For the first time, a major exhibition is devoted to Louis XIV, the king’s personality, his personal tastes.This exhibition, Louis XIV, the man and the king, brings together more than 300 exceptional works coming from collections all over the world and never shown together before. Paintings, sculptures, objets d’art and furniture will be exhibited. These masterpieces, some of which have never been presented in France since the days of the Ancien Régime, will enable visitors to get to know the famous monarch better in both his personal tastes and through his public image.
From 20 october 2009 to 7 february 2010
Château de Versailles
Christian Boltanski, one of the key figures of French contemporary art, was born in Paris in 1944 and went on to develop an international career in the 1970s that has placed him in the ranks of the world’s leading contemporary artists. Individual memory and the passage of time are recurring themes in the work of Christian Boltanski, who has devised “Personnes” especially for the Monumenta exhibition at the Grand Palais. In this installation combining visual impact and sound, he tackles the question of destiny and the ineluctability of death.
Galeries nationales du Grand Palais
From January 13 2010 to February 21 2010