“Francis Bacon: Man and the Beast.”
The exhibition “Francis Bacon: Man and Beast” will feature 45 paintings by the author. It covers the entire 50-year career of the artist, from his early paintings of biomorphic creatures in the 1930s and ’40s to his final work, Sketch of a Bull, made a few months before his death. For the first time, three 1969 canvases devoted to bullfighting will be exhibited together. The paintings of one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century leave no one indifferent – they are disgusting and beautiful at the same time. Francis Bacon was fascinated by animal studies from childhood and spent many hours in the London Zoo. The artist believed that by studying animals he could better understand human nature. In the results of his research, which he reflected in his paintings, Francis Bacon was quite frank and ruthless. “I always hoped to convey something as crude and direct as possible,” the artist declared.

“Yves Saint Laurent in the museums of Paris.”
In 2022 the fashion house Yves Saint Laurent celebrates its anniversary – 60 years since the first show, which was held on January 29, 1962. The exhibition “Yves Saint Laurent in the museums of Paris” (Yves Saint Laurent Aux Musées) dedicated to this event is a unique project involving six major museums of the French capital. Each of them will present the iconic works of the great couturier surrounded by exhibits, which served as inspiration for their creation. In the Galerie d’Apollon of the Louvre, which houses a collection of jewelry of the French Crown, will be exhibited models of Saint Laurent, demonstrating his passion for jewelry art. The Picasso Museum will focus on the influence the work of the founder of Cubism had on the fashion designer’s collections in 1976 and 1988. The Musée d’Orsay will tell how the work of Marcel Proust inspired Saint Laurent to create Le Smoking, the first ever tuxedo for ladies. A polka-dot dress from the 1986 collection will be presented against the background of Eduard Manet’s painting “Breakfast on the Grass. The Pompidou Center will draw parallels with the iconic Saint Laurent Mondrian dress and the canvas of abstractionist artist Piet Mondrian. The Museum of Modern Art will show three luxurious silk outfits by YSL against the background of a monumental painting by Raoul Dufy, The Electricity Fairy. And the Yves Saint Laurent Museum will present unique archival materials of the fashion house illustrating the creative path of the great couturier.

“Van Gogh. Self-portraits”.
Throughout his relatively short career as an artist, in both his brightest and darkest days, Van Gogh painted self-portraits. In all, he created 35 such works. And only about half of them have survived to our time. They are presented to the audience and the gallery Courtauld. The center of the exhibition Van Gogh. Self-Portraits will be the iconic canvas – “Self-portrait of van Gogh with bandaged ear”. The uniqueness of this event is that some of the artist’s self-images will find themselves together for the first time in one room since they left the studio. The retrospective of works by the genius, who never received wide recognition of his talent until his death, gives visitors a unique opportunity to delve deeply into his inner world and trace how the artist’s attitude toward himself, life and creativity has changed.

“Renoir. Rococo Revival”.
The exhibition “Renoir. Renoir: Rococo Revival” will focus on the fascinating and multifaceted relationship between the works of the French impressionist genius and Rococo painting. It will also allow visitors to compare Renoir’s paintings with those of 18th-century masters and his contemporaries, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, and Edgar Degas. Pierre-Auguste Renoir became one of those artists who brought back the lost Rococo style in the art of the 19th century. He often used its most popular motifs in his works: scenes of gallant and carefree social life as well as domestic, family and even intimate settings. The starting point for an endlessly interesting exploration of Renoir’s sources of inspiration will be his famous painting “After Breakfast”. And in total, the exhibition offers the attention of visitors about 120 works.

“Aristide Majol (1861-1944). In search of harmony.
The exhibition Aristide Maillol (1861-1944). The Quest for Harmony is a major retrospective of the work of one of the most outstanding sculptors of the 19th and 20th centuries. It brings together more than 150 works of the author and allows us to get acquainted with all facets of his talent. Aristide Majol began his career as a painter and tapestry artist. He took up sculpture on the verge of his fortieth birthday. But his work soon received universal recognition, and Auguste Rodin himself was among the admirers of his work. Visitors to the exhibition will be treated to an unprecedented event: for the first time, two versions of the same female sculpture, Méditerranée, will be displayed in the same room. One was created by Aristide Majol in 1905 for Count Harry Kessler, and the other eighteen years later was commissioned by the French government.