Guided tour of the temporary exhibitions to celebrate 30 years of Carrée d'Art and 200 years of the museum

Name: Guided tour of the temporary exhibitions to celebrate 30 years of Carrée d'Art and 200 years of the museum
Start: 2023-09-16T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée des Beaux-Arts

Guided tour on the two temporary exhibitions of the Museum of Fine Arts.

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free. Free admission. Registration recommended.

Registration

04 66 76 71 82

©Ville de Nîmes

Guided tour of the two temporary exhibitions of the Museum of Fine Arts.
“Martial Raysse” from March 25 to September 17, 2023
A set of 7 works by Martial Raysse from 1962 to 1990 is presented at the Museum of Fine Arts as part of the 30 years of Carré d'art: from his neon creations to his large pictorial compositions like La Source.
«1823-2023: 200 years of collections» from 25 March 2023 to 3 December 2023
The history of art collections since the creation of the museum in 1823, its representation in the Maison Carrée in 1833, the arrival of the Gower collection in 1873, the Palais des Arts until 1883, the Musée de peintures in 1913, the Bouzanquet collection in 1923, evacuation due to the Second World War in 1943, computerization and renovation in 1987 for contemporary art exhibitions in anticipation of the opening of Carré d'art in 1993, and cultural action from 2003 to 2023.

About the location

Musée des Beaux-Arts

Rue de la Cité Foulc, 30000 Nîmes

Gard
Occitanie

Located in a remarkable building(ship) of the architect nîmois Max Raphel then transformed in 1987 by the famous architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte into a real open space, the museum shelters the most important collections of the territory today. With more than 3 600 works, the museum of the Fine Arts of Nîmes presents a big(great) diversity of rooms(parts,plays). Collections French, Flemish or Italian paintings(paints) were dated the from XVth century till XXth century, via sculptures or engravings, one gives rhythm to the liking of numerous influence of works of art to visit. To it is naturally added the superb Roman mosaic of Admète, discovered to the XIXth century and placed today in the centre of the atrium.