Contrepoint contemporain: Vija Celmins

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Contrepoint contemporain: Vija Celmins

Part of the museum's "contemporary counterpoint" series, this exhibition shows Vija Celmins's drawings, paintings, prints and wood engravings from 1971 to 2000. Her subjects are oceans, deserts, night skies and snow. The works hang in the pronaos and contemporary room, in dialogue with Monet's Water Lilies.

When

September 30, 2026 – February 15, 2027

Exhibition on view

Where

Musée de l'Orangerie

Jardin des Tuileries, Place de la Concorde (côté Seine), 75001 Paris · Concorde / Tuileries

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Artist
Vija Celmins
Part of
Paris Art Week 2026

Paris · Oct 19 – 25, 2026

From the organiser

Works made between 1971 and 2000 by Vija Celmins – drawings, paintings, prints and wood engravings of oceans, deserts, night skies and snow – shown in the pronaos and contemporary room in dialogue with Monet's Water Lilies, as part of the museum's 'contemporary counterpoint' series.

Location

Jardin des Tuileries, Place de la Concorde (côté Seine), 75001 Paris

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