14 July 2008 - 30 July 2008
An exhibition of instruments made by the luthier Antonio Stradivarius (1644-1737) is organized this summer by the musée Fabre.
Stradivarius
© Francis Porras Louis Gauffier (1762- 1801)
© Musée Fabre - Montpellier Agglomération / cliché F. Jaulmes 8 July 2008 - 11 October 2008
The museum possesses an important collection of paintings and drawings by Louis Gauffier (Poitiers 1762 – Florence 1801), one of the most innovative landscape artists at the end of the 18th century, donated by François-Xavier Fabre in 1825 and in 1837. To complete it, the museum bought, in January 2008 from New York, an important painting by the artist: View of the Vallombreuse Abbey.
Nicolas Poussin, Vénus and Adonis
© Musée Fabre / Montpellier Agglomération - cliché F. Jaulmes 7 July 2008 - 6 October 2008
For the first time in France the musée Fabre in Montpellier Agglomeration is exhibiting the painting Venus and Adonis by Nicolas Poussin, which has been exceptionally reconstructed, thanks to a unique partnership with the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York. The two sections of this painting, Venus and Adonis from the musée Fabre and Landscape with a River God from the Patti Birch Trust, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, will be reunited in one single frame, restoring the painting to its former glory. Already shown in New York in the exhibition Poussin and nature – Arcadian visions, February to May 2008, the reunion of these two canvases is an exceptional event in the world of art history, permitting the fabulous renaissance of a masterpiece which has lain dormant for over two centuries.
Gustave Courbet: Retrospective
© M. Nguyen / droits réservés 13 June 2008 - 27 September 2008
Gustave Courbet was a highly prolific artist whose work remains centrally important to an understanding of French 19th-century painting. The last major retrospective of his paintings was held in 1977, at the Grand Palais in Paris.
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The Route Courbet
© Musée Fabre / Montpellier Agglomération 13 June 2008 - 27 September 2008
The Gustave Courbet exhibition is the occasion for Montpellier Agglomération to highlight its natural and artistic heritage with the Route Courbet. This unique project allows each visitor to discover in Courbet's footsteps the landscapes the artist painted in the Languedoc region during his wanderings from Villetelle to Sète.
François-Xavier Fabre: Retrospective (1766-1837)
© Musée Fabre / Montpellier Agglomération 12 November 2007 - 23 February 2008
The newly-renovated Musée Fabre is paying an exceptional tribute to the work of the painter and collector François-Xavier Fabre – the museum's founder, in 1828 – and his national and international influence. A pupil of David, and the winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1787, Fabre was one of the great hopes of French painting in his day, before events took him to Florence where he established a successful career as a commercial painter and art expert.
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Rugbysme, rugby and modern art
© Musée Fabre / Montpellier Agglomération 7 September 2007 - 24 November 2007
During the Rugby World Cup, for which Montpellier Agglomération is a venue in Fall 2007, Musée Fabre Puts in evidence the link between this sport and Modern Art through an exhibition showing the works of two artists from the Cubist Movement, André Lhôte and Robert Delaunay.
The beginning of 20th Century is characterised by the issue of the body and hygiena, and witnesses a considerable development of sports equipments (Pool of the Butte aux Cailles, 1920). Also, most people tend to exercise, whichever layer of the society they belong to. Open-airism, heliotherapy, and naturism gain more and more adepts, but the cult of the body also contains nationalist echoes, and it is well-known how countries take advantage of more and more grandiose Olympiads.
Eleanor Coppola - Circle of Memory
© Musée Fabre / Montpellier Agglomération 14 July 2007 - 15 September 2007
As part of the Radio-France festival, Eleanor Coppola, wife of the famous film director, has associated with artists from the San Francisco bay, such as photographers, architects, sound and light engineers, to create and artwork in memory of children who disappeared or died of disease, accidents, violent actions, starvation, during a war…
Impressionism, from France and United States
© Musée Fabre / Montpellier Agglomération 1 June 2007 - 29 September 2007
Thanks to the FRAME partnership (French Regional American Museums Exchange) and during the summer of its reopening, the musée Fabre will show a prestigious exhibition gathering the Impressionist main works coming from the American FRAME museums.
Flemish and Dutch drawings
© Musée Fabre / Montpellier Agglomération 31 May 2007 - 30 October 2007
If the collections of Nordic paintings of the musée Fabre are well-known thanks to the legacy of Antoine Valedau in 1836, this exhibition is the occasion to discover the Flemish and Dutch drawings.