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January 13th, 2012

David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture

The Royal Academy of Arts will showcase, in partnership with BNP Paribas,the first major exhibition of new landscape works by David Hockney RA. Featuring vivid paintings inspired by the East Yorkshire countryside, these large-scale works have been created especially for the galleries at the Royal Academy of Arts and will be shown alongside related drawings and film. [...]

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Emma Oliver

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December 1st, 2011

Kim En Joong : An Original Artist

BGL BNP Paribas’ Private Banking Centre “d’Villa” is hosting an exhibition of works by Kim En Joong, the internationally renowned painter, ceramist and stained-glass artist, from 16 November 2011 to 20 January 2012. [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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November 30th, 2011

Fernand Léger’s Painting “Le passage à niveau” to be Restored

With the support of the BNP Paribas Switzerland Foundation, the Fondation Beyeler is restoring a key painting in the collection, “Le passage à niveau “by Fernand Léger (1912). The aim of the restoration project, in addition to scholarly research, is to stabilize the work’s complex and fragile substance.
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Thierry Lagache

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November 22nd, 2011

Rediscovery of a Venetian masterpiece

It took five months to restore Veronese’s masterpiece at the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire [...]

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Thierry Lagache

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October 24th, 2011

The art of the contemporary tapestry

The renown artist Jassenka Tucan – Vaillant introduces “The art of the contemporary tapestry” [...]

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Krasimira Antimova

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July 20th, 2011

Preserve and promote cultural heritage

The BNP Paribas Foundation has been a trailblazer in actions to promote awareness of and preserve the heritage of museums. For 25 years it has been a loyal and widely recognized patron of museums, regularly funding restoration of works. The Foundation also supports the publication of museum catalogues to heighten awareness of the wealth of [...]

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Thierry Lagache

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July 18th, 2011

The “Lands of Lotto” project

In Rome, the “Terre di Lotto” (the Lands of Lotto) project has been launched in honour of painter Lorenzo Lotto. [...]

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Raffaella Violentano

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April 7th, 2011

The original colours of the Jan van Scorel polyptych restored

As a dedicated patron of the arts and well-known museum sponsor, the BNP Paribas Foundation has sponsored the restoration of a 16th century polyptych painted by the Dutch artist Jan van Scorel. [...]

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Sophie Bonnaud-Le Roux

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March 21st, 2011

Tracking the restoration of a painting, in celebration of 130 years in Australia

Have you ever been curious about how the restoration of a painting actually happens? The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), the oldest public art gallery in Australia, has created an online diary to track the conservation treatment of Crossing of the Red Sea, a prized painting by Nicolas Poussin. The diary began in January 2011 [...]

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