In Marcel Duchamp's original 1947 work, a foam rubber breast under glass is bordered by the text "Prière de toucher" (Please touch) as a title. By inviting us to perform a materially impossible and virtually forbidden act, he draws attention to the ambiguities of the work of art. As part of a project to restore the museum's rubbers, financed by the Michelin Foundation at the initiative of the Friends, Lucille Royan and Juliette Dignat will study the effects of time on this work in order to restore it. They will present to the Friends the progress of their research and describe the measures they wish to adopt. 

With Lucille Royan and Juliette Dignat, restorers

Restauration Conference - Episode 3 : Prière de Toucher

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With Michel Gauthier, curator in the department of contemporary collections

Milan and Turin with Michel Gauthier

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When she died in 2016, the American painter Shirley Jaffe left behind a rich body of abstract work, a significant part of which was donated to the French state and received by the Musée national d'art moderne in 2019. This new exhibition shows the way in which the artist had to abandon gesturality in order to bring ever greater tension to her artistic experience. The chronological layout orchestrates occasional confrontations between works from different periods. Precious studio notes written by the artist for each of her paintings are presented in the showcase along with archival material collected in the studio.

With Frédéric Paul, curator of the contemporary collection service

Shirley Jaffe : an American in Paris

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