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The Bourdelle Museum is reopening its doors in the 15th arrondissement

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Musée Bourdelle, Paris Musée © Nicolas Borel

Closed for renovations for several months, the Bourdelle Museum, dedicated to the famous sculptor, has just reopened its doors. A rehabilitated building , a redesigned exhibition route, a new café-restaurant, and much more can be (re)discovered starting from March 15, 2023.

After 7 months of complete closure and nearly 2 years of renovation, the Bourdelle Museum reopened its doors to the public on Wednesday, March 15th. For this occasion, in the heart of the Portzamparc wing, the museum is hosting the inaugural exhibition Philippe Cognée. La peinture d'après. A restored museum and a redesigned itinerary During the past two years, significant preservation and consolidation work has been carried out on the oldest building of the Bourdelle Museum. The historic workshops of sculptor Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929), which gave their name to the museum opened in 1949, have been restored while respecting the architectural heritage of the place. Built in 1878, the first wooden-framed workshop building had never been reinforced and required intervention to ensure the safety of visitors and the museum's durability.

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Bourdelle Museum, Paris Museum © Nicolas Borel

The technical room connected to the sculpture workshop, which welcomes audiences of all ages for various activities, now offers a range of features about the process of creating artworks and the crafts of the workshop. A large wall of manipulations has been installed, mixing original touchable artworks, materials, playful, sound and digital devices.


Bourdelle Museum, Paris Museum © Nicolas Borel


Bourdelle Museum, Paris Museum © Nicolas Borel

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Musée Bourdelle, Paris Musée © Nicolas Borel

The renovation has also allowed for a complete rethink of the collection's layout, which has been enriched with the addition of new works by contemporary artists such as Auguste Rodin, Jean Arp, and Germaine Richier, as well as new collections of drawings and photographs by Bourdelle himself. A digital offering, including screens and a mobile application, has been created to further explore the life of the former owner of the premises. Finally, a new café-restaurant named "Le Rhodia", after Bourdelle's daughter, has opened.


An inaugural exhibition until July 16, 2023

To celebrate the reopening of the premises on Wednesday, March 15, the Bourdelle Museum has decided to dedicate a retrospective exhibition to Philippe Cognée, a French painter, draftsman, and sculptor. N&eEstablished in 1957, the artist has a habit of engaging in conversations with his peers in his work, including Antoine Bourdelle, who has greatly inspired him. Exhibition Philippe Cognée. La peinture d'après, musée Bourdelle, 2023 © Nicolas Borel Realized between 2013 and 2015, the collection presented during the exhibition Philippe Cognée. La peinture d'après consists of a thousand works created according to the same protocol: the artist, after having d&...translated into this: I tear off pages from Art Basel catalogs, paint a copy of works by Jeff Koons, Pablo Picasso or Alberto Giacometti or a less famous, even forgotten artist, on the reproduction of the artwork itself. These "repaintings" adhere to the exact format of the photographic reproduction they cover and, presented side by side, form a long hypnotic frieze where painting appears as a common thread. Musée Bourdelle 18, rue Antoine-Bourdelle – 15th Tel: 01 49 54 73 73 Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm Free access to permanent collections Starting from €8 for the exhibition More information on the website: http://www.bourdelle.paris.fr