Romance in the Stone

A temporary art exhibition from October 23 to December 14, 2024

The Musée de Minéralogie Mines Paris – PSL and the Fonds de Dotation Verrecchia are delighted to announce the opening of the exhibition “Romance in the stone: from rock to work”. This exceptional exhibition will be held from October 23 to December 14, 2024 and offers a dialogue between contemporary artistic creations and the museum’s exceptional mineral collection. Preserved in its historical setting of the 19th century, the museum enriches each year its program of temporary exhibitions that take a scientific, cultural, artistic contemporary look on the mineral kingdom.

The exhibition “Romance in the Stone: from rock to work” brings together artists who have won the Matière(s) Grant of the Verrecchia Endowment Fund, whose work resonates directly with the museum’s mineral collection (colors, shapes, materiality). Through their singular languages, the creative and narrative potentialities of this raw and complex material are revealed as much as its narrative and emotional power.

The artists

The exhibition “ROMANCE IN THE STONE: FROM LA ROCHE TO THE WORK” presents works by Caroline Besse, Camille Corleone, Sandrine Elberg, Audrey Guimard, Emilie Yoko Hirayama, Chloé Jeanne, Marie-Pierre LE COCQ & Charlotte Hannah, Alexandre Onimus, Alexandra Roudière, Anna Ternon, Chloé Valorso and Marine Zonca.

« Composition », Émilie Hirayama © Chemsedine Herriche / Fonds de dotation Verrecchia.

« La révélation cosmique des pierresi», Sandrine Elberg © Sandrine Elberg.

« Homme soleil », Alexandre Onimus © Fonds de dotation Verrecchia.

Curation

The curator is Marie-Cécile Berdaguer, director of the Verrecchia Endowment Fund, and Eloïse Gaillou, director of the Musée de Minéralogie Mines Paris – PSL. They are accompanied by Catherine Chau, the Verrecchia Endowment Fund and the team from the Mineralogy Museum.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION Dates of the exhibition

Exhibition from October 23 to December 14, 2024

Opening hours: Tuesday 10am-12pm and 1.30pm-6pm, from Wednesday to Friday included from 1.30pm-6pm and on Saturday from 10am-12.30pm and 2pm-5pm, closed on Sunday and Monday

Price: the temporary exhibition is included in the museum admission fee.

Download exhibition book here

Guided tours of the exhibition « Romance in the Stone »

Every wednesday at 14h

On registration contact@fondsdedotationverrecchia.org

Cross-visits with the museum’s collections. To enrich your experience, “cross” visits will be organized with the museum teams. They will allow you to discover the links between these modern artistic creations and the mineralogical treasures of the museum.

Roundtable

Saturday november 16th at 15h

Mineral matter: crossed perspectives between art and science.

The aim of the discussion will be to better understand the bridges between arts and science and how one’s research nourishes the other’s.

Artistic performances

On november 16th at 14h30

Culinary design : Alexandra Roudière

Music and danse : Marie-Pierre & Charlotte Hannah