
There is an
inscription to be read on the ceiling, in one of the rooms of the 16th
century “hôtel particulier” (town house), “Hôtel de Marle”, in the Marais area.
It reads “POST FUNERA FIDUS”, which, if something remains from my Latin lessons,
should mean something like “after death, faithful / loyal”. It seems to be a message to the father of a son who inherited the place. Well, this has actually nothing to do with what I wanted to report about, but...
Under the
beautiful ceiling…
… there is now
an art exhibition ongoing – until August 26. We are in the “Institut Suédois” (Swedish
Institute) and the works of some contemporary 30 Swedish artists living in
Paris are exhibited. You can read more
about the Swedish Institute here and about the art exhibition and the artists here.
This
beautiful building was bought by the Swedish State in 1965, was heavily renovated and
is open to public since 1971. I already
wrote about it several times, e.g. here, here and here.
The
exhibition opened by a vernissage, July 11, in the presence of almost all the
artists. We can see them (top left) standing on the stairs leading to the
beautiful garden. The official opening was declared by the Swedish Ambassador,
Veronika Wand-Danielsson, and we can see her (top right) together with the
exhibition curator Christian Alandente, with the head of the Institute, also Councillor
for cultural affairs at the Embassy, Ewa Kumlin, with Kerstin Decroix,
representing the unfortunately absent president of the “Association Artisitique
Suédoise à Paris” (Riina Ingel) and with the Institute’s art project manager
Marion Alluchon.
More than
500 people attended during this beautiful summer evening. Many are members of the “Association
Artistique Suédoise à Paris”, others will hopefully join. (Yes, I’m on the
board of the association.) The association has been active since 1957 and is
there to encourage Swedish artists working and living in France. You can read
about it here.
1 comment:
What a nice gathering! Art and friendship with beautiful weather in such a great place? A perfect recipe for total success!
Thank you, Peter.
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