Through the presentation of paintings, sculptures, photographs, films, textiles and literary works, this exhibition highlights the primordial role of women in the development of the great artistic movements of modernity. These pioneers, born at the end of the 19th century or at the very beginning of the 20th century, finally gained access to the great art schools which had previously been reserved for men. They were the first to be recognised as artists, to own a studio, a gallery or a publishing house, to run workshops in art schools, and to represent naked bodies. Their lives and their bodies, which they are the first to claim as their own, became the tools of their work, which they reinvented in all materials and on all supports. The interdisciplinarity and performativity of their work have influenced entire generations of artists and continue to do so today.

With Patricia Clément, mediator of the musée du Luxembourg

Pionnières

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Les amis invite you to travel back in time to meet the greatest artists of the 20th century. Through the reading of artists' letters, relive the key moments in the history of art and the turning points in the lives of its protagonists. 

En compagnie de Nicolas Liucci, directeur de la Bibliotèque Kandinsky

Reading of artist letters

friend

benefactor

donor

grand donor 

perspective friend

perspective benefactor

International Circle

Acquisition Group for Design

Acquisition Group for Photography

Acquisition Group for Contemporary Art

Groupe d'Acquisition pour la Scène Française des années 50 - 80

Mission Recherche

The amis welcome you to a tour of four galleries around rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth : Backslash, Michèle Didier, Pauline Pavec to end with drinks at Dilecta. 

Gallery tour around rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth

Perspective // Gallery tour rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth