The Moon Exposition at Parisian Grand Palais

Wednesday, February 20, 2019
The Moon Exposition at Parisian Grand Palais

The 50-year anniversary of the first human step on the Moon is an opportunity to study, present and celebrate the long history that links humans with this familiar celestial body, through the artworks and objects that embody the countless visions and emotions it has inspired.

Image: Marc Chagall, Le paysage bleu, 1949, the detail

 

The 50-year anniversary of the first human step on the Moon is an opportunity to study, present and celebrate the long history that links humans with this familiar celestial body, through the artworks and objects that embody the countless visions and emotions it has inspired.

 

Marc Chagall, Le paysage bleu, 1949

 

This five-part exhibition is a journey to the Moon, through dimensions both real and imaginary. Each stage takes visitors on a voyage through time, revealing artistic creations from Antiquity to the modern day, produced mainly in Europe but also by African, Arab and Far Eastern civilisations.

 

The Moon

Grand Palais, Galeries nationales
3 April 2019 - 22 July 2019