Group show "Le jour des peintres"
Diane Dal-Pra
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Curated by Nicolas Gausserand (Adviser to the Chairman in charge of international issues and contemporary programmes, Musée d'Orsay) and Thomas Lévy-Lasne (artist)

With the participation of Marin Beaux-Arts

Following on from the Peter Doig and Nathanaëlle Herbelin exhibitions, the Musée d'Orsay continues to explore its relationship with contemporary painting, with an afternoon of exceptional encounters.

Orchestrated by the artist Thomas Lévy-Lasne, the event will bring together eighty contemporary painters alongside one of their works in the museum's galleries. This one-day event, on a scale never seen before, will demonstrate the vitality of the French art scene, still too little known by the general public, and will highlight several generations of artists, the gradual feminisation of the profession and the great stylistic variety of approaches.

Each artist will occupy a chosen place in the nave, next to his or her painting, in a gap in the display that echoes the Musée d'Orsay collections, an undisputed reference and inexhaustible source of inspiration for them. It's a rare opportunity: as well as enjoying an unprecedented panorama of current painting, visitors will have the chance to talk to the painters about their work, their careers and their intentions.

To build up to the event or continue the dialogue afterwards, visitors can consult the lejourdespeintres.com website, as well as the video interviews with each of the artists produced as part of the Twitch/YouTube channel ‘Les apparences’.

Painters' Day will give visitors to the Musée d'Orsay an opportunity to hear the precious words of those who produce art, in a museum that is contemporary with them. It's an opportunity to bring their voices into the museum, and a reminder that painters speak a language that is cultured but understandable and alive: the language of the artist.

With the participation of: Marion Bataillard, Raphaël Barontini, Abdelkader Benchamma, Julien Beneyton, Céline Berger, Romain Bernini, Amélie Bertrand, Mireille Blanc, James Bloedé, François Boisrond, Katia Bourdarel, Jean-Baptiste Boyer, Guillaume Bresson, Damien Cadio, Corentin Canesson, Antoine Carbonne, Marcos Carrasquer, Ymane Chabi-Gara, Mathieu Cherkit, Claire Chesnier, Nina Childress, Jean Claracq, Philippe Cognée, Eric Corne, Diane Dal-Pra, Gaël Davrinche, Grégory Derenne, Damien Deroubaix, Marc Desgrandchamps, Julien Des Monstiers, Hervé Di Rosa, Cyril Duret, Tim Eitel, Gilles Elie, Jean-Charles Eustache, Sylvie Fajfrowska, Cecilia Granara, Cyrielle Gulacsy, Dhewadi Hadjab, Bilai Hamdad, Nathanaelle Herbelin, Hervé lc, Dora Jeridi, Yann Lacroix, Thomas Lévy-Lasne, Alexandre Lenoir, Jérémy Liron, Inès Longevial, Maude Maris, Simon Martin, Olivier Masmonteil, Philippe Mayaux, François Mendras, Marie-Claire Mitout, Marlène Mocquet, Eva Nielsen, Florence Obrecht, Axel Pahlavi, Aurore Pallet, Simon Pasieka, Françoise Petrovitch, Laurent Proux, Florence Reymond, Antoine Roegiers, Madeleine Roger-Lacan, Anne Laure Sacriste, Christine Safa, Vassilis Salpistis, Daniel Schlier, Hugo Schüwer Boss, Elené Shatberashvili, Melissa Sinapan, Apolonia Sokol, Lise Stoufflet, Agnès Thurnauer, Gérard Traquandi, Emmanuel Van der Meulen, Marine Wallon, Miranda Webster, Xie Lei.

Diane Dal-Pra
Eternal Interval, 2024
Oil on linen
71 5/8 x 57 1/2 inches

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