The Musée d'Orsay is devoting two separate exhibitions to Pierre-Auguste Renoir to explore his early paintings and the importance of drawing in his work. Together, both collections revisit the career ...

And what if Renoir had achieved more than just color? From March 17 to July 5, 2026, the Musée d'Orsay unveils Renoir Dessinateur, the first exhibition entirely devoted to his works on paper. A ...

In a city like Paris, full of monuments to famous conquests and heroic figures from history, the artist duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset take a different tack. For a new exhibition at the ...

Like it or not, prostitution has played a key role in art history. What is perhaps Pablo Picasso’s defining masterpiece, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, depicts women in a brothel. Édouard Manet’s seminal ...

With Renoir and Love, the Musée d'Orsay celebrates the master of tenderness and color, in collaboration with the National Gallery ...

The British art historian John Golding regarded Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) as having a restless mind. The French artist was also someone who knew how to hustle. In his History of Impressionism, ...

Pablo Picasso, “Arlequin assis” (1901), oil on canvas, 83.2 x 61.3 cm , New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. 60.87 (© The Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Life!) - Art from the City of Light is coming to the City by the Bay. In its largest-ever such loan, Paris' famed Musee d'Orsay is lending out some of the most revered ...

In an exhibition timed to promote the release of Julian Schnabel’s film about Vincent van Gogh, the museum juxtaposes 13 paintings from its 19th century collection with 11 of Schnabel's works. Julian ...