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Ongoing touring exhibitions
- Shared Sacred Sites
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The exhibition at the Musée Notre-Dame de la Garde will run from September 16, 2023 to early January 2024.
Shared Sacred Sites focuses on a phenomenon little known to the general public, yet very present in the Mediterranean region: holy places shared by the faithful of different religions. First presented in Marseille in 2015, the exhibition then went on tour to Tunis, Marrakech and Paris.
— Dar el Bacha Museum
From December 18, 2017 to March 19, 2018
— Musée national de l’histoire de l'immigration (Paris, France)
From October 24, 2017 to January 21, 2018
— Bardo Museum (Tunis, Tunisia)
From November 19, 2016 to February 12, 2017
— Musée Notre-Dame de la Garde (Marseille, France)
From September 16, 2023 to early January, 2024
- Barvalo
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In Romani, barvalo means "rich" and, by extension, "proud". This polysemous word is the title of a new exhibition at Mucem devoted to the history and diversity of the Romani populations of Europe. A history that is inseparable from that of antigypsyism, against which those who are sometimes still called "Gypsies" have been fighting for a thousand years.
The exhibition “Barvalo - Roma, Sinti, Manouches, Gitanos, Travellers...”is presented at the Mucem from the 10th of May to the 4th of September 2023.
- Reading the stars
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The proposed exhibition “Reading the stars” aims to study our view of the night sky, and our interpretations of the stars and celestial phenomena. Our relationship to the infinite and to the stars that inhabit it has developed according to various religious, scientific, symbolic and even magical points of view. By choosing to develop an exhibition on the stars, Mucem is seeking to find common denominators between Mediterranean and European societies.
- Lietuva, Lithuania
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By choosing to develop a project around Lithuania, the Mucem is offering a nationwide tour of an exhibition co-produced with the National Museum of Lithuania, shedding light on the decompartmentalization of Lithuanian folk and fine arts.
- Bath Time! Body - Water - Dialogues
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This exhibition is based on the idea of and in collaboration with the Mucem (Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée), Marseille, France. The travelling exhibition Bath Time! presented the social and cultural history of bathing in the Mediterranean for the first time at the Staatliche Kunsthalle in Baden-Baden (Germany, 2020). In its new version at the Archaeological Museum of Chania, the practice of bathing, connected to human existence itself down the centuries, is approached though a broader range of themes and selected objects, mainly drawn from the collections of the Archaeological Museum of Chania and the Mucem, as well as other museums and collections in Greece and France. An original historical and artistic osmosis, and a constant dialogue with the various aspects of bathing practices through time, a vital element of the Mediterranean cultures, are attempted through ancient, medieval and contemporary objects and artworks.
The exhibition « Bath Time! » was presented at the new Archaeological Museum of Chania from 24 May to 5 September 2022.
The exhibition was already presented in Baden-Baden from 07 March to 21 June 2020.
- Model clothes
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Blue-collar workwear, tank tops, espadrilles, sweatpants and kilts… Why are these pieces still worn in the street and regularly showcased by designers? Who can remember their initial use and the context in which they were created? The exhibition « Model clothes » retraces the history of these five pieces that have stood the test of time and trends. How have tank tops or blue-collar workwear, designed for the workplace, established themselves as a source of inspiration, to the extent that they are now considered “basics” by the fashion industry? How have kilts and espadrilles, both associated with a specific geographical area, transformed as they have spread to other places? By what means have sweatpants moved away from sports use to become one of the images of urban culture? These pieces originated in sportswear, workwear and regional costumes, but have now become must-have items in any contemporary wardrobe.
The exhibition « Model clothes » was presented at the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Riga from 25 May to 25 September 2022
Old Touring Exhibitions
- Jean Dubuffet, A barbarian in Europe
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Mucem co-production with the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (Ivam) and the Ethnographic Museum of Geneva (Meg).
Painter, writer and the inventor of "Art Brut", Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) was a major player of the 20th century art scene. This exhibition presents his artistic production in all of its diversity, with a special focus on the objects and documents arising from the surveys he carried out with visits to ethnographic and folk art museums, as well as various collections dedicated to "The art of the mentally ill".
— Mucem
From April 30th to September 02nd 2019— IVAM (Valencia, Spain)
From October 03rd 2019 to February 16th 2020— MEG (Geneva, Switzerland)
From May 08th 2020 to January 03rd 2021 - Photo Novel
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Touring — Musée de la photographie (Charleroi, Belgium)
The photo novel was the biggest publishing success of the post-war period and a popular literature bestseller in the Mediterranean region for 20 years. This exhibition brings together more than 300 objects, films, photographs and documents, as well as some of the most beautiful examples of this type of publication, which in the space of a few years had become a mass cultural industry.
After its presentation at the Mucem in 2017-2018, an adapted version of " Photo Novel " is at the Musée de la Photographie from May 25th to September 22nd 2019. - Before the 14th, instant tunisien, Archives of the tunisian revolution
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Touring — Bardo Museum (Tunis, Tunisia)
The Tunisian revolution (December 2010 - January 2011) is unprecedented in more ways than one. In the age of digital communication, it initiated a marriage of new technologies with the street, introducing a new type of mobilization, new modes of political action, and new artistic expressions.
The exhibition retraces the 29 days of the Tunisian revolution from the spark of set off in the city of Sidi Bouzid to the fall of President Ben Ali.— Mucem
From March 21st to September 30th 2019— Bardo Museum
From January 14th to March 31st 2019 - The other face of the moon
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Touring — Asia Culture Center (Gwangju, South Korea)
Between May and June 2017, twenty-five Asian artists (mostly Koreans) were invited for residencies at the Mucem in order to discover and immerse themselves in the museum's European ethnographic collections. This exhibition is the culmination of this work, combining pieces of contemporary art as well as objects from the collections of the Mucem and presenting views and inspirations that cross Asia and the Mediterranean region.
— Asia Culture Center
From October 26th 2017 to February 25th 2018 - Junk user's guide
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Touring — National Folk Museum (Seoul, South Korea)
How do societies produce, process, appropriate and transform waste? The exhibition « Vies d’ordures » (Garbage lives) addresses today's major ecological issues, inviting us to question the future of our value systems and ways of life.
Presented in Marseille in 2017 from a Mediterranean perspective, this exhibition has been adapted to the Korean context thanks to an awesome collaboration between teams from the Mucem and the Folk Museum.
— Mucem
From March 22nd to August 14th 2017— National Folk Museum
From July 19th to October 31st 2017 - Shared Sacred Sites
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Mucem touring with the Dar el Bacha Museum (Marrakech, Maroc) the Musée national de l’histoire de l'immigration (Paris, France) and the Bardo Museum (Tunis, Tunisia).
This exhibition focuses on a phenomenon little known to the general public, yet very present in the Mediterranean region: holy places shared by the faithful of different religions.
First presented in Marseille in 2015, the exhibition then went on tour to Tunis, Marrakech and Paris.
— Dar el Bacha Museum
From December 18th 2017 to March 19th 2018— Musée national de l’histoire de l'immigration (Paris, France)
From October 24th 2017 to 21st January 2018— Bardo Museum (Tunis, Tunisia)
From November 19th 2016 to February 12 2017 - Traces... Fragments of a Contemporary Tunisia
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Touring — French Institute in Tunis
Consisting of two successive exhibitions – « Fragment I » and « Fragment II » – this project showcases young Tunisian creativity with pictures. A few years after the revolution, it aims to be a testament to the wealth and multiplicity of points of view about contemporary Tunisia.
Presented in Marseille from 13 May 2015 to 29 February 2016 then at the French Institute in Tunis from April 01st to May 19th 2016.
- I love panoramas
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Mucem co-production with Rath Museum (Geneva, Switzerland)
An exhibition around the notion of "panorama" examined from every angle. Through fine arts, cinema, contemporary art and installations, it presents a thousand and one ways to rediscover the panorama experience.
Presented at the Mucem in 2015-2016 then at the Rath Museum from June 12th to September 27th 2015.
- Divine migrations
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Mucem co-production with Fondation Gandur pour l’Art and the Museums of Art and History (Geneva, Switzerland).
Through an exceptional collection of works and archaeological objects, « Migrations divines » brings a new perspective on the great polytheisms of Antiquity by considering the dialogue of the pantheons of Egypt, Greece and Rome.
Presented at the Mucem in 2015 then at Fondation Gandur pour l’Art and the Museums of Art and History from June 24th to November 16th 2015.
- The topsy-turvy world, Carnivals and masquerades in Europe and the Mediterranean
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Mucem co-production with the International Carnival and Mask Museum (Binche, Belgium)
While rural masquerades and urban parades are reborn and reinvented everywhere, this exhibition takes a fresh look at contemporary carnival practices.
The result of a survey-collection work, it was presented at Mucem from 26 March to 25 August 2014 and at the International Carnival and Mask Museum from January 25th to July 31st 2015. - Food: produce, eat, consume
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Mucem co-production with SESC Pinheiros, (São Paulo, Brazil), Spazio Oberdan (Milan, Italy) and Arina Museum (Geneva, Switzerland).
37 artists from five continents present the result of their reflections on the various issues related to food: the consequences of climate change, the pollution of soils and agricultural products, inequalities in the distribution of food, eating rituals, etc – the whole creating a multidisciplinary dialogue involving historical and contemporary works, as well as everyday objects.
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From Octobre 29th 2014 to February 23rd 2015— SESC Pinheiros, (São Paulo, Brazil)
March 2014— Spazio Oberdan (Milan, Italy)
September 2013— Arina Museum (Geneva, Switzerland)
December 2012