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The Dior Gallery, which bears witness to the bold vision of Christian Dior and his six successors: Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons and Maria Grazia Chiuri.

Poet, lyricist, screenwriter, playwright and committed humanist, Jacques Prévert (1900-1977) also devoted much of his life to the visual arts. His abundant imagination gave life to a unique body of work, full of magic and humanity. More than 170 objects in various formats (paintings, drawings, lithographs, manuscripts, photographs, objects, archives, film and interview extracts, etc.) tell the story of an artist who, despite himself, was little known.

With this exhibition, the Musée de Montmartre celebrates the 70th anniversary of Jacques Prévert's installation in the 18th arrondissement, Cité Véron, above the Moulin Rouge. Like an alchemist, the artist juggled images as he did words. He deconstructs them, assembles them, constructs and creates worlds "à la Prévert", taking us into his reverie and his time. Profoundly poetic and visual, these creations enrich our understanding of his prolific universe.

The exhibition presents masterpieces from the collection of the Berggruen Museum in Berlin that once belonged to Heinz Berggruen. Ceded to the German state in 2000, a few years before the collector's death, this vast ensemble finds a particular echo in the Walter-Guillaume collection at the Musée de l'Orangerie. The hundred or so masterpieces by Picasso, Klee, Matisse and Giacometti demonstrate the major role played by this player in the Paris art market in the second half of the 20th century.

The tour, featuring monographs and thematic focuses, highlights the gallery owner and collector's particular and personal tastes, particularly around his two favorite masters: Picasso and Klee. The choices, encounters and affinities that led to the creation of this unique collection are also highlighted. The exhibition explores Heinz Berggruen's singular relationship with his artists and his post-war art market network in Paris.

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The museum honors a little-known piece from its collections, Auguste Rodin'sÉtude de robe de chambre pour Balzac. Based on a selection of sculptures from the museum's collections, 19th-century fashion pieces from the Palais Galliera and previously unpublished archives from the library of the Institut de France, the exhibition reveals an investigation into Rodin's search for a body for Balzac. Taking as its starting point the process of creating the Monument à Balzac, the exhibition invites a wider reflection on the evolution of representations of the body in the public space.

Chosen by the Société des Gens de Lettres in 1891 to sculpt a monument to Balzac, Auguste Rodin embarked on a quest for the novelist who had been missing for almost half a century: the stages of this investigation will be retraced throughout the exhibition. Rodin then set himself the challenge of embodying Balzac in clay and plaster for four years. The exhibition follows the sculptor's path towards the idealization of the body, and ends with a confrontation between the statue of Balzac and a work by contemporary sculptor Thomas J. Price depicting an anonymous black woman in jogging pants, symbolizing a new diversity in 21st-century public statuary.

Bringing together for the first time over 200 of the Italian fashion house's creations, the exhibition traces the aesthetic itinerary of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana's designs. This Paris edition follows on from the one held at the Palazzo Reale in Milan.

Through ten immersive rooms covering 1,200 m2, the tour highlights the various elements of Italian culture that nourish the creations of the two couturiers: the history of Italian art, architecture, craftsmanship, regional cultures, music, opera, ballet, cinema, folk traditions, theater and of course - "la dolce vita". The exhibition will also showcase original works by contemporary artists in dialogue with the world of the fashion house.

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The exhibition explores the influence of the art world and contemporary creation on the world of fashion, through the history of decorative styles, crafts and ornamentation. Throughout the galleries and rooms of the Objets d'art department, 65 contemporary silhouettes, accompanied by some thirty accessories, will be deployed in a historical and poetic dialogue with the department's masterpieces, from Byzantium to the Second Empire.

The tour offers a different way of looking at objets d'art through the prism of contemporary designers' eyes. It highlights the close links between the collections of the Objets d'art department and fashion pieces. In terms of the history of art and fashion, complicities often involve shared methods, knowledge of the oldest techniques, visual culture and a play on references.

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