Exhibition Apocalypse. Yesterday and tomorrow – Press release – BnF
The Bibliothèque nationale de France is staging the first exhibition on the theme of the apocalypse.
From the Middle Ages to the present day, the exhibition traces the imagination surrounding this concept through works including some of the most prestigious manuscripts of the Apocalypse of John, rarely seen fragments of the Angers Apocalypse tapestry, Dürer’s famous suite of engravings on the text, as well as numerous masterpieces, paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations, rare books and film extracts from the BnF collections and major public and private French and European collections (Centre Pompidou, musée d’Orsay, British Museum, etc.).
Over 300 works in total by artists such as William Blake, Odilon Redon, Vassily Kandinsky, Ludwig Meidner, Natalia Goncharova, Otto Dix, Antonin Artaud, Unica Zürn, Kiki Smith, Tacita Dean, Miriam Cahn and Anne Imhof.
From the Middle Ages to the present day, the exhibition traces the imagination surrounding this concept through works including some of the most prestigious manuscripts of the Apocalypse of John, rarely seen fragments of the Angers Apocalypse tapestry, Dürer’s famous suite of engravings on the text, as well as numerous masterpieces, paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations, rare books and film extracts from the BnF collections and major public and private French and European collections (Centre Pompidou, musée d’Orsay, British Museum, etc.).
Over 300 works in total by artists such as William Blake, Odilon Redon, Vassily Kandinsky, Ludwig Meidner, Natalia Goncharova, Otto Dix, Antonin Artaud, Unica Zürn, Kiki Smith, Tacita Dean, Miriam Cahn and Anne Imhof.
Download the press release (EN - pdf - 1.08 Mo)