Paris & London Architecture & Urbanism Program

Suggested Activities in Paris Summer 2018

Use this list of other temporary exhibits, events, and lesser-known museums around Paris to explore other activities on your own based on your areas of interest.

…And don’t forget to check out the Facebook page for Boston University Study Abroad– Paris for info about events, exhibits, cinema, and visits going on during your stay in Paris!

Picasso: History of the Guernica

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the creation of one of Picasso’s most famous and exceptional paintings, the National Picasso Museum in Paris in partnership with the Queen Sophia National Museum has dedicated an entire exhibit to the history of the Guernica. Painted in 1937, this monumental work of art became an iconic symbol of both anti-fascism and peace. Artists, historians, and intellectuals have been debating its true meaning since its creation. This singular exhibit traces Picasso’s artistic journey through the ‘30s and how the Spanish civil war impacted his work. (Inspirelle.com)

When: Through July 29 Tues-Fri 10:30am-6pm Sat-Sun 9:30am-6pm

Where: Musée Picasso Paris 5 rue de Thorigny 75003 Paris Metro: Saint Paul (line 1) or Saint-Sébastien-Froissant or Chemin Vert (both line 8)

Cost: 11€ with passport and student card (may be free if your visa is longer), free 1st Sun of the month Website: http://www.museepicassoparis.fr/exposition-guernica/

Champs-Elysées Film Festival

This annual film festival showcases American and French independent films for a week with premieres, conferences, after parties, and live music. Check out the website for more updates and a program to come.

When: June 12-19

Where: Various cinema locations around Paris near Avenue des Champs-Elysées

Cost: 35€ week pass for under-26s, 7€ per screening (possibly student pricing to be announced) Website: http://www.champselyseesfilmfestival.com/2018/

Fête de la musique

The voice may take different forms– tone colours, chords, accents, which evolve through time, geography, cultures. Looking at the expansion of musicals, singing groups and choirs, karaoke: the voice is the key instrument. On Thursday, June 21st, music lovers, amateur and professional musicians, are invited to celebrate music in all its forms on the streets!

When: Thursday June 21st

Where: Multiple locations across Paris

Cost: Free! Website: http://fetedelamusique.culturecommunication.gouv.fr

La Défense Jazz Festival The forecourt at the Ile-de-France business district is transformed into an open-air concert hall on the occasion of its famous jazz festival. For 40 years now, prestigious artists such as Stacey Kent, Erik Truffaz, andLionel Belmondo have performed here and this year’s line-up has many beautiful moments in store, with notably the participation of Bootsy Collins, Chinese Man, Alsarah & The Nubatones or ALA.NI. Free and quality entertainment to listen to at lunchtime or in the evening. (Parisinfo.com)

When: June 25 – July 1

Where: La Défense Metro: La Défense (line 1 and RER A)

Cost: Free! Website: http://ladefensejazzfestival.hauts-de-seine.fr/

Street Art Paris – Left Bank Street Art Tour

Since 2010, the 13th arrondissement of Paris has commissioned a number of French and international artists to paint murals on social housing buildings, with local residents representing the deciding vote on what is done. Street Art Paris gives walking tours of the 13th arrondissement, where visitors can see some of the most important works in the neighborhood.

When: Tours every Sunday at 1pm in English, lasting about 2h30m

Where: Meeting point at the ‘Wallace Fountain’ Place de la commune de Paris 29 rue de la Butte aux Cailles 75013 Paris

Cost: 20€, discount price of 15€ for tickets booked in advance through the Street Art Paris website

Website: http://streetartparis.fr/left-bank- street-art-tour/

Gordon Matta-Clark Anarchitect at Jeu de Paume

Featuring one hundred artworks by Gordon Matta-Clark, the exhibition "Anarchitect" explores the importance of Matta- Clark’s practice towards a rethinking of architecture after modernism. Embracing a diversity of media that include photography, film and printmaking, the exhibition features a number of works related to contemporary urban culture that further contextualize Gordon Matta-Clark’s compelling critique of architecture.

When: June 5 – Sept 23 Tues 11am-9pm, Wed-Sun 11am-7pm

Where: Jeu De Paume 1 place de la Concorde 75008 Paris Metro: Concorde (line 1)

Cost: 7.50€ for students with student card Website: http://www.jeudepaume.org/index.php?page=article&idArt=3005

Solo Galerie This gallery could have gone unnoticed among many of its Marais competitors, if it wasn't for the new project: to highlight architects with a real artistic approach to their work. As well as including Pritzker Prize winners and the most emblematic representatives of young global talent, Solo also represents works through drawings and models rather than simply photos. (TimeOut Paris)

When: Open Tuesday – Saturday from 12pm-7pm

Where: 11 rue des Arquebusiers 75003 Paris Metro: Saint-Sébastien-Froissart (line 8)

Cost: Free! Website: http://solo-projects.com/main/category/present/

MAC/VAL Opened just days after the 2005 banlieue riots ended, this contemporary art museum has earned a fearsome reputation for artistic savvy. Its collection offers a stunning snapshot of French art from 1950 to the present, including installations by Gilles Barbier, Jesús Rafael Soto and Christian Boltanski. Recent acquisitions have branched out into contemporary art, representing artists of all nationalities including Yvan Salomone, Tsuneko Taniuchi and Jesper Just. Add to that its ongoing tradition of artists in residence, as well as a wide range of temporary exhibitions, and you’ve got one of Paris’s most exciting galleries. (TimeOut Paris) When: Tue-Fri 10am-8pm; Sat-Sun noon-7pm

Where: RER C to Vitry-sur-Seine, then bus 18O to MAC/VAL. Or Métro line 7 to Villejuif and bus 180 to MAC/VAL.

Cost: 5€; 2.50€ reductions; free under-26s, students, all 1st Sun of month Website: http://www.macval.fr/english/

Wild Souls. Symbolism in the Baltic States

The Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania established their independence just after the end of the First World War. To celebrate their 100-year anniversary, the Musée d’Orsay presents an exhibit of Baltic Symbolism from the 1890s to the end of the 1920s. Using elements from popular culture, folklore and nature, these artists created a wholly original art form. Many of the works are being shown outside their home country for the first time, so don’t miss out! (Inspirelle.com)

When: Where: Musée d’Orsay Cost: Through July 15, 2018 1 Rue de la Légion 9€ with passport and Tues-Sun 9:30am-6pm d’Honneur, 75007 Paris student card (unless you Thurs 9:30am-9:45pm Metro: Solférino (line 12) or have a visa for longer than Musée d’Orsay (RER C) 3 months, it will be free), free 1st Sun of the month

Website: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/events/exhibitions/in-the-museums/exhibitions-in-the- musee-dorsay/article/ames-sauvages- 46485.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=254&cHash=e585ede3dd

Delacroix (1798–1863) at the Louvre

The largest retrospective of Eugène Delacroix’s work since 1963, this exhibit traces 40 years in the life of one of France’s greatest painters. While following in the footsteps of the Old Masters, Delacroix strove to infuse his work with individuality and versatility, as evidenced in the 180 works on display. Be sure to check out the accompanying series of lectures, workshops, concerts to learn more about his prolific and multi-faceted career. (Inspirelle.com)

When: Through July 23, 2018 Mon, Wed-Sun 9am-6pm Wed, Fri 9am-9:45pm

Where: Musée du Louvre Rue de Rivoli 75001 Paris Metro: Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre (line 1)

Cost: 17€; free for students with longer visas Website: https://www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/delacroix-1798-1863

The Water Lilies. American Abstract Painting and the last Monet

In 1955, one of Monet’s large panels of Water Lilies entered into the collection of the MOMA in New York. Monet was presented at that time as “a bridge between the naturalism of early Impressionism and the highly developed school of Abstract Art”. This exhibit at Musée de l’Orangerie, home of Monet’s large-scale panels, focuses on the interplay between Monet’s work and the development of Abstract Impressionism in the US, featuring a selection of Monet’s later works plus major paintings by American artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Ellsworth Kelly. (Inspirelle.com)

When: Through August 20 Mon, Wed-Sunday 9am-6pm

Where: Musée de l’Orangerie Jardin des Tuileries Place de la Concorde 75001 Paris Metro: Concorde (lines 1, 8, 12)

Cost: 6.50€ with passport and student card (if you have a visa for longer than 3 months, this will be free); free 1st Sun of the month Website: http://www.musee-orangerie.fr/en/event/water-lilies-american-abstract-painting-and-last- monet

Mary Cassatt. An American Impressionist in Paris

The Musée Jacquemart-André invites the public to get to know the work of American artist Mary Cassatt, a friend of Degas and close to the Impressionist movement. Showing some fifty works (oils, prints, drawings, and pastels) depicting characters immersed in their thoughts, and family scenes, this exceptional retrospective reveals the work of an artist, relatively unknown in France, whose considerable influence has enabled one of the greatest French artistic movements to integrate collections across the Atlantic. (ParisInfo.com)

When: Through July 23, 2018 Daily 10am-6pm Mon 10am-8:30pm

Where: Musée Jacquemart-André 158 boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris Metro: Saint-Augustin, Miromesnil or Saint-Philippe du Roule (lines 9,13)

Cost: 10.50€ for students with student card Website: http://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/en/node/2112

Kupka. Pioneer of Abstraction at Grand Palais

This large-scale retrospective covers the entire artistic output of Czech artist František Kupka, from his early symbolist works to his final avant-garde pieces. One of the main pioneers of abstraction, Kupka worked in many mediums (painting, drawing, engraving, photographs, films) and drew inspirations from philosophy, science, poetry, religion, and ancient cultures to explore his theories of color, form, and movement. (Inspirelle.com)

When: Through July 30, 2018 Mon, Thurs-Sun 10am-8pm Wed 10am-10pm

Where: Grand Palais, Galeries Nationales 3 avenue du Général Eisenhower 75008 Paris Metro: Franklin D. Roosevelt (lines 1, 9) or Champs Elysées Clémenceau (lines 1,13)

Cost: 10€ for under-26s Website: https://www.grandpalais.fr/en/event/kupka

Chagall, Lissitzky, Malévitch, the Russian Avant-Garde at the Centre Pompidou

The exhibition devoted by the Centre Pompidou to the Russian avant-garde between 1918 and 1922 focuses on the work of three of its iconic figures: Marc Chagall, El Lissitzky and Kasimir Malevich. It also presents works by teachers and students of the Vitebsk art school founded in 1918 by Chagall: Vera Ermolayeva, Nicolai Suetin, Ilya Chachnik, Lazar Khidekel and David Yakerson. Through 250 works and documents never seen together before, this event sheds light for the first time on the post-revolutionary years during which the history of art was written in Vitebsk, a long way from Russia's big cities. (Museum website)

When: Through July 16, 2018 Mon, Wed-Sun 11am-10pm Thurs 11am-11pm

Where: Centre Pompidou Place Georges-Pompidou 75004 Paris Metro: Rambuteau (line 11), Hôtel de Ville (lines 1, 11), Châtelet (lines 1, 4, 7, 11,14, RER A, B, D)

Cost: 11€; free on 1st Sun of the month Website: https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/agenda/event.action?param.id=FR_R-a017ced1- a6b3-4706-ad98-3daeb9dac878¶m.idSource=FR_E-58c7b2f9-b4c9-4c19-8e7f- de7ce04c9e09

Corot the Painter and his Models at Musée Marmottan Monet

This exhibition of portraits by the famous Impressionist painter known for his landscapes, Camille Corot, is the first Corot exhibition in Paris in over 20 years. This new exhibition at the Musée Marmottan brings together sixty paintings (lent by prestigious museums from around the world, including the Louvre, London’s National Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in Madrid, to name just a few) in order to show finally the most intimate section of this world-famous artist’s production.

When: Through July 8, 2018 Tues-Sun 10am-6pm Thurs 10am-9pm

Where: Grand Palais, Galeries Nationales 2 rue Louis Boilly 75016 Paris Metro: La Muette (line 9)

Cost: 7.50€ for students under 25 with student card Website: http://www.marmottan.fr/uk/

Musée des Arts et Métiers

This is your chance to follow in the footsteps of inventors and pioneers of progress and explore a one-of-a-kind repository of scientific and technical knowledge... Founded in 1794 by Henri Grégoire, the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, "a store of new and useful inventions," is a museum of technological innovation. The Musée des arts et métiers was refurbished in 2000, and now exhibits over 2,400 inventions. They are split into seven collections Scientific instruments, Materials, Energy, Mechanics, Construction, Communication and Transport. (Museum website)

When: Where: Cost: Website: http://www.arts-et- Tues-Wed 10am-6pm 60 rue Réaumur 5.50€ with metiers.net/musee/visitor- Thurs 10am-9:30pm 75003 Paris student card information Fri-Sun 10am-6pm Metro Réaumur- Sébastopol or Arts et Métiers

Artistes & Robots Exposition at Grand Palais

This exhibition is an opportunity to experience works of art produced with the help of increasingly sophisticated robots. Featuring works by some forty artists, it offers a gateway to an immersive and interactive digital world - an augmented body sensory experience that subverts our notions of space and time. (Grand Palais website) When: Through July 9, 2018 Mon, Thurs-Sun 10am-8pm Wed 10am-10pm

Where: Grand Palais, Galeries Nationales 3 avenue du Général Eisenhower 75008 Paris Metro: Franklin D. Roosevelt (lines 1,9) or Champs Elysées Clémenceau (lines 1,13)

Cost: Free 7-10pm for students on June 6, 10€ otherwise with student card Website: https://www.grandpalais.fr/en/event/artists-robots

TeamLab Au-Delà Des Limites at Grande Halle de la Villette

For this long-awaited exhibition, the Grande Halle de La Villette is transforming into a ‘living digital organism’. Visitors walk around within 360° images that respond to their movements. Both interactive and immersive, this is the first French monographic exhibition for Teamlab, a Japanese collective, and it promises lots of surprises. This poetic journey leads young and old to the boundary between art and digital technology. (Parisinfo.com website)

When: Through September 9, 2018 Tues-Sun 10am-7pm, Fri/Sat until 10pm

Where: Grande Halle de la Villette 211 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris Metro: Porte de Pantin (line 5)

Cost: 12.90€ reduced price Website: https://lavillette.com/en/evenement/teamlab/

Nuit aux Invalides See the Les Invalides monument in a whole new light during the summer months at this memorable light and sound show, that is returning to Paris for a very special Centenary Show in 2018. With this commemorative event, the 6th edition of this annual experience will highlight the events of the First World War through the narrative of a child, who is unwittingly witness to one of the key events of modern history. This striking 45-minute show takes place in the courtyard of Les Invalides, using the very latest in sound and video-mapping technology. (ParisPerfect.com) When: June 27 – Sept 1 Where: esplanade des Invalides 129 rue de Grenelle 75007 Paris Metro: Invalides (line 1)

Cost: 15.99€ for standing ticket for students with student card Website: http://lanuitauxinvalides.fr/en/show

Chopin Festival The Chopin Society once again presents its tribute to one of the world’s greatest romantic composers, Frederick Chopin, at the annual Chopin Festival. The setting at the lovely Orangerie in the Parc de Bagatelle is ideal for listening to recitals of the composer’s work performed by musicians from all around the world. Music lovers should not miss this atmospheric festival showcasing Chopin’s works in a magical setting! (ParisPerfect.com)

When: June 23 – June 24 Where: Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle 75016 Paris Metro: Porte Maillot (line 1) then bus 244 to Bagatelle-Pré Catelan

Cost: 1.50€ park entry for students except in the evenings 27€ for opening concert on June 23 for students (tickets must be bought online), free concert on June 24 Website: http://www.frederic-chopin.com/pages/festival-chopin-a-paris/35e-festival-chopin

Other museums, events, and websites to check out:

Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine https://www.citedelarchitecture.fr/

Palais du Tokyo http://www.palaisdetokyo.com/en

Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (free!) http://www.mam.paris.fr/en

Musée Rodin: Rodin and Dance (Rodin et La Danse) http://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/exhibition/exposition/rodin-and-dance

Musée du Quai Branly: Ghosts and Hells (Enfers et Fantômes d’Asie) http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/exhibitions-and-events/at-the-museum/exhibitions/event-details/e/enfers-et- fantomes-dasie-37727/

Musée de la Préfecture de Police https://en.parisinfo.com/paris-museum-monument/71398/Musee-de-la-Prefecture-de-police https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/paris-france https://www.timeout.com/paris/en/museums https://www.timeout.com/paris/en/museums/quirky-museums