PAID ENTRY | Beaux-arts de Paris

From David to Delacroix, Cézanne to Matisse, Ellsworth Kelly to Gina Pane and Hélène Delprat, Souvenirs de jeunesse is a journey back in time over two centuries, from 1780 to 1980, during which the Beaux-Arts de Paris welcomed tens of thousands of aspiring artists.

Through more than 260 works and documents, the exhibition adopts the point of view of youth, that of young men and women on the threshold of their artistic vocation.

Souvenirs de jeunesse examines history in the present, with contributions from artist Franck Leibovici and eight students from the Beaux-Arts de Paris, who were struck by the enduring feelings that enter the world of art: joy, competitiveness, uncertainty and solidarity.

The exhibition will be closed to the public on Wednesday, December 25, 2024 and January 1, 2025.

Mediation :

Guided tours organized in partnership with the École du Louvre take place every Saturday from 3:30pm to 5pm.

The catalogue

A catalogue accompanies the exhibition, Souvenirs de jeunesse: entrer aux Beaux-Arts de Paris 1780-1980. Over 400 works and documents are reproduced in colour, telling the story of 150 former Beaux-Arts students (portraits, nudes, history paintings, expressive heads, archives, etc.).
They are accompanied by texts by Alexia Fabre, Alice Thomine Berrada, Hélène Gasnault, Giulia Longo, Lucie Lachenal, Claire Garcia, Henri Guette, etc.
Beaux-Arts de Paris éditions 364 pages Price 39 euros

Curator: Alice Thomine-Berrada, General Curator of Heritage, responsible for the Beaux-Arts de Paris collections.

Associate artists: Franck Leibovici, associate artist; Mickael Berdugo, Margot Bernard, Pierre Guihard, Ruoxi Jin, Lisa Lecuivre, Caroline Rambaud, Nassim Sarni, Emmanuel van der Elst, associate students.

Scenography designed in partnership with the École d'architecture Paris-Malaquais, under the direction of Yann Rocher, with the participation of Carol Vasques and Lilian Marchand.

Lighting design: Virginie Nicolas (Concepto)

Institutional partners :
Archives nationales de France, Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, Farid Belkahia Foundation

With the support of :
Association Orphée, RATP

Practical information

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 - Sunday, January 12, 2025
Beaux-Arts de Paris 13 quai Malaquais, Paris 6e
Wednesday to Sunday, 1pm-7pm
Nocturne Thursday until 9pm

5€, 10€ or 15€, the choice is yours!

Gina Pane, Carnet « lavis-aquarelle », 1963 © Gina Pane, ADAGP, Paris, 2024 © Photo. Archives Mennour Courtesy Anne Marchand and Mennour, Paris

Ellsworth Kelly, Nude, 1949 Huile sur toile © Ellsworth Kelly Studio and Jack Shear © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation

Hélène Delprat, Autoportrait, 1976 Huile sur toile © Courtesy Hélène Delprat et Galerie Christophe Gaillard © Rebecca Fanuele

Eugène Delacroix, Formulaire d’inscription d’Eugène Delacroix aux Beaux-Arts de Paris, mars 1816, papier © Beaux-Arts de Paris

Odette Pauvert, La légende de Saint-Ronan, 1925 Huile sur toile © Beaux-Arts de Paris Gina

RESPONSIBLE TICKETING

5, 10 or 15 €, the choice is yours!

The ticket office in charge invites each visitor coming to discover an exhibition at the Beaux-Arts de Paris to choose his or her entrance ticket from among 3 proposed rates: 5 €, 10 € or 15 €. Contribute according to your means, your passion and your desire for commitment!

Free of charge (on presentation of a valid receipt):

• under 26 years old

• students and teachers of the National Higher Schools of Art and Architecture of the Ministère de la Culture

• students from member institutions of the University of Paris-Sciences-et- Lettres (PSL)

• students of the École du Louvre

• holders of the Ministère de la Culture card

• Amis des Beaux-Arts de Paris

• card holder : Maison des Artistes, ICOM, ICOMOS, Association française des commissaires d’exposition (CEA)

• journalists

• jobseekers, recipients of minimum social benefits

• civilian disabled and war-disabled (with an attendant)