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.
