur d'Arts Plastiques from Beaux-Arts de Paris with the Congratulations of the Jury in 2024.

Their works present a wide diversity of subjects, materials and intentions. The challenge of showing them together is to question what they express about a generation, and what they say about today's world.

6:30 pm | Tribute to Odette Pauvert and women students. 
Round table discussion moderated by Déborah Laks with Blandine Chavanne, Anaïd Demir, Bruno Gaudichon, Patrizia Celli and Adèle Taillefait. Evocation of the careers of women artists and the example of Odette Pauvert who entered Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1922. Winner of the silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1923, she was the first woman painter to win the Prix de Rome for painting in 1925. 

An evening dedicated to the trajectories of foreign students who have passed through the Beaux-Arts de Paris, with a tribute to the artist Ellsworth Kelly, featured in the exhibition.

Round table tribute to Ellsworth Kelly 

Round table with Eric de Chassey, Director General of INHA, France Nerlich, prefigurator of the Daniel Marchesseau resource and research center at the Musée d'Orsay, and Ming Tiampo, art history professor and co-director of the Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis at Carleton University in Canada.

An evening of piano music by students from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris and the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional - Ida Rubinstein de Paris.

Students from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) and the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris - Ida Rubinstein (CRR) perform works by composers who won the Prix de Rome: Georges Bizet, Franz Liszt, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, Claude Debussy, Lili Boulanger, Gérard Pesson...

Viewpoint visit with Hélène Delprat, artist, and Valérie Sonnier, artist and teacher at the Beaux-Arts.

Hélène Delprat is an artist, a graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Paris and a former studio head. Her polymorphous practice explores the human condition, life and death. Her work encompasses painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, video, theatre and installation, combining references to literature, cinema, history and philosophy. Hélène Delprat is represented by the galleries Christophe Gaillard and Hauser & Wirth, Paris.

Meeting and signing of Marc Couturier's work

Round-table discussion, hanging of drawings and signing of the book dedicated to Marc Couturier, Les personnes, les animaux et les choses , published by Beaux-Arts de Paris éditions.

Performances

Lisa Lecuivre and Simon Deterre, Un chef d'atelier: ‘Tous les ans on se trompe’ (‘Every year we make a mistake’)

Please note change of timetable: starts at 6pm instead of 6.30pm

Viewpoint visit to the Souvenirs de jeunesse exhibition with Daniel Schlier, artist and teacher at the Beaux-Arts, and Alice Thomine-Berrada, exhibition curator and head of collections at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.

Alice Thomine-Berrada is head curator and head of collections at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. Since her arrival in 2018, her research has focused on the history of the School.

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