Simon Hantaï, the Centenary Exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Foundation

Published on 07 July 2022, by Henri Guette

The Louis Vuitton Foundation kept its promise that the exhibition celebrating the centenary of the birth of Simon Hantaï (1922-2008) would be an event.

Simon Hantaï, Tabula, Paris, 1980, acrylic on canvas, 297 x 266 cm/116.92 x 104.72... Simon Hantaï, the Centenary Exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Foundation

Simon Hantaï, Tabula, [Paris], 1980, acrylic on canvas, 297 x 266 cm/116.92 x 104.72 in, private collection.
© Archives Simon Hantaï/ADAGP, Paris 2022
© Fondation Louis Vuitton/David Bordes

The retrospective, which compliments the 2013 show at the Centre Pompidou, takes a fresh look at his work and pays him tribute in good company. To situate Hantaï's best-known works in his time and contemporary discussions, curator Anne Baldassari…

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