Tokyo, The National Art Center: »Painting Love in the Louvre Collections«

An Exhibition about LOuVrE

How did European painters of the early modern period depict love? The National Art Center in Tokyo will explore this question starting March 1 with Painting Love in the Louvre Collections. 73 paintings are making the journey to Japan for this purpose.

February 28, 2023

After François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard

Cupid and Psyche

Found at Christies, New York
Old Master Paintings, Drawings and Picture Frames, Lot 177
23. May - 23. May 2000

Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 30.550 USD

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Love for a partner, for family, for gods or even an unrequited love − these are just some of the faces of love that have defined people's everyday lives and stories for centuries. The National Art Center in Tokyo, in collaboration with the Louvre in Paris, is now exploring how European artists from the 16th to the 19th centuries depicted the complexities of love. Painting Love in the Louvre Collections includes 73 selected paintings that immortalize mythological, religious and everyday stories. The presentation will be on view in Tokyo from March 1 to June 12.

The Louvre is sending some celebrities on the road for the exhibition. These include the likes of Cupid and Psyche (1798) by François Gérard, The Slippers (c. 1655-1662) by Samuel Van Hoogstraten and The Shadows of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta appear to Dante and Virgil (1855) by Ary Scheffer. The latter can be seen below in a small preliminary study. Art.Salon

Ary Scheffer

Paolo And Francesca

Found at Christies, London
19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART, Lot 23
3. Dec - 3. Dec 2003

Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 47.800 GBP

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Portraits of a Mental Society

Till lSchermer - Studie des weichen Kopfes Nr. 1

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Berlin: Retrospective of Nan Goldin at the Neue Nationalgalerie

A ballad of ecstasy and rehab

Nan Goldin, The Hug, New York City (Die Umarmung, New York City), 1980

The Neue Nationalgalerie is honoring Nan Goldin's work from the last 45 years with a comprehensive exhibition. The photographer conquered the art world with her snapshot aesthetic and is considered one of the most influential artists of our time. Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well can be seen in Berlin from November 23.

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