Lyon hosts "Sentimental Museum" exhibition
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon is hosting the "Sentimental Museum" exhibition, presented by the Centre Pompidou in collaboration with the city's Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition runs until March 14, 2027, and features 40 installations by artists from the 20th and 21st centuries.Artists explore collecting as creative act
Each installation in the exhibition explores the practice of collecting as a creative act. The works reflect the interiority of their creators and invite viewers to explore the minds of the collectors. They examine how personal histories and cultural influences shape the act of gathering and preserving objects.Christian Boltanski's darkened vitrines
Christian Boltanski's contribution includes 20 darkened vitrines filled with personal objects, photographs, and written words. These pieces aim to convey the existence of the artist, with his archives displayed behind grilles in the darkness, raising questions about memory and the human tendency to preserve evidence of life to confront death.André Breton's eclectic collection
André Breton's collection, gathered throughout his life in his Parisian apartment, includes masks and objects from the Pacific, pre-Columbian, and American Indian cultures. It also includes works by contemporaries such as Francis Picabia and Joan Miró, reflecting the artist's identity as a thinker and explorer.Marcel Duchamp's portable museum
Marcel Duchamp's Itinerant Museum, composed of miniature reproductions of his works, is presented as a portable suitcase. This piece reflects his approach to artistic practice and his status as an exiled artist in the United States, emphasizing mobility and the idea of art as something that can be carried and shared.Critiques of art market and capitalism
Hervé Fischer's installation, "Hygiene of Art / The Tear of Artworks," features over 400 torn works sent by artists. It challenges the mystification of artworks and critiques the art market. Similarly, Jean-Luc Moulène's collected and photographed objects critique capitalism and the commodification of creativity.Other artists and concluding work
The exhibition also includes works by other artists such as Ben, Daniel Spoerri, Annette Messager, and Sarkis. It concludes with Sylvie Selig's "The Weird Family," a collection of fabrics and objects that includes a triptych staging her own funeral. This work highlights the importance of creation regardless of circumstances.
