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New exhibitions

Team of Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag

Art Déco, Paris (featuring Paul Poiret)

Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, 14 October 2017 till 4 March 2018

The exhibition Art Deco – Paris sheds new light on the birth seum of Art in New York, and several collections in Paris,
of Art Deco. The name of the movement is taken from the Berlin, Brussels and Monaco. Art Deco – Paris will feature
Exposition Internationale des Art Décoratifs et Industriels fine art, decorative art, fashion, photography and film.
Modernes held in Paris in 1925. The foundations of this Paul Poiret was one of the great innovators of early twen-
opulent, decorative art movement were laid much ear- tieth-century fashion. He liberated women from the cor-
lier, however. Couturier Paul Poiret played an important set, designed striking kimono-like coats, and was a master
and inspiring role in this development. This autumn Ge- of draping. Thanks to his artistic and commercial strate-
meentemuseum Den Haag will bring together the work of gy, Poiret’s influence extended far beyond the world of
the famous couturier and that of other artists of the same fashion. He was one of the first modern couturiers who
era: Paul Iribe, Georges Lepape, Erté, Benito, Raoul Dufy, sought to achieve a ‘total artwork’. Poiret, also known as
Man Ray, Kees van Dongen, Modigliani, Brancusi, Picasso, Le Magnifique, surrounded himself with artists, designers
Robert Delaunay, André Groult, Mallet-Stevens, the Wie- and architects, whom he used to develop and promote his
ner Werkstätte and the Ballets Russes. The exhibition will own creations. He created a unique style that would be a
include some top items on loan from the Metropolitan Mu- major influence on the western art world. This style, and

Interior of one of the boats decorated by Paul Poiret in the Seine, during the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs,
Paris 1925 Photo: Hollandse Hoogte / Rogier Viollet, Paris

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