Musée Ariana
Ceramics and glassware museum
- A museum devoted to the history and arts of ceramics, glassware and stained glass.
- Its collections cover a period of 1200 years, from the 9th century to the present day.
- The exhibits themselves come from Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.
Curated by Claire FitzGerald, Chief Curator, Musée Ariana
Curated by Marie Ducaté
Marie Ducaté (born in Lille in 1954, lives and works in Marseille) is a versatile artist who has been active since the 1980s. Initially trained as a painter, she now works in a variety of artistic mediums, from ceramics to glass, drawing, and textiles, to create a comprehensive body of work.
At the Musée Ariana, the artist transposes the spirit and clues around the layout of his studio. The space hosts a theater of ceramic, tracing paper, watercolor, textile and glass objects, at the crossroads of pop culture and art history.
His colorful world is highlighted by a selection of works that play on a broad chromatic palette , from bright colors to transparency.
With her “Simultanés” exhibition, Marie Ducaté invites us to explore the sensuality of materials, always with a free and curious spirit in mind.
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Building A, door A13/A15, level 2.
Mon. – Fri. : 10am-3pm, non-stop
022 917 11 11
Inspired by a collection of poetry by Gertrude Stein, the exhibition Tender Buttons offers a transdisciplinary, multi-faceted approach to a singular type of object. Over three hundred buttons interact with works from the Musée Ariana, dating from the 18th century to the present day.
Ceramic and glass buttons are the medium of formal experimentation, but also sources of survival, identity expression and collaboration. The little-known social histories of these everyday objects are showcased in an architecture reminiscent of the commercial covered passageways of the 19th century, a key period for the industrialization of porcelain and glass buttons.