Paris Events 2012
WHAT S ON ?
MONUMENTA 2012 
GRAND PALAIS- 10 may-21june 2012
Avenue Winston-Churchill
75008 PARIS
An initiative of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, the concept has proven hugely popular. The exhibition has so far featured Anselm Kiefer in 2007, Richard Serra in 2008, Christian Boltanski in 2010 and Anish Kapoor in 2011. The guest artist of 2012 is to be Daniel Buren.
An artistic encounter on an ambitious scale, the annual Monumenta exhibition invites a well-known contemporary artist to create a work especially for the huge space inside the glass-roofed nave of the Grand Palais in Paris.
THE JADE MASKS OF THE MAYAS
If Mayas are renowned mainly for their architecture works as Chichen Itza, Tulum… they were also great artists, especially in sculpture. The Pinacothèque de Paris wants to show this other aspect of this culture with the exhibition. Some jade masks on display were found in the burial chambers of the Mayan elites and represent the individualized features of the Mayan leaders. Others represent divinities from the Mayan pantheon which. These masks are shown with about one hundred works which are leaving Mexico for the first time.
From 26 january to 10 june
Full rate tickets from 10 € (exhibition only)
Pinacothèque de Paris
28, place de la Madeleine
75008 Paris
tel: (33) 01 42 68 02 01
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Metro : Madeleine (lines 8, 12 & 14)
Opened every day from 10:30 am to 6:30pm
On 1st May, opened from 2:00pm to 6:30pm
Late closure on Wednesday and Friday until 9:00pm
March is when Spring starts and even if the temperatures are still quite cold and clouds cover our sky some parisians start to change clothing for the new season as if they were saying good bye to the Winter, which gives to Paris a new look. March is also and principally the Starting month for some very interesting exhibitions and events in Paris.
TOUTANKHAMON HIS TUMB AND HIS TREASURE
From may 12th to september 1st 2012
PARIS PORTE DE VERSAILLES
Spectacular reconstitution of the tomb and treasures of the Pharaoh. Relive the biggest archaeological adventure of the 20th century!
The exhibition enables visitors to discover the treasures of the tomb of the King of ancient Egypt and the reproduction of his tomb located in the Valley of the Kings. This tomb was discovere by the famous archaeologist Howard Carter in November 1922.
Paris Pte de Versailles
1 place de la Pte de Versailles
75015 PARIS
Metro : Porte de Versailles (line 12)
DEGAS AND THE NUDE
From 13 rd march till 1st july 2012
Following the homage to Claude Monet and more recently Edouard Manet, the Orsay Museum presents a monographic exhibition devoted to Edgar Degas (1834-1917). Degas and the Nude shows the evolution of the artist practice of the nude, from the academic and historical approach of his early years down to the inscription of the body in modernity throughout his long career. A predominant element in the artist's work, together with dancers and horses, nudes are presented through all of the techniques used by Degas thanks to the works coming from the very rich collection of graphic works of the Musée d'Orsay, seldom shown due to its fragility, and exceptional loans from other museums.
Musée d'Orsay
Métro/ RER : Musée d'Orsay (RER C) & Assemblée Nationale (line 12)
Open from 9.30am to 6pm daily, except Mondays
late night on Thursdays until 9.45pm
last tickets sold at 5pm (9pm Thursdays)
museum cleared at 5.30pm (9.15pm Thursdays)
Entrance : 12 € (museum + Degas exhibition)
EUGENE ATGET- Photographer of the 20th century
From 25th of april till 24th july 2012
If you visited all the main museums and monuments of Paris and you want to know more about it you can get to Le Musée Carnavalet, where you will find information about the history of this marvelous city. Also from April 25th there will be an exhibition dedicated to the photographer Eugene Atget, this autodidact artist started taking pictures in order to sell them to the painters as models. With more than 200 pictures you will discover the evolution of his work and get a better undersatanding he had on the Surrealists thanks to some of the 43 pictures coming from Rochester (USA). These were part of the collection of the artist Man Ray.
On parallel some pictures of Emanuel Pottier – a contemporary of Eugene Atget – will be shown too.
Musée Carnavalet
23, rue de Sévigné - 75003 Paris
Metro: Chemin Vert (line 8) ou Saint-Paul (line 1)
Tél. : 01 44 59 58 58 ; Fax : 01 44 59 58 10
Opened every day except on Mondays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm,
Closed on Bank hollidays and Eastern Sunday
Entrance : 7 euros
