Exhibition

Behind the Scenes at the New National Museum of Monaco

From 26 November to 20 March 2016, the NMNM is presenting "LAB – Behind the Scenes of Monaco Museum of Art," a Laboratory designed as a platform for discussions and encounters, in an attempt to answer the ambitious question "What is the museum of tomorrow?"

Visitors will be able to have a better understanding of what makes up the museum and how it operates through study, restoration and production campaigns, staging exhibitions and, more generally, workshops and encounters.

Various key points for the future of the museum will be addressed, such as architecture, accessibility, artists' residencies and communications, by inviting artists, critics, graphic artists, art historians, designers, philosophers, restorers, conservers and museum directors to take part in discussions and suggest new avenues for reflection.

The LAB will focus on different aspects of the museum, taking a fresh look through discussions, workshops and project rooms.

Programme:

Throughout the duration of the LAB, you are invited to come and meet the artists, architects, critics, restorers, museum directors, etc.

The meetings/conversations will take place at 6 p.m. at the Villa Sauber

Thursday 26 November 
A Focus on Automata:  A tour with Klaus Lorenz, restorer of automata

Thursday 3 December
Reinventing the Museum:  A Conversation between Christian Bernard, Director of MAMCO, Geneva and Laurent Busine, Director of MAC’S, Grand Hornu.

Friday 11 December
Berger & Berger, artist and architect

Thursday 17 December
Vito Acconci, Under Control.  Audrey Illouz, critic and exhibition curator.

Friday 15 January
"59 sorties" ("59 Outings"), Celia Pym, artist

Thursday 21 January
The Museum in the Age of Climate Change.  Philippe Rahm, Architect.

Thursday 28 January
Residency Unlimited – An Alternative Look at Artists' Residencies
Nathalie Anglès, founder of Residency Unlimited, NYC

Thursday 4 February
The Museum Under Attack.  Jean-Louis Deotte, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII, Saint-Denis.

Friday 26 February
Building a Landscape.  Christophe Laforge and Daniel Jarry, Landscape Gardeners 

Thursday 3 March
Marie-Charlotte Calafat, Deputy in the Department of Collections and Documentary Resources
Conservation and Resource Centre of the MuCEM

Thursday 10 March
The Museum Illustrated.  Jochen Gerner, author and designer

Friday 18 March
Drawing with the Eyes.  Michel Paysant, Artist.

Further Information:

Free Admission

Villa Sauber

17, Avenue Princess Grace

Tel +377 98 98 91 26