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Curator Guillaume Kientz on Velazquez at the Grand Palais

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Curator Guillaume Kientz on Velazquez at the Grand Palais @ GrandPalaisRmn : http:// bit.ly/1GVUwh7  

Velázquez at the Grand Palais in Paris from March 15 to July 13, 2015

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For me, exhibitions devoted to the paintings of the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez always evoke a sense of wonder and possibility. Velázquez' paintings hold me spellbound. I will be in Verona, Italy in May and will find my way to Paris for sure. Perhaps a rendezvous with the esteemed restorer from the Van Gogh Museum - René Boitelle ? An exhibition produced jointly by the RMN-Grand Palais and the Musée du Louvre, in collaboration with the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Curator  : Guillaume Kientz, curator in the Department of paintings, Musée du Louvre Exhibition design  : Maciej Fiszer Diego Velázquez Portrait of Pope Innocent X 56"x47" oil on canvas c1650 Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome 25 March 2015 to 13 July 2015 Open : Sundays and Mondays from 10 am to 8 pm, Wednesdays to Saturdays from 9 am to 10 pm Closed on Tuesdays Closed 1st May Closed at 6pm on 25th and 26th March Access : metro line 1 and 13 « Champs-Elysées-C...