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The Ceiling
A Permanent Installation by Cy Twombly at the Musée du Louvre, Paris

Cy Twombly was given the honor of designing a painting for the Salles des Bronzes Antiques, one of the Louvre’s largest galleries.

Cy Twombly, The Ceiling (detail)
Photo © Ellen Martin

An immense blue sky, dotted with floating spheres and inscribed with the names of illustrious Greek sculptors, now decorates the ceiling of the Salles des Bronzes Antiques.

A fully illustrated book accompanies this permanent installation. Cy Twombly. The Ceiling. Un plafond pour le Louvre. Edited by Marie-Laure Bernadac. Published by Louvre Éditions.

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Exhibitions

At Museum Brandhorst, Munich:
Five Friends. John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly
A Group Exhibition with 180 artworks by the artists

Museum Brandhorst is showing a circle of artists who had a decisive influence on music, dance and art in the post-war period.

Announcements

In Perspective | Episode Nine
Cy Twombly
&
Pierre Henry

A special In Perspecitve episode dedicated to Cy Twombly and the French composer Pierre Henry featuring a podcast by the music journalist and radio host, Francesco Adinolfi, and the video performance of Le Voile d’Orphée (1953) on the loudspeaker orchestra of Pierre Henry/ Studio Son/Ré held at Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio in Rome on the occasion of the first edition of Un/veiled (2022).
The loudspeaker orchestra of Pierre Henry/ Studio Son/Ré
Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio, Rome
Ph. Valerio Polici

Announcements

In Perspective | Episode Eight
Cy Dear

The film documentary, directed by Andrea Bettinetti (Italy, 2018, 92', Good Day Films), is available to watch for forty-eight hours beginning on March 27th, 2025.
Still from the film documentary Cy Dear

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