Soulages XXI century

The first personal exhibition in Italy dedicated to the greatest living French painter > Interview to Pierre Soulages w ww.radio3.rai.it (download podcast) The exhibition entitled Soulages XXI st Century, organized by the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici and the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Lyon , highlights how this master, considered to be the greatest representative of French abstraction and who has been internationally recognized since the early 1940s, is also truly a “contemporary” artist.  At over 92, he still continues his in-depth investigation of abstract painting, exploring new possibilities stemming from the demanding premises on which he has based his practice since the very beginning of his activity as a painter. The exhibition Soulages XXI st Century, at Villa Medici, from March 2 to June 16, 2013, will concentrate on the most recent developments of his work, presenting an important selection of paintings, chosen together with the artist by its two curators: Éric de Chassey, director of the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici, and Sylvie Ramond, director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyons. This exhibition has been organized thanks to the faithful support of the partners of the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici. Amundi, main partner of the FrenchAcademy in Rome – Villa Medici. La Maison Zilli, and its president Alain Schimel. > Admission & opening times Arte Rai: “Opere in nero” 16/04/2013