Salon du Livre • Discussions littéraires et crêperie !
Participez au Salon du Livre de notre Festival de la Francophonie 2023, samedi 25 mars ! Deux ateliers auxquels participer en famille vous seront proposés dans la matinée. Ensuite, pour les gourmands, ne manquez pas la Crêperie de 11h30 à 12h45… car la Chandeleur n’est pas si loin !
Learn more »Lascivious Statues: Galatea’s Animation in Eighteenth-Century France
Taking up the popularity of the Pygmalion and Galatea myth in eighteenth-century France, Alicia will be looking at the replication of marble sculptures by (or inspired by) Étienne-Maurice Falconet in Rococo paintings of seduction and libertine novels.
Learn more »Camille Claudel: Art, Love, and the Battle for Independence
Camille Claudel was among the most daring and visionary sculptors of the late nineteenth century. Although infamous today for her tumultuous life—her affair with Auguste Rodin, her internment for thirty years in a psychiatric institution—her art remains little known outside France, and merely nine works by the artist are currently held in American museums.
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