Paru le 13/10/2010 | Relié 271 pages
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This book celebrates the reopening of the LaM - the Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut - with numerous texts and interviews going back over the 27 years of the museum's history. The museum's history is divided into three key stages: the Masurel donation at the origin of the museum and its exceptional collection of modern art, the museum's constant dedication to the artistic creation of the times, leading to the constitution of a major contemporary art collection, and finally the L'Aracine donation which brought the museum a unique art brut collection and is the reason behind the extension. Significant place is given to the museum's remarkable architecture. The evolution of the museum over time is illustrated by works and numerous archive images, many of which have never been published before.
This volume will be followed in 2011 by a second book, in which young French and foreign art historians will give their insights about various issues in the history of art, based on the works featured in the three collections of modern art, contemporary art, and art brut.
