Get away, enjoy a change of scene... Each month we invite you to discover new destinations and take in an exhibition, opera or festival. Travel experiences with a difference, for a weekend escapade or a brief stay.

In summer more than ever, cities become hives of creativity: in New York's parks, Shakespeare is the guest of honour; the Italian city of Sienna undergoes a transformation during its famous Palio; Strasbourg, France, becomes a museum of contemporary art; and Berlin parties to the rhythm of dancers and travelling entertainers.


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Nimes salutes modern sculpture


 

“Sculpture”: an austere name for an ambitious exhibition that presents the overriding themes of 20th-century sculpture, focusing on two axes - form and space. Hosted by Carré d’Art, the city of Nimes’ contemporary art museum, this breath-taking exhibition was organized in collaboration with the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Europe’s largest modern and contemporary art museum.
From Brancusi to Giacometti, from Arp to Duchamp-Villon, 74 pieces and 48 artists are displayed in a thematic journey that retraces both the consensus and the conflict of the 20th century’s greatest artists.

Spanning a time period that stretches from 1910 to today, this rich and diverse exhibition brings together, in a way that is both creative and oneiric, sculptures such as Brancusi’s “Mlle Pogany III”, André Derain’s “Male nude”, Alain Séchas’ “Le mannequin” and Daniel Buren’s checkerboard “Cabane n°6”. For a wide spectrum of sensations in the age-old city of Nimes, be sure not to miss this avant-gardist and astonishing exhibition.



 
6 May to 31 August : Musée d’Art Contemporain Carré d’Art (Carré d’Art Museum of Contemporary Art)

Place de la Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France
Tuesday through Sunday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 


Crete between art and perfection



Alain Séchas, Le mannequin, 1985,
© ADAGP

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