My Winnipeg - La maison rouge

Press Kit
My Winnipeg
at la maison rouge June 23rd
23rd to September 25th
25th 2011
press preview Wednesday June 22th 2011 9.30am to 11.30am
private view Wednesday June 22th 2011 6pm to 9pm
at MIAM to Sète du November 5th 2011 to May 20th 2012
at Plug-In ICA to Winnipeg 2012 (dates to be announced)
Press contact
Claudine Colin Communication
Julie Martinez
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la maison rouge
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MIAM
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34200 Sète
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Plug In ICA
Unit 1 - 460 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 0E8 Canada
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Content
My winnipeg
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new cycle of exhibitions at la maison rouge
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presentation of the exhibition
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list of artists
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catalogue
extending the exhibition
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la maison rouge
activities at the foundation
friends of la maison rouge
Rose Bakery
visitors informations
Front cover: Neil Farber, New Fosston, 2010, Antoine de Galbert’s collection
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My Winnipeg
Curators: Paula Aisemberg, Hervé di Rosa, Anthony Kiendl
A new series of exhibitions at la maison rouge
This summer 2011, la maison rouge is launching a new series of exhibitions focusing on the arts scene
in major provincial cities. The first of these cities will be Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba in Canada.
At a time when the art world is said to be heading for globalization, la maison rouge is taking a closer look
at centers of creativity with a little-known yet thriving arts scene, whose artists' work is infused with the
city and its territory, history and myths.
Winnipeg is a prime example of how geographical location can shape artistic production. Long, harsh
winters prompt artists to get together in their studios to work; the Winnipeg property market is more open
than in Toronto or Montreal, giving artists access to spacious studios at reasonable rents.
Public and private bodies such as the Winnipeg art Gallery ,Institut of contemporary art, the Plug-In, a
university arts center (Gallery One One One) and a quality international art magazine (Border Crossings)
show art at local level, and promote and develop contemporary art and culture in the city.
Although the international art world is still unfamiliar with some of Winnipeg's artists, others have caught
the eye of critics and curators while continuing to make a rich contribution to the local scene.
Artists, their work and their cities form a close-knit and interactive network. Artists are inspired by the
cities in which they live and, in return, the work they produce helps define the region's identity. This
identity is then carried in films, music, literature, performance art and exhibitions, conveying these artists'
vision around the globe.
The works shown at la maison rouge are nonetheless works in their own right. This series of exhibitions
will not show works purely in relation to their geographical environment: its purpose in setting them in
their context is help the observer understand what triggered their creation.
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presentation of the exhibition
KC Adams, Circuit City II, 2007
My Winnipeg is the title of an exhibition and publication project that will examine and document the art
and culture of Winnipeg, Canada for international audiences. The focus of the project will be Winnipeg’s
contemporary visual art scene, which has received burgeoning acclaim with the international success of
numerous artists including Marcel Dzama and the Royal Art Lodge, Kent Monkman, filmmaker Guy
Maddin, and many more. My Winnipeg will also seek to explore the roots and foundation of these creators
by looking at previous generations of artists including painters Eleanor Bond and Wanda Koop,
photographer William Eakin. Of particular interest will be a focus on contemporary, vernacular imagery,
with roots based in a “prairie Surrealism,” founded over many years including historical figures such as
Ivan Eyre, and the spiritualist photography of T.G. Hamilton. The project with explore parallels in
contemporary Aboriginal iconography, based upon the “spirited” work of the “Indian Group of Seven,”
whose origins were in Manitoba in the 1970s. The province, Manitoba, translated into Cree means “where
the Gods live.”
For centuries, Winnipeg (from the Cree word meaning “muddy waters”) was the site of trading among
Aboriginal peoples at the forks of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. With the arrival of European immigrants,
it continued to be an important centre of trade and commerce until the construction of the Panama Canal
drew the massive flow of goods across the continent to the south. Nevertheless, Winnipeg has continued
to inspire audiences with its dynamic cultural milieu. It is the site of Canada’s first professional ballet
company, civic art museum, contemporary dance company and institute of contemporary art ( Plug in ICA).
Media theorist Marshall McLuhan was raised in Winnipeg and called it home, and Canada’s arguably most
internationally celebrated visual artists, General Idea, germinated in Winnipeg with university dropouts AA
Bronson and Felix Partz first working together in Winnipeg prior to departing for Toronto. Musician Neil
Young grew up in Winnipeg, and first performed some of his timeless compositions at Kelvin High School.
Canada’s “Indian Group of Seven” a senior generation of acclaimed Aboriginal artists from across the
continent first met and worked together in Winnipeg during the 1970s.
In order to draw together such a wide-ranging and diverse array of art and culture, Winnipeg will be formed
of several “chapters” making up both the exhibition and publication project. The chapters are devised to
grasp the depth and scale of cultural accomplishment in Winnipeg, as well as explore and assess its
implications, while acknowledging some of its leading artists.
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Stryker
Location shots for Noam Gonick's film, Stryker (2007)
Noam Gonick, Stryker, 2007
The exhibition opens with views of Winnipeg, taken by director Noam Gonick for his film Stryker.
Shot in Winnipeg, the film tells the story of a confused young Aboriginal Canadian turned arsonist, who
runs away from Brokenhead, the reserve where he was born, only to be confronted with local street gangs.
The photos are hung in a single line around la maison rouge to create the impression of a long travelingshot of Winnipeg, and present an authentic, non-idealized facet of the city.
There’s no place like home
Associated curator: Sigrid Dahle,
Galerie One, One, One, University of Manitoba, Fine Arts department, independent curator, writer
LM Stephenson, Lower Fort Garry, 1869
This panorama leads visitors to the Winnipeg archive project, assembled by Sigrid Dahle.
This "exhibition within the exhibition" builds a portrait of Manitoba's capital city through history,
geography, climatology, sociology and art.
This curatorial project is set out library-fashion in a gallery where visitors can browse archive documents –
photographs, postcards, found objects and other ephemera – and view contemporary works by Winnipeg
artists. In doing so, they can appreciate the particular features of this vast city, the capital of a remote and
untamed region, Manitoba, where flooding and swarms of insects are regular occurrences. Winnipeg is
also famous as the coldest city in the world, and for the longest strike ever to take place in North America,
in 1919.
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The Royal Art Lodge (1996-2008), a collaborative group of artists
Royal Art Lodge, The Red River, 1997
The Royal Art Lodge is a collaborative group, founded in 1996 by six young artists from Manitoba
University. They are Michael Dumontier, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, Drue Langlois, Jonathan Pylypchuk
and Adrian Williams, at one time joined by Hollie Dzama and Myles Langlois.
While each artist continued to work individually, the Royal Art Lodge also produced an abundance of group
works, distinguished by the diversity of techniques and media: drawing and collage, both a major focus,
as well as video, sculpture, music, puppets and costumes.
Their work incorporates numerous hybrid figures, inspired by comic strips, science-fiction, film noir, horror
movies, and the TV shows (such as The Muppet Show) that were very much a part of their childhood.
Marcel Dzama, Banks of the Red River, 2008
This part of the exhibition will show a significant number of works by the group, and individual works by
each member.
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Landscapes
Wanda Koop, Native Fires' (from the See Everything / See Nothing series), 1996
Landscapes are one of the major themes to run through the exhibition.
Since the very first landscape paintings by the Group of Seven, pioneers of a new Canadian art
movement in the 1920s, the genre has continued to reinvent itself in Winnipeg.
Recently, the artist Diana Thorneycroft reused the Group of Seven landscapes as background to
dioramas which emphasize the relationships that exist between Canada's landscapes and its national
identity.
In the 1970s, the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc, (the Indian Group of Seven) brought distinct
perspectives of the world with the purpose of celebrating Canadian Aboriginal culture and civilization,
in particular through a program to assist the emergence of an Aboriginal art scene.
Aboriginal culture is also a central theme for Kent Monkman, an artist of Cree ancestry who uses
humor and anachronism to address the question of colonialism in paintings and installations which
often feature his alter ego.
Aboriginal life is again depicted in one of Wanda Koop's works, such as the two fires that burn on and
on into the night, on the shores of the Red River which runs through Winnipeg (photo, above).
Simon Hughes, Eleanor Bond, KC Adams, Rob Kovitz, Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan, and Sarah Anne
Johnson portray other kinds of landscape, from the cozy, indoor scenes in Sarah Anne Johnson's
(House on Fire, 2009)- to Eleanor Bond's deep perspectives of the city of Winnipeg (The Spectre of
Detroit hangs over Winnipeg, 2007).
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Collage Party by Paul Butler
Collage Party ©Paul Butler
For the past dozen years, Winnipeg artist and itinerant gallerist Paul Butler has been organizing Collage
Parties at exhibitions where artists and visitors are invited to make collages using material from mass
media publications.
For My Winnipeg, Paul Butler has worked with designer Craig Alun Smith to create a large worktable in the
patio at la maison rouge, where everyone taking part in the Collage Party can make and display their work,
transforming the table into an ever-expanding collective artwork.
Hauntings (2010) by Guy Maddin
Image extracts of Hauntings ©Guy Maddin
The renowned Winnipeg director Guy Maddin will present, for the exhibition, Hauntings: an installation of
11 short films in black and white.
Through this recent work, in partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Maddin
continues to explore the history of film, which he describes as "a haunted medium, a projection of people,
places and things not really present."
He summons F.W. Murnau, Fritz Lang, Hollis Frampton, Victor Sjöström, Jean Vigo, Kenji Mizoguchi and
Josef von Sternberg, and rescues cinematographic ghosts from oblivion. Consigned to limbo, now
resurrected and remade, he projects these masterpieces so that they might continue to haunt film history.
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Winter Kept Us Warm
curator: Noam Gonick, filmmaker and artist
Bonnie Marin, Escaping the Farm, 2010
This chapter explores Winnipeg not simply as a geographical location, but as a mytho-poetic territory of
the body and desire. In presenting the work of multiple generations of artists dating as far back as the
1960s, and up to the present day, this chapter builds upon burgeoning recognition of Winnipeg as a
distinctive site of art production that is somewhat outside and yet urgently relevant to mainstream
politics and aesthetics.
Winter Kept Us Warm, takes its name from David Secter’s 1965 film, Canada’s first entry into the Cannes
Film Festival, which in turn took its name from T.S. Eliot’s “Wasteland.” In order to create a sense of this
“other” place, by turns wasteland and utopia, this chapter features a broad range of artistic media, from
video art to sculpture and photography, all in multiple ways connected to the city’s physical and erotic
aura.
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exhibited artists
ED ACKERMAN, KC ADAMS, SHARON ALWARD, C. GRAHAM ASMUNDSON, LOUIS BAKÓ,
DANIEL BARROW, JACKSON BEARDY, H. ERIC BERGMAN, ELEANOR BOND, SHARY BOYLE, JOANNE
BRISTOL, AA BRONSON, PAUL BUTLER, SHAWNA DEMPSEY / LORRI MILLAN, DAN DONALDSON,
MICHAEL DUMONTIER, AGANETHA DYCK, MARCEL DZAMA, WILLIAM EAKIN, CLIFF EYLAND, IVAN
EYRE, ERICA EYRES, NEIL FARBER, ROSALIE FAVELL, CHRISTINE FELLOWS, KAREL FUNK, JEFF FUNNELL,
TIM GARDNER, GENERAL IDEA, LARRY GLAWSON, NOAM GONICK, GILLES HÉBERT, ROBERT HOULE,
SIMON HUGHES, IMAGETAKER, ALEX JANVIER, SARAH ANNE JOHNSON, KRISJANIS KAKTINSGORSLINE, WANDA KOOP, JAKE KOSCIUK, ROB KOVITZ, GUY MADDIN, KAVAVAOW MANNOMEE,
BONNIE MARIN, DOUG MELNYK, BERNIE MILLER, KENT MONKMAN, SHAUN MORIN / THE
SLOMOTION, DARRYL NEPINAK, DAPHNE ODJIG, ROBERT PASTERNAK, LINDA PEARCE, HOPE
PETERSON, ALEX PORUCHNYK & VERN HUME, DON PROCH, JON PYLYPCHUK, CARL RAY, PAUL
ROBLES, MÉLANIE ROCAN, ROYAL ART LODGE, COLLEEN SIMARD, CRAIG ALUN SMITH, KEVIN B. C.
STAFFORD, DIANA THORNEYCROFT ANDREW VALKO, JORDAN VAN SEWELL, ANDREW WALL, ESTHER
WARKOV, GORD WILDING, ADRIAN WILLIAMS, RICHARD WILLIAMS, SHARRON ZENITH CORNE.
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Partnerships
This exhibition is realized in collaboration with the MIAM and Plug- In
And in association with the Gallery ONE, ONE, ONE of the University of Manitoba
It is organized in partnership with Air Canada Cargo , le Centre Culturel Canadien in Paris
and Comptoir des voyages
received the support of Canada Council for the Arts, National Arts Centre, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg
Arts Council
Like this General Consulate in Toronto and France Consulate in Winnipeg
With the support of
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Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan, Forrest guards, 1997, photography, 50.8x40.64cm, © Donald Lee: The Banff Centre
Exhibition catalogue
A catalogue in French and English in the form of a travel guide will be published by Editions Fage. It will be
the first in a series of "guides" which la maison rouge will produce for each of these "travels" to distant art
scenes. Produced with important members of the Winnipeg art scene - Anthony Kiendl, Noam Gonick,
Cathy Mattes and Sigrid Dahle - and with Meeka Walsh and Robert Enright who are the editors of the
Canadian art magazine Border Crossings, the catalogue will present the exhibited artists and the city's art
scene in general. Price: 25 euros
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Extending the exhibition
Artists and personalities from the Winnipeg art scene will take part in events from June 23rd to 26th.
Collage Parties with the artist Paul Butler
Thursday June 23rd 6pm to 10pm
Friday, June 24th from 6pm to 4pm
Saturday June 25th 4pm to 11pm
Sunday, June 26th 2pm to 7pm.
Guided tours
Guided tours (in English) with Sigrid Dahle, Noam Gonick,, Anthony Kiendl and Cathy
joint curators of the exhibition
Saturday June 25th at 3pm and 5pm
Performances
My Winnipeg can be your Winnipeg by Joanne Bristol
June 23rd at 9pm
Shadow Songs by the artist Shary Boyle and the musician Christine Follows
June 24th at 8pm
Films
Short films by the Winnipeg Film Group, selected and presented by Vincent Di Rosa
June 25 at 6pm and 8pm
Lecture
Louise Déry, director of the gallery at Université du Québec à Montréal, will talk about the Winnipeg art
scene (in September)
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Mattes
la maison rouge
la maison rouge, a private, non-profit foundation, opened in June 2004 in Paris. Its purpose is to promote
contemporary creation through a programme of three solo or thematic temporary exhibitions a year,
certain of which are staged by independent curators.
La maison rouge was created on the initiative of Antoine de Galbert, an art collector and active figure on
the French art scene. While Antoine de Galbert's own collection is not shown, the entire project is
fashioned by his personality and outlook as a collector. Beginning with L’intime [Behind Closed Doors:
the private life of collections], la maison rouge stages exhibitions on the theme of private collections and
the issues and questions surrounding them.
the building
La maison rouge is installed in a renovated factory in the Bastille district of Paris,
overlooking the Arsenal marina. The 2,500 sqare meters site, including 1,300 square meters of exhibition
space, is centred around "la maison rouge" or red house.
By naming the venue after this house, la maison rouge makes clear its vocation as a welcoming, convivial
space where visitors can see exhibitions, attend lectures, enjoy a drink or explore the bookstore.
The artist Jean-Michel Alberola (born in Paris in 1953) was commissioned for the interior design of the
reception areas.
Antoine de Galbert, president
Born in 1955 and a graduate in political science, Antoine de Galbert worked in corporate management
before opening a contemporary art gallery in Grenoble for some ten years.
Concurrently, he purchased the first works in a collection that was to take on growing importance in his
life.
In 2000 he chose to create a foundation as a means of anchoring his commitment to
contemporary creation.
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activities at la maison rouge
Seeing, Feeling
a series of encounters hosted by Aurélie Djian
Writers for whom writing is far from being the only form of expression wander around the galleries at la
maison rouge, taking in the works to express them in a third form, freely inspired by what they have seen.
Aurélie Djian
Aurélie Djian is a literary critic with Le Monde des Livres and Le Monde 2. She has also contributed to
L'Atelier Littéraire with Pascale Casanova for France Culture radio, and produces documentaries for the
station. Aurélie Djian wrote interviews and the preface for Écrire, Publier, Lire (published by Hatier in 2009).
Her next book, Petit Éloge du Toucher, will be published by Gallimard).
Next dates
At www.lamaisonrouge.org
Price : 7 euros/5 euros. Places limitées. Réservation indispensable à : [email protected]
Kids
Wednesday is story day
One Wednesday a month, children aged 4 to 11 are invited to come to la maison rouge for a journey into
the imagination through stories, followed by a snack.
€7 for children and accompanying adults
Lasts approx 90 minutes.
Next dates
June 29 th
September 14th
reservation : [email protected]
guided tours
for individuals
Every Saturday and Sunday at 4pm, la maison rouge proposes a free guided tour of the current exhibitions.
for groups
Guided tours on request (€75 + admission).
Guides are students of art history, specialising in contemporary art.
Information and reservations: 33 (0)1 40 01 92 79 or [email protected]
*The full programme and dates are at www.lamaisonrouge.org.
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friends of la maison rouge / les amis de la maison rouge
Les amis de la maison rouge helps and supports Antoine de Galbert's project. It puts forward
ideas and takes part in debates on the private collection, suggests activities to tie in with the
foundation's exhibitions, and contributes to making la maison rouge more widely known in
France and internationally.
As a friend of la maison rouge, you will:
Be first to see exhibitions at la maison rouge
Meet exhibiting artists, the curators and the team at la maison rouge
Be invited to preview lunches
Meet and network with other art enthusiasts
Attend talks by and debate with experts and collectors
Contribute ideas and suggest themes for lectures and exchanges as part of the "carte blanche to
collectors" programme
Suggest artists to create a work for the patio and take part in an annual vote to choose that artist
Visit the most vibrant centres for contemporary art from Moscow to Dubai, Barcelona, Brussels, Toulouse…
Discover exclusive venues, private collections and artists' studios
Enjoy special access to collector's editions by artists exhibiting at la maison rouge
Support a collection of books, edited by Patricia Falguières, with texts published for the first time in French
addressing themes of museography, the exhibition, and the work of certain artists
Become the benefactor of a book in the collection and have your name associated with it
Take time out with friends and personalities from the world of art
Be first to enrol for lectures, performances and events relating to the exhibitions
Be part of a European network of partner institutions
Belong to a unique enterprise in one of the most dynamic venues in Paris
Be involved in the original, open-minded project led by Antoine de Galbert and his foundation
Membership from €90
t. +33 (0)1 40 01 94 38 - [email protected]
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Rose Bakery
culture
at la maison rouge
culture
culture
From October 22nd 2010, la maison rouge welcomes Rose Bakery
Parisian foodies already know Rose and Jean-Charles Carrarini's two Rose Bakery restaurants on Rue
des Martyrs and Rue Debelleyme.
Now Rose Bakery and la maison rouge are embarking on a specific project, led by interior designerscenographer Emilie Bonaventure. Three times a year, visitors to la maison rouge will discover a
"pop-up" café, designed by be-attitude. A first for a cultural venue.
Each season, the prototypes, special creations, limited editions, flea-market finds and other
salvaged objects will make up an eye-catching decor which may or may not echo the foundation's
exhibitions.
culture
Unlike traditional restaurants which change menus each season, Rose Bakery
changes
decoration! And at the end of the season, visitors and customers can even buy some of the objects
used (from furniture to accessories depending on the project).
Rose Bakery culture has everything fans of Rose Bakery have come to love: uncomplicated food made
from fresh, quality ingredients, as well as the extra-long lunch hours (11am to 4pm Wednesday to
Sunday). And for the first time, dinner will be served until 8pm on Thursdays.
Emilie Bonaventure
Interior designer, scenographer, artistic director, specialist in French ceramics of the 1950s and
creator, Emilie Bonaventure set up be-attitude in 2005.
She believes art and luxury must interact on a daily basis, imagining crossovers between the two in
all fields.
"Design meets curiosity, production meets imagination, creation meets professionalism": beattitude builds on long-term, constructive partnerships with freelancers to propose a new idea of
what a creative business should be.
Rose and JeanJean-Charles Carrarini
Originally based in London, Rose and Jean-Charles Carrarini opened Villandry in the late 1980s. After
swapping London for Paris, in 2002 the Franco-British couple opened Rose Bakery on Rue des
Martyrs, followed by a second spot in London's Dover Street Market in 2005, and in 2008 a third
address in Paris in the Marais district, sealing their reputation once and for all.
They have turned French mealtimes upside down and welcome customers for breakfast, brunch,
lunch and early dinner. Rose Bakery culture will develop this concept by offering extra-long lunch hours
and early dinner on Thursdays (last orders 8pm).
Rose Bakery culture
Wednesday to Sunday 11am to 7pm
Thursday until 9pm
[email protected]
tel/fax: + 33 1 46 28 21 14
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My Winnipeg
At MIAM to Sète November 5th 2011 to May 20th 2012
At Plug-In ICA to Winnipeg 2012 (dates to be announced)
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) was established in 1972 by a group of Winnipeg
artists. Since its inception, it has shown local, national and international artists, becoming both
an incubator for art and a major contributor to culture in Manitoba.
PLUG IN INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY
ART
Unit 1 - 460 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 0E8, Canada
+1 204 942 10 43
www.plugin.org
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visitor information
la maison rouge is open Wednesday to Sunday 11am to 7pm
late nights Thursday until 9pm
closed December 25th, January 1st and May 1st
getting there
metro: Quai de la Rapée (line 5) or Bastille (lines 1, 5 or,8)
RER: Gare de Lyon
bus: 20, 29 or 91
accessibility
the exhibition areas are accessible to disabled visitors and people with restricted mobility
admission
full price: €7
concessions: €5 (ages 13-18, students, full-time artists, over-65s)
free: under-13s, jobseekers, companions of disabled visitors, members of ICOM and les amis de la maison
rouge
annual pass
full price: €19
concessions: €14
free and unlimited admission to the exhibitions
free or reduced rate admission to events
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