The American Friends Musée d’Orsay (AFMO) is dedicated to raising public awareness and financial support for the Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie. These funds support exhibitions, education, and building renovations, providing cultural enrichment to Americans in the United States and Paris. Through its tax-exempt status AFMO also acquires works of art to lend and eventually gift to the museum. 

WE SUPPORT:

• Exhibitions in France and in the U.S.A.

• Education resources in English

• Library and archives

• Capital improvements to enhance the experience of museum visitors

• American art included in exhibitions

American Friends Musée d’Orsay is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501 (c) (3) nonprofit public charitable organization #27-0493043
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
 

Degas and the Nude
Exhibition showing from March 13-July 1, 2012. www.musee-orsay.fr


 

CRUMB, Musée d'Art Moderne
An exhibition showing American artist Robert Crumb's work, April 13 to August 19, 2012: www.mam.paris.fr


 

Eugène Atget, Paris
An exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet showing a collection of 230 photographs from 1898-1924 by photographer Eugène Atget's. The exhibition runs from April 25-July 29, 2012.


 

Christopher Wool at the Musée d'Art Moderne
An exhibition showcasing American artist Christopher Wool's paintings from 2000 to 2011. Showing at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville from March 30 to August 19, 2012.


 

When Paris was called Lutetia
A new exhibition in the archaeological crypt of Notre-Dame uncovers the metamorphoses of Paris in the 4th century. An opportunity to discover the hidden side of the town at the turning point of Ancient history and to get to know more about Parisians of the period. Practical information: Archaeological Crypt of the square of Notre-Dame- 7, Notre-Dame square Place Jean-Paul II, Paris 4th arrondissement Tel.: 01 55 42 50 10. Metro: Cité or Saint-Michel/ RER: Saint-Michel Notre-Dame. Open every day from 10h to 18h, except Mondays, bank holidays and Easter and Whitsun Sundays. Ticket office closes at 17h30. Tariffs: 4/ 3/ 2 €


 

The Cult of Beauty at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
The Aesthetic Movement in Britain, 1860-1900 Exploration of the aesthetic movement in Great Britain which turned design and art away from the Victorian, mass produced object to the carefully crafted original


 

Debussy, Music and the Arts at the Musée de l'Orangerie
The exhibition intends to evoke the major relationships knit by the musician with artists and poets of his time, in particular through the collections of three families with which he was closely acquainted and who supported him during the difficult years that preceded the first performance of Pelleas and Melisande : that of the painter Henry Lerolle (1848-1929), of the composer Ernest Chausson (1855-1899) and of Arthur Fontaine (1860-1931), Councillor of state. In these surroundings, in which refinement, taste and simplicity excluded all society life, the musician could admire works by Degas, Renoir, Vuillard, Gauguin, Camille Claudel, Maurice Denis, Redon, Bonnard, Carrière and Puvis de Chavannes. Paintings, drawings and pastels will be shown alongside letters and photographs by these artists and original editions by Gide, Louÿs and Valéry, as well as manuscripts by Chausson and Debussy.


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