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"Monument de l'Histoire"
Building and re-building the Palace of the Popes – 14th to the 20th
29 June - 29 September 2002

This unusual exhibit, which took place at the Palace of the Popes between 29 June and 29 September, presented the history of the Palace of the Popes since its inception. Nearly 200 works and documents were displayed, most of them for the very first time.

The works, borrowed from major French and foreign institutions, and Avignon collections, were displayed in a museographic setting which was beautifully adapted to the volumes of the palace. Architect Didier Blin worked in conjunction with the firm Stand'Up to create the installations, some of which will continue to be used in the �Mus�e de l'Oeuvre� which is opening in the Palace.

"GAO XINGJIAN au Palais des papes, rétrospective"
30 June - 4 November 2001

Approximately one hundred canvases of ink on rice paper were gathered for this exhibition, which retraced Gao Xingjian�s work as a painter since the �60�s. Born in China in 1940, Gao Xingjian is considered one of the great pioneers of avant-garde Chinese literature and art. Equally at ease with both small and very large formats, a master of the ancestral Chinese ink technique, Gao Xingjian is one of the very rare artists who is a novelist, essayist, playwright, director and painter.

For this first major exhibition, he chose Avignon, where his plays were performed for the first time in France in 1993 at the Festival (directed by Alain Timar at the Th��tre des Halles). The exhibition will then travel to other European cities.

The catalogue published in collaboration with this exhibition includes an essay on painting entitled �Another Aesthetic�, and is available at the Palace of the Popes boutique. During the exhibition of Gao Xingjian�s art, two of his plays were also performed at the Th��tre des Halles, "Au bord de la vie� and "Dialoguer-Interloquer". Readings of his works also took place.

"Merveilles d'Or et de Soie"
21 December 2000 - 4 June 2001

With this exhibition of outstanding liturgical vestments, attention was once again focused on the religious character of the Palace of the Popes, and in particular, the Great Chapel built by Pope Clement VI.





		Avignon-Siena: the artistic heritage bequeathed by Simone Martini MUSEE DU PETIT PALAIS 20 June to 30 november open every day except Tuesday, 10 to 1 pm / 2 to 6 pm An outstanding collaboration between the Pinacotheque in Siena and the Petit Palais museum in Avignon, in honor of the 700th anniversary of the arrival of the popes in Avignon. An exceptional exhibition which is one of the artistic highpoints of Summer 2009. T. +33(0)4 90 86 44 58 www.avignon-700ans.com	Infos Musée du Petit Palais Palais des Archevêques 84000 Avignon T. +33(0)4 90 86 44 58 F. +33(0)4 90 82 18 72 @ mail + site web

		"Mémoire de Scène" LES COSTUMES DE JEAN VILAR 1947 - 1963 4th July to 2d October 2006 au Palais des Papes To celebrate the 60th Avignon Festival, the traditional visit of the Palace of the Popes enriched this was the presentation of a fifty costumes, memory of the courtyard of the period of Jean Vilar. The Papal Palace and the Maison Jean Vilar and invite the festival to be raised within the decoration of a palace they think they know. At the corner of corridors and rooms, costumes designed by "the painters Jean Vilar - Leo Gischia Mario Prassinos Roger Chastel - await the visitor to remind him or her learn how simple and colorful imagination was made a legend that s' away and yet, continues to move ...

		SAINTS DE BYZANCE Icônes grecques de Veroia XIIIe - XVIIe siècle 4 December 2004 to 8 May 2005 Palais des Papes – Avignon France keeps the little Byzantine icons in the collections of museums and organizes exhibits very little on this subject, unlike its European neighbors. Avignon had the chance to forge a unique collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the Byzantine Museum of Veroia, collaboration allows the Palais des Papes to propose such an event. Avignon has been placing well at this year's Greek Olympic games in Athens. The Cultural Olympiad was participating in the exhibition by financing the publication of the catalog.

		"Trésors Publics, Twenty Years of Artwork from the Contemporary Art Regional Reserves 4 exhibitions into 14 venues Avignon, Nantes, Strasbourg and Arles With nearly 1000 works of art on display in 4 different cities, this is certainly the most extensive exhibition of public art collections ever displayed in France. A collaboration of the Culture and Communication Ministry, the Visual Arts Delegation and the National Centre for Visual Arts, in conjunction with the Contemporary Art Regional Reserves which has organised four exhibitions of artwork collected over the past twenty years by the regional reserves. Many special events and exhibits are being organized to celebrate this twentieth anniversary.

		"Monument de l'Histoire" Building and re-building the Palace of the Popes – 14th to the 20th 29 June - 29 September 2002 This unusual exhibit, which took place at the Palace of the Popes between 29 June and 29 September, presented the history of the Palace of the Popes since its inception. Nearly 200 works and documents were displayed, most of them for the very first time. The works, borrowed from major French and foreign institutions, and Avignon collections, were displayed in a museographic setting which was beautifully adapted to the volumes of the palace. Architect Didier Blin worked in conjunction with the firm Stand'Up to create the installations, some of which will continue to be used in the �Mus�e de l'Oeuvre� which is opening in the Palace.

		"GAO XINGJIAN au Palais des papes, rétrospective" 30 June - 4 November 2001 Approximately one hundred canvases of ink on rice paper were gathered for this exhibition, which retraced Gao Xingjian�s work as a painter since the �60�s. Born in China in 1940, Gao Xingjian is considered one of the great pioneers of avant-garde Chinese literature and art. Equally at ease with both small and very large formats, a master of the ancestral Chinese ink technique, Gao Xingjian is one of the very rare artists who is a novelist, essayist, playwright, director and painter. For this first major exhibition, he chose Avignon, where his plays were performed for the first time in France in 1993 at the Festival (directed by Alain Timar at the Th��tre des Halles). The exhibition will then travel to other European cities. The catalogue published in collaboration with this exhibition includes an essay on painting entitled �Another Aesthetic�, and is available at the Palace of the Popes boutique. During the exhibition of Gao Xingjian�s art, two of his plays were also performed at the Th��tre des Halles, "Au bord de la vie� and "Dialoguer-Interloquer". Readings of his works also took place.

		"Merveilles d'Or et de Soie" 21 December 2000 - 4 June 2001 With this exhibition of outstanding liturgical vestments, attention was once again focused on the religious character of the Palace of the Popes, and in particular, the Great Chapel built by Pope Clement VI.

		"La Beauté in Fabula" 27 May - 1st October 2000 spectacular exhibit which took place in over twenty rooms in the Palace of the Popes, many of which were open to the public for the very first time. This exhibit on beauty combined musical works, fashion, the visual arts, and brought the visitor face to face with many different emotions. Traveling through the itinerary of this multi-faceted exhibit, the visitor faced dreams, worry, the sensation of being lost, violence, fear, seduction, physical desire, spiritual ecstasy � Each theme was illustrated by great contemporary artists (Christian Boltanski, Anish Kapoor, Jeff Koons, James Turrel, Bill Viola,...), major works from the history of art (Hans Holbein, Nicolas de Leyde, Piran�se...), and objects from other cultures (Amazon, China, India...).	"La nature à l'Oeuvre", or Nature at Work, was an outstanding exhibit in the Jeanne Laurent building, on the wonders wrought by nature. The sublime beauty of jellyfish, insects, minerals and other natural curiosities was enhanced by remarkably powerful museography.

	"Les images, ma seule, ma primitive passion... " Charles Beaudelaire	"Primitive Passion" 22 May - 1st October 1999 Contemporary art was honored in 1999 with twelve French artists to paint images that never went without saying ... Four generations of painters faced with a story that makes problematic the exercise of their art. All share the same doubts, giving their images daring challenges, the fragility of appearances. So many painters who find discomfort in the production of images modesty primary artists of Lascaux, the restless fervor of all iconoclasts, chief guardians of spells they fight the vice.

		"Trésors d'Horlogerie" Time and its measurement from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance 27 May - 1st October 2000 An overwhelming exhibit focusing on the beauty of instruments made to measure time. Over one hundred watches of many different forms and shapes, nearly twenty luxuriously crafted clocks, and five major works � true masterpieces from both the technical and decorative standpoint � twenty time-measuring instruments such as bells, sundials, hourglasses, books of hours � all contributed to a highly diverse and fascinating exhibit. Paintings by the great masters and manuscripts were also part of this original exhibit. Many photographs also presented close-up details of the technical aspects of clock-making, and showed clocks on buildings and monuments that add to the riches and prestige of the cities they embellish

	Botero	Other outstanding exhibitions: "Histoire Tissées", été 1997 "Histoire Tiss�es" (Stories in Tapestry), summer 1997 "Deux Palace pour Rodin" (Two Palaces for Rodin) summer 1996 "Picasso" et "Petits carr�s d'Histoire" (History told in Tiles), summer 1995 "Dubuffet", summer 1994 "Botero", summer 1993 "Avant L�onard", (Before Leonardo) summer 1992
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Avignon-Siena: the artistic heritage bequeathed by Simone Martini

Avignon-Siena:
the artistic heritage bequeathed by Simone Martini