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 Exhibition: Goya's Caprichos |
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 From 25 April to 17 August 2008 at the Lille Museum of Fine Arts
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746 - 1828) was, along with Vélasquez, one of the Spanish School's greatest painters and a leading figure in the history of European art. He was also an extraordinary draughtsman and engraver.
The series of "Los Caprichos" is composed of 80 prints, using etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burin. The first edition appeared in 1799, following two years' work. The series can be divided into 3 major themes: social satire, romantic relationships, and witchcraft.
The satirical images of Goya's Caprichios are the product of a keen imagination. They are puzzles of a sort, and their various readings raise a number of questions as to their potential interpretation. Exploring the human soul through these prints, Goya succeeded in endowing them with a universal, timeless language.
A section of the exhibition presents contemporary interpretations of Goya's Caprichos, with works by Chapman, Morimura, Pondick, Reekie and Schütte.
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Place de la République
Tel: +33 (0)3 20 06 78 00
Open every day, except on Tuesday.
Monday from 2 PM to 6 PM.
From Wednesday to Sunday from 10 AM to 6 PM.
Free with City Pass: find out more
Visit the Lille Fine Arts Museum website! |
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Exhibition: Pays'âges |
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Until 3 August 2008 at the Museum of Natural History
Visit the exhibition, click here !
To celebrate the centennial of its coal museum, Lille’s Museum of Natural History is presenting a large exhibit to illustrate the connection between energy and landscape.
Organized chronologically, the exhibit begins with a landscape as it would have appeared 300 million years ago at the birth of coal. A second section illustrates its exploitation, from small-scale production to industrialization. A final section treats questions about the present and the future : how can this natural resource be exploited without endangering the environment ? What are the issues involved in sustainable development ?
Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lille
19 rue de Bruxelles
Tel: +33 (0)3 28 55 30 80
Open every day, except on Tuesday.
Monday, Thursday and Friday from 9:30 AM to 6 PM.
Wednesday from 9:30 AM to 9 PM.
Saturday and Sunday from 11 AM to 6 PM.
Full price: 5€
Reduced prices: 2/3€
Free for children under 6 years old
Free with City Pass: find out more
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2008 Braderie (Flea Market) : 6 & 7 September |
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Every first weekend of September, Lille is the capital of bargain-hunting!
The Braderie de Lille is Europe’s largest flea market, and certainly one of the most well-known events in France and abroad. Between one and two million visitors stroll up and down the city streets, entertained by music and the numerous performances that take place from 3 PM on Saturday to midnight on Sunday. Enjoying a dish of “Moules – Frites” (mussels served with chips) has become a deeply-rooted tradition and is the subject of a contest between the town’s restaurants to see who can build the highest mountain of empty mussel shells!
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The history of the flea market
The flea market’s origins remain a bit of a mystery. In the Middle Ages, servants obtained the right to sell their masters’ old possessions once a year. This custom soon combined with Lille’s fair, where the town’s inhabitants, as well as foreigners, could freely sell their goods.
Moreover, in the 15th century, two poultry merchants had the great idea to “provide meat” for the fair-goers. They obtained the right to sell their products to the passers-by and the buyers who were already numerous at that time. Braden, Flemish for roast, may be the term that gave the flea market its name.
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