A Weekend in Program Description

October 18-21, 2018 AFMO Weekend……………………………… Thursday, October 18

U.S. Ambassabor’s Residence 41, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris

The U.S. Embassy in Paris is the oldest diplomatic mission of the United States. The Department of State owns three buildings in Paris to support its diplomatic, consular, trade, and cultural activities: the Embassy of the United States of America in Paris, the Hôtel de Pontalba - also called Hôtel de Rothschild - and the Hôtel de Talleyrand-George Marshall Center. When Louis Visconti designed the urban mansion for the New Orleans-born Michaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba, it became known as the Hôtel de Pontalba. Edmond James de Rothschild acquired the building in 1876, he sold it to the U.S. government in 1948. It now serves as the official Residence of the Ambassador of the United States of America to and Monaco. We are honored to be welcomed by Ambassador Jamie McCourt for the opening reception of our October Gala. Friday, October 19

Musée de l’Orangerie, The Cruel Tales of Paula Rego Private Visit with Museum Director Cécile Debray Jardin des Tuileries, , 75001 Paris

The only female artist in the London Group, Paula Rego set herself apart with her strongly figurative, incisive, and singular work. She is obsessed by a literary and cultural vision of the 19th century, both realistic and imaginary (Jane Eyre, Peter Pan, Daumier, Goya, Lewis Carroll, Hogarth, Ensor, Degas), which becomes entangled with strongly autobiographical elements. Her paintings confront established conventions and reveal with great irony traits of the bourgeois society embodied by family, religion, and the State. Drawing her inspiration from the mannequins, dolls, and masks staged in her studio, she transforms and distorts her characters and creates large- format scenes where reality and fiction, dreams and nightmares, merge.

Musée d’Orsay, Behind the Scenes of the Graphic Art and Photography Department, including Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz, with Curator Thomas Galifot Musée d’Orsay, Montherlant Entrance, 9 quai Anatole France, 75007 Paris

Musée du , Behind the Scenes of the Musée d’Orsay’s Drawings Collection, including Degas, Manet, and Millet, with Curator Leila Jarbouai Musée du Louvre, Porte des Lions Entrance (Seine Side), Quai François Mitterand, 75001 Paris AFMO Weekend……………………………… Durand-Ruel: The First Impressionist Art Dealer. Private Archives with Art Historian Flavie Durand-Ruel 39, avenue de Friedland, 75008 Paris

Flavie Durand-Ruel and Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel, descendants of legendary, innovative Parisian art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, take us back in time into the universe of the man, for whom "art came before any other consideration".

National Archives, Hôtel de Soubise Private Visit including the Opening of the Iron Chest containing France’s most Precious Documents 60, rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75004 Paris

Considered as one of the most prestigious Parisian residences since its construction in 1731, the Hotel de Soubise was the residence of Olivier de Clisson, Constable of France, then of the Duke of Guise. Graced with a majestic courtyard, the mansion was rebuilt and decorated by the Italian artist Francesco Primaticcio and became a National Monument at the time of the Revolution to house the official documents of the French Republic. Designed in 1790, The Iron Chest holds all of the Constitutions of France, as well as documents of the greatest historical value such as the journal of Louis XVI, the prototype meter and kilogram in platinum, Louis XIV's and Napoleon I's testaments.

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Richelieu Site 58, rue de Richelieu, 75002 Paris

The Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Richelieu Site has recently reopened after years of renovation work. Formerly known as the residence of Cardinal Mazarin in the 17th-century and then the Royal Library, the Richelieu site houses prestigious collections of Music and Performing Arts, Western and Eastern Manuscripts, Maps and Plans, Prints and Photographs, and Coins, Medals, and Antiques. The Labrouste oval reading room, a 19th-century neo-classical masterpiece, is renowned for its sixteen slender metal columns and naturalistic frescoes on the ceilings where images of trees and squirrels create the impression of reading outdoors. Lunch will be served in the Library’s Salon d’Honneur under the gaze of Voltaire.

CHANEL, In the Footsteps of Gabrielle Chanel: Tea Time at LE RITZ PARIS with Lecture on Chanel by Justine Picardie, Editor-in-Chief of Haper’s Bazaar, UK & Visit of her Private Apartment,31, rue Cambon possible in small groups. Le Ritz Paris, 15, Place Vendôme, 75001 Paris / 31, rue Cambon, 75001 Paris

At the Ritz, we will enjoy an Afternoon Tea and a Lecture on Chanel by Justine Picardie, Editor-in- Chief of Haper’s Bazaar, U.K and author of “Chanel. Her Life”. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s famous 3rd floor apartment above the ground floor store and Haute Couture dressing rooms, and decorated in exquisite taste by herself, remains untouched since she died in her room at the Ritz at the age of 87. Highlights include beautiful Coromandel screens, dark lacquered wood, carved and painted in gold and varied colors, and the famous, faceted, mirrored staircase that connects all four floors. AFMO Weekend………………………………

Maison Lesage, Haute Couture Embroidery 13, rue de la Grange Batelière, 75009 Paris

Created in 1924, Maison Lesage is one of the oldest embroidery ateliers in Paris known for opulent pieces that require countless hours of craftsmanship for Haute Couture and Ready-to-Wear clients. Artistry of the past meets today’s fashion through innovative design and the determination to keep centuries-old techniques relevant for today’s designers. The company founded an embroidery school in 1992 and became part of CHANEL’s Métiers d’art in 2002.

Maison Schiaparelli, Elsa’s Legacy, 21, Place Vendôme 21, Place Vendôme, 75001 Paris

Elsa Schiaparelli’s iconic couture house reopened where the famous designer once worked in the 1930s: at high-profile 21 Place Vendôme. The four-story 18th-century building houses a creative studio, an atelier, couture salons and offices, in a decadent suite of rooms, dotted with references to Schiaparelli’s work reflected in the furnishings, numerous sketches, illustrations, and photos from her life. Highlights include Giacometti gold columns, Marcel Vertès collages and sketches, original sphinx sculptures from the store interior, and various artefacts such as a Salavador Dalì powder compact and Man Ray glasses.

Joseph Achkar and Michel Charrière, Hôtel Particulier du Duc de Gesvres, 17th-century Home and Collection 22, rue de la Michodière, 75009 Paris

Joseph Achkar and Michel Charrière, renowned interior designers, whose work is found in eminent private residences around the world, currently restore the prestigious Hôtel de la Marine in Paris, open the doors of their stunning residence, the Hôtel du Duc de Gesvres. It is the only remaining town house by classical architect Antoine Lepautre, and exemplifies the most sophisticated level of classical architecture, artwork and décor, with works by Watteau and the original “cabinet of mirrors”. This splendidly restored and brilliantly decorated home earned the owners the 's highest award for restoration.

Max Blumberg and Eduardo Araujo, Neo-Classical Home and Collection 210, , 75001 Paris

Distinguished private art collectors Max Blumberg and Eduardo Araujo open the doors of their outstanding Paris home, with an extraordinary Neo-Classical Art Collection and marvelous views of Paris, the Tuileries gardens, and the Musée d’Orsay. AFMO Weekend……………………………… Musée National Picasso-Paris. Private After-Hours Visit of Picasso. Masterpieces! Special Welcome and Introduction by Museum President Laurent Le Bon 5, rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris

What is the meaning of “masterpiece” for Pablo Picasso? The exhibition Picasso: Masterpieces! attempts an answer by bringing together many of his greatest works, some of which will be shown in Paris for the first time. Thanks to exceptional loans, masterpieces from all over the world unite with those from the Musée National Picasso-Paris. The collection offers a new look at Picasso’s creativity and gives special attention to its critical reception: exhibitions, articles, and publications that accompanied each artwork and helped forge their reputation as masterpieces. The Musée National Picasso-Paris archives play an essential part in this story. Saturday, October 20

Giacometti Institute, Artist’s Studio, Drawing Cabinet, and Special Exhibition 5, rue Victor Schoelcher, 75014 Paris

Boasting a collection of 300 sculptures, 90 paintings, over 2,000 thousand drawings, and a remarkable collection of archives and photographs, the newly opened Giacometti Institute owns the world’s richest collection of works by Alberto Giacometti. In addition to a dynamic program of engaging exhibitions, it houses an education and research center, but the stunning reconstituted version of Giacometti’s atelier remains the Institute’s centerpiece: his mythical studio became the symbol of Post-War Parisian artistic life.

Musée Rodin, Home, Atelier, and Garden in Meudon 19, avenue Auguste Rodin, 92190 Meudon

Auguste Rodin bought the “Villa des Brillants”, a modest-looking Louis XIII-style building on the heights of Meudon in 1895, as his private residence. Although he continued to frequent his Parisian studios, Rodin lived and created in Meudon many of his most significant pieces. The house itself became a port of call for an endless stream of friends, sitters, patrons, and celebrities from across France and abroad - including Britain's King Edward VII. The 3-hectare garden houses the Plaster Gallery: we experience his sculptures in their successive various stages of his creative process, and admire Rodin’s own Antique Collection.

Kraemer Gallery, Private Visit of the oldest family-owned Art Gallery in Paris, specialized, since 1875, in furniture and objets d'art 43, rue Monceau, 75008 Paris

Recognized as one of the world’s leading antique dealers and the source of some of the most significant examples of 17th- and 18th-century French decorative arts that are now part of the collections of major museums, including the Louvre, the MET, and the White House, the Kraemer Family opens the door of their Art Gallery and Home in a stunning private mansion and guide us through their rare collection of fine French furniture, paintings and decorative arts. AFMO Weekend………………………………

Guttklein Fine Art Gallery, Variations around White, Major Works by Hantaï, Tàpies, and Rouan. In the Presence of Artist François Rouan 12, rue de Seine, 75006 Paris

Variations on White is a group exhibition which gathers masterpieces by American and European post-war artists James Bishop, Sam Francis, Tàpies, Hantaï, and François Rouan. By their minimalism, their radicalism, their subtleness, these works are key within the history of white and monochrome from the sixties onwards.

Gagosian Gallery, Albert Oehlen Exhibition 4, rue de Ponthieu, 75008 Paris

Discover German-born artist Albert Oehlen and his unpredictable abstraction: “The guiding principles of his method are impulse and eclecticism, while his tools are fingers, brushes, collage, and computer”.

Gala Evening, Musée d’Orsay In presence of Françoise Nyssen, Minister of Culture of the French Republic 1, rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris

Private Visit of Picasso. Blue and Rose The musée d'Orsay and the musée national Picasso-Paris collaborate for the first time to explore the early work of Pablo Picasso from 1900 to 1906, a decisive period which until now has not been covered in its entirety by a French museum. The exhibition attempts a new interpretation and analysis of his Blue and Rose period; his works are shown in the context of current and past inspirations: Casas, Nonell, Casagemas, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Gauguin. The alliance of two institutions unites a large number of paintings and drawings, previously unseen works, and masterpieces such as La Vie (1903, Cleveland Museum of Art) which is presented for the first time in France. Reception and Exceptional Dinner with Gabi Shafir, Executive Chef of the Moroccan Royal family and Member of L’Équipe de France de la Gastronomie et des Maîtres du Service. Sunday, October 21

Le Bristol Paris 112, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris

Exclusive Breakfast and Visit of the Hotel’s Art Collection. As art lovers and collectors, the Oetker family is committed to maintain a long tradition of acquisitions. Le Bristol’s galleries, suites and rooms are decorated with select works of art which illustrate the hotel’s spirit and French “art de vivre”. AFMO Weekend………………………………

Le Bristol Paris (cont.) 112, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris

Highlights include the Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette by François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775), Madame de Pompadour’s favorite painter, the antique bust of Bacchus, and the stunning 18-th century tapestries from the Royal Manufactory of Lille and the Royal Manufacture des Gobelins. Echoing the refinement of 18-th century works, Le Bristol Paris welcomes contemporary creations and invites, in collaboration with prominent Parisian art galleries, internationally renowned artists to exhibit their works in their garden.

Jardin des Plantes Garden Tour with Amy Kupec Larue Place Valhubert, 75005 Paris

Louis XIII created the Jardin des Plantes in 1626 as a Royal Garden of Medicinal Plants. An exceptionally rich heritage and the extensive variety of plants, trees, and statues make the Jardin des Plantes one of Paris’ most beloved gardens. There is something to enjoy during each season, between the greenhouses, a rose garden, the labyrinth with its gazebo, the zoo and its aviary, in addition to 500m of flowerbeds with species and colors found nowhere else in Paris.