Spring Exhibitions in Paris

1870 Claude Monet - Sur les planches de Trouville, Hôtel des Roches noires

This year's springtime art offering in the city of light is both plentiful and varied. ?From impressionism to cubism ?and conceptualism, there is plenty for art lovers to get their teeth into.

At the end of the 19th century, Normandy, a few hours north of Paris, ?became one of the first holiday destinations of the capital’s upper and middle classes – including ?Impressionist painters fascinated by its ever-changing light and landscapes. ?The ?Musée Jacquemart André, housed in a Second Empire mansion on Boulevard Haussmann, ?pays homage to their work there in its new show, ?"The Open-Air Studio - The Impressionists in Normandy". ?The show runs till 25 July.

After several years of renovation, the Picasso Museum, in a renaissance palace in the medieval Marais district, reopened in 2014. It is currently running two shows -- one ?of Picasso’s sculptures and one of paintings, ceramics and sculptures ?by Picasso’s fellow Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo, the first contemporary artist to be invited to show in the museum since its reopening. Picasso works are placed amongst the over 100 Barcelo works to reveal the affinities between the two artists. Until 31 July.

The Monnaie de Paris, on the left bank of the Seine, leads a double life as gallery space and French mint (it still produces medals and special ?commemorative coin sets). For the next few months the gallery space is given over to a very conceptual exhibition of ?the ?Greek Arte Povera ?artist, Jannis Kounellis. The movement is famous for using poor materials and here Kounellis uses wood, iron and lead to monumental effect. His inspiration is the smelting process to create the coins for the mint. This exhibition continues until 30 April.

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A major exhibition of the groundbreaking Swiss-German modernist Paul Klee ,who died in 1940 , is opening at the Pompidou Centre on 6 April. A major figure in the artistic world of the first half of the 20th century, Klee was a cultural polymath and polymorph, by turns ?painter, teacher, musician and poet. In 250 works assembled from international museums and private collections, the exhibition offers a new interpretation of Paul Klee's work, viewed through the prism of satire and irony. Divided chronologically into seven sections it charts his development from his early years, through cubism and ?experiments with mechanical theatre, to his Bahaus period, ?his interaction with Picasso after 1932, ?and the ?final years of crisis, overwhelmed by ?Nazism, ?politics, ?illness and war. Exhibition runs until ?1 August.

The Marmottan museum, set in the Ranelagh Gardens in the elegant 16th district, is showing ?"L'Art et L'Enfant -Masterpieces of French Painting ", ?an exhibition ?that traces the history and status of children ?from the 14th ?to the 20th century . The 75-odd paintings include works by Cezanne, Monet, Renoir, Picasso and Maurice Denis; altogether an ideal destination for a quiet afternoon in Paris. Until 3 July.

By Claudia Barbieri

今年的春季艺术产品既丰富又多样，从印象派到立体主义和观念主义，足以满足艺术爱好者不同的需求。

在19世纪末，离巴黎北部几个小时路程的诺曼底，成为上层和中产阶级的首选度假胜地之一，其不断变化的光线和风景吸引了印象派画家。坐落在奥斯曼大道上第二个帝国大厦里的安德烈博物馆，在新一期的展览‘露天工作室——诺曼底印象’中展现了那个时期的作品。展览将一直持续到7月25日。

经过近几年的翻新，中世纪Marais区文艺复兴时期的宫殿内的毕加索博物馆在2014年重新开放。馆内现在正进行两个展出，一个是毕加索的雕塑展出，另一个是毕加索的同胞西班牙艺术家米克儿(Miquel Barcelo)的绘画陶艺展，这也是博物馆重新开放之后第一次展出当代艺术家的作品。毕加索的作品与米克尔超过100件的作品共同展出，展现出了这两位艺术家的互相融合。此次展出截止至7月31日，

塞纳河左河畔的巴黎造币公司，同样也是一间画廊（现在造币公司仍然会生产一些奖牌和特别的纪念币）。在接下来的几个月里，将会展出一位希腊艺术家Jannis Kounellis的概念性作品。这个展览中的展品以利用简单甚至穷人用的材料而出名，艺术家运用了木头、钢铁来塑造出作品。作品的灵感来自于制币时的提炼过程。此次展览将持续到4月30日。

瑞士——德国现代主义艺术家，1940年去世的Paul Klee的作品将在4月6日在蓬皮杜艺术中心展出。作为20世纪上半叶艺术节的重要人物Klee，是一位博学多才的人，做过画家、教师、音乐家和诗人。此次展览从国际上的博物馆和个人收藏中搜集的250件作品，给予了Klee艺术人生的新的诠释。按照时间顺序，作品分为七个部分，从他早年的作品、到立体主义与机械、直到之后1932年与毕加索互相影响之后的作品，以及人生最后一年无法承受纳粹主义下政治、疾病与战争的压力，不同的作品展现了不同的时期的感受。此次展出将持续到8月1日。

位于拉内拉赫16区的莫奈博物馆，也正在展出法国绘画展，追溯了儿童的历史与现状时间跨度由14世纪至20世纪。多达75幅的作品，包括了塞尚、莫奈、雷诺阿、毕加索和丹尼斯的作品。在这里，你可以安静地逛上一下午，接受艺术的熏陶。此次展出截止到7月3日。