How do the Middle Ages inspire contemporary creation ?
The exhibition Summon the Chimeras: Medieval Heritage in Contemporary Art brings together some fifteen contempororay artworks carefully positioned throughout the museum's normal visitor route. Their fantastical universes carry on the legacy of the medieval predilection for the hybrid and outlandish figures that inhabit our imaginations, tinged with the sense of heroic fantasy that is a frequent gateway to the Middle Ages, an often-romanticised era.
This exhibition is part of the Berserk & Pyrrhia, art contemporain et art médiéval programme being offered by the Fonds régional d’art contemporain Île-de-France (Île-de-France Regional Contemporary Art Fund).
Find more information in the press kit.
You can also consult the introductory text and the labels of the exhibition in English.
