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16 and 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
Free. Free entrance.
September 2023
Saturday 16
10:00 - 18:30
Sunday 17
10:00 - 18:30

Musée du Vieux Nîmes

Place aux herbes, 30000 Nîmes
  • Gard
  • Occitanie

«From Nîmes to the Nile»: an exhibition from the collection of Carré d'Art

The Old Nimes Museum houses exceptional collections of fabrics that trace the history of the city....
16 and 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
Free. Free entrance.
©Ville de Nîmes

The Old Nimes Museum houses exceptional collections of fabrics that trace the history of the city. The exhibition presents a collection of works from the Carré d'Art collection, highlighting textiles as an artistic medium. Among the pieces on display is Nemausus la voile, a creation of Anna Boghiguian created during her exhibition at Carré d'Art in 2016, which combines a felucca veil with a denim canvas, thus establishing a link between Egypt and Nimes. Latoya Ruby Frazier printed a series of performance photographs from New York on denim canvas, recalling the commercial relations between Europe and the United States. Mounira Al Solh, meanwhile, embroiders intimate portraits of Syrians with whom she was able to exchange, on fabrics evoking the furnishing textiles of houses forever lost. These various works are a fascinating artistic exploration of the textile world and its connection to history and culture.

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Exposition
Thèmes 2023
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About the location

Musée du Vieux Nîmes
Place aux herbes, 30000 Nîmes
  • Gard
  • Occitanie
Old(Former) episcopal palace, the building adopts(accepts) the plan of a mansion between court(yard) and garden. The museum possesses more than 30 000 rooms(parts,plays) which manifest nîmoise life since High Middle Ages. Textile collections existent from manufacturers traders of the XVIIIth century, bottoms of the School of Manufacturing of Nîmes, typical nîmois furniture and from Cévennes, regional potteries are the jewels the museum of which makes case. One of the permanent rooms is devoted to the fabulous legend of the jeans.
Tags
Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Monument historique, Lieu de culture, spectacles, sports et loisirs
©Musée du Vieux Nîmes