__NOTOC__ The Pinacothèque de Paris () was an

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, with exhibition space for temporary exhibitions of artworks. It was owned and run by Modigliani enthusiast Marc Restellini. It closed on 15 February 2016 after going into receivership in November 2015.

Background

The art gallery opened on 15 June 2007 at 28, Place de la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of

. It was previously at 30, Rue de Paradis in the 10th arrondissement, where an exhibition of works by

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was held in Autumn 2003. The gallery is funded from private sources and organizes exhibitions. There is no permanent collection of artworks. The museum was described as "amateur" because the exhibited works were not displayed following official systems of classification. The architect of the building was Lawrence Guinamard-Casati. It was owned by Credit Agricole and includes about on three levels: a basement, a ground floor, and first floor. The museum closed in February 2016, citing drops in visits, mostly since the

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, the same month the museum filed for bankruptcy. Restellini also complained that private museums face the unfair competition of the numerous public-funded museums. The museum closed in the middle of the ''Karl Lagerfeld, a Visual Journey'' exhibition. Its Singapore branch (managed through Art Heritage Singapore) also closed down, in April of the same year. After it closed down, it was revealed that Marc Restellini may have used the Pinacothèque with the art dealer

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to sell the exhibited works. The Pinacothèque was a subsidiary of companies in Belgium and the Netherlands, so its owners remained anonymous. Starting in 2015, the museum stopped paying its providers. The museum closed with $10 million in due payments. The French authorities opened an investigation for fiscal fraud and embezzlement. The US real estate investor

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bought the museum's building on Place de la Madeleine in July 2017.

Exhibitions

;2003 *

Intime (November 7, 2003 – March 28, 2004) ;2007 *

Roy Lichtenstein Roy Fox Lichtenstein ( ; October27, 1923September29, 1997) was an American pop artist. He rose to prominence in the 1960s through pieces which were inspired by popular advertising and the comic book style. Much of his work explores the relations ...

: Evolution (June 15 – September 23) *

Chaïm Soutine Chaïm Soutine (; ; ; 13 January 1893 – 9 August 1943) was a French painter of Belarusian-Jewish origin of the School of Paris, who made a major contribution to the Expressionist movement while living and working in Paris. Inspired by clas ...

: le fou Smilovitchi (October 10, 2007 – January 27, 2008) ;2008 * Workshop

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(March 5, 2008 – June 2, 2008) * Soldiers of Eternity, 20 statues of the

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(June 15, 2008 – September 14, 2008) *

Jackson Pollock Paul Jackson Pollock (; January 28, 1912August 11, 1956) was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his "Drip painting, drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household ...

and Shamanism (October 15, 2008 – February 15, 2009) *

Georges Rouault Georges-Henri Rouault (; 27 May 1871, Paris - 13 February 1958, Paris) was a French painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, whose work is often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism. Childhood and education Rouault was born into a poor famil ...

(September 17, 2008 to January 18, 2009) ;2009 *

Suzanne Valadon Suzanne Valadon (; 23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) was a French painter who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the . She was also the ...

–

Maurice Utrillo Maurice Utrillo (; born Maurice Valadon; 26 December 1883 – 5 November 1955) was a French painter of the School of Paris who specialized in cityscapes. From the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of ...

(March 12, 2009 – September 15, 2009) * Carte Blanche Hervé di Rosa (June 19, 2009 – September 2009) * The

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(October 7, 2009 – February 7, 2010) ;2010 *

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or the "Anti-Scream" (February 19, 2010 – July 18, 2010) * The Inca's Gold: Origins and Mysteries(September 10, 2010 – February 6, 2011) 2011 * Romanovs, Tsars and Art Collectors (January 26 – May 29, 2011) * Esterházys, Princes and Art Collectors (January 26 – May 29, 2011) * Hugo Pratt's imaginary Journey (March 17 – August 21, 2011) * Giacometti and the Etruscans (September 16, 2011 – January 8, 2012) 2012 * The Mayan Jade Masks (January 26 – June 10, 2012) * The Netter Collection: Modigliani, Soutine and the Montparnasse Adventure (April 4 – September 9, 2012) * Van Gogh: Dreams of Japan / Hiroshige, the Art of Travel (October 3, 2012 – March 17, 2013) 2013 * Art Nouveau: the Decorative Revolution (April 18 – September 8, 2013) *

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: the Queen of Art Deco (April 18 – September 8, 2013) * Goya and Modernity (October 11, 2013 – March 16, 2014) * Brueghel's Dynasty (October 11, 2013 – March 16, 2014) * Chu Teh-Chun, Ways to Abstraction (October 11, 2013 – March 16, 2014) 2014 * The Myth of Cleopatra (April 10 – September 7, 2014) * Kâma-Sûtra: Spirituality and Eroticism in Indian Art (October 2, 2014 – January 11, 2015) * The Art of Love in the Time of Geishas (November 6, 2014 – February 15, 2015) 2015 * In the Time of Klimt, the Vienna Secession (February 12 – June 21, 2015) * Pressionism: The Masterpieces of Graffiti on Canvas, from Basquiat to

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- 1970-1990 (March 12 – October 10, 2015) * From

Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of clas ...

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, Flemish masterpieces of the Gerstenmaier Collection (July 10 – October 19, 2015) *

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, A Visual Journey, photographs (October 15, 2015 – February 15, 2016) *

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, Il Genio - The Secrets of the Codex Atlanticus unveiled (October 30, 2015 – January 31, 2016)

Singapore project

In 2013, the Singapore government announced the opening of Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris, a dependence of the museum that would bring Old Masters and Modern art exhibitions to the city. The new museum was planned to be located in a “pop-up” space, during renovations to its eventual home, the historic Fort Canning building in the arts district. The museum opened in May 2015 and closed in April the next year, citing "weaker than expected visitorship and other business and financial challenges".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinacotheque de Paris Art museums and galleries established in 2007 Defunct art museums and galleries in Paris 2007 establishments in France Buildings and structures in the 8th arrondissement of Paris 2016 disestablishments in France Art museums and galleries disestablished in 2016

Background

Exhibitions

Singapore project

See also

References

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