DEEDS CALENDAR: L’art est dans la rue – Das Musée d’Orsay | until 06.07.2025
Musée d’Orsay is currently showing the exhibition L’art est dans la rue. The spectacular development of the poster in the second half of the 19th century was a phenomenon that was widely commented on by contemporaries. Printed propaganda had flourished during the French Revolution. But from the mid-19th century onwards, cities – particularly Paris, where posters took on particular importance – were the setting for the circulation of a new type of poster, illustrated and in colour. It is this break with the past that the exhibition sets out to explore. Embraced by the artistic avant garde, the poster embodied “modern life”, as it was then known, and acted as a powerful indicator of the changes taking place in a rapidly evolving society. This exhibition explores the roots of a phenomenon that was not just artistic and technical, but also urban, economic, social and political. Through a unique collection of works assembled here for the first time, the exhibition also shows how these many images helped to shape the myths and representations of the so-called Belle Époque.
WHEN?
Exhibition dates: Tuesday, March 18 to Sunday, July 6, 2025
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 9:30 am – 6:00 pm, Thursday: 9:30 am – 9:45 pm
WHERE?
Musée d’Orsay
Esplanade Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
75007 Paris, France
COST?
Regular: 16 EUR
Adult with a child: 13 EUR
Late opening on Thursdays: 12 EUR
Image above: Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859 – 1923) Imprimerie Charles Verneau (Paris) Affiches Charles Verneau. « La Rue », 1896 Lithographie en couleurs, 240 × 300 cm Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département des Estampes et de la photographie Photo BnF.
