Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris (FR) 12 May 2026
Lecture "The art of living from the 16th to the 18th century" at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris
To mark the publication of Les Arts décoratifs (II), Savoir-faire et art de vivre, the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris hosting the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art for a conference on 18 June 2026 at 6.30 pm.
The decorative arts collection of the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art offers an immersion into European creativity during the Early Modern period (16th–18th centuries) through a major ensemble of furniture, objets d’art and clocks assembled by Jean Claude Gandur. The volume Les Arts décoratifs (II), Savoir-faire et art de vivre, published in 2025, sheds light on these objects through the combined studies of a team of around a dozen researchers and curators.
This discussion will bring several of them together to explore both the remarkable technical expertise and the stylistic and ornamental creativity embodied in these works, as well as their dual status as decorative and collectible objects.
Speakers:
Vincent Bastien, Scientific Associate, Château de Versailles
Agnès Bos, General Delegate, Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (CTHS)
Fabienne Fravalo, Curator of the Decorative Arts Collection, Fondation Gandur pour l’Art
Aziza Gril-Mariotte, Professor at Aix-Marseille Université and Director General of the Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs
Caroline Heering, Professor at Université catholique de Louvain
Sophie Mouquin, Senior Lecturer at Université de Lille
Anne Perrin, Professor at Université de Toulouse
Ariane James-Sarazin, Chief Heritage Curator at the Musée des Arts décoratifs, in charge of the 17th–18th century and Nissim de Camondo collections (moderator)
