Paris of the Belle Époque is currently available to visit at the Cincinnati Art Museum, where the ticketed Paris 1900: City of Entertainment exhibition will be on display through May 12.
Organized by that city’s Petit Palais Museum of Fine Arts, which is in a building originally constructed for the 1900 exposition, the show consists of more than 230 objects drawn from Parisian museums. Sections are devoted to Art Nouveau, the Parisian Woman, the International Exposition and Paris by Night with works ranging from sculpture and posters to furniture and film from notable names like Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Alfons Mucha, Camille Claudel and Sarah Bernhardt. Travel back in time to discover this incredibly important period.
The Art After Dark: Passport to Paris event from 5-9 p.m. on Friday, March 29 offers free admission to the exhibit, plus live music from the Faux Frenchman, dance performances from Madame Gigi’s Outrageous French Cancan dancers, food for purchase from Macaron Bar and Urban Stead Cheese, and wine from Skeleton Root.
Exhibit on display through May 12. $12; $6 seniors, college students, children 6-17; free children under 5 and members. Art After Dark 5-9 p.m. March 29. Free.
Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, cincinnatiartmuseum.org.
This article appears in Mar 20-27, 2019.
