la boverie

From 31 May to 18 August 2024, La Boverie is inviting young and old alike to (re)discover the abstract movement through more than 100 exceptional works over an area of more than 1,000m2. From its founder - Kandinsky - to the most contemporary artists, the "abstract:" exhibition aims to show that this movement is not just for insiders. It invites visitors on a sensitive journey to the heart of this artistic universe, revealing the major influence it has had on our lives. "The meaning and task of every artistic endeavour is to free the spiritual being of form and colour and to free it from the restraints of the world of objects. Out of such an endeavour, imagination-free art was created". With these words, Johannes Itten, a lecturer at the Bauhaus, concluded his book 'Art and colour'. Before the 20th century, no one had thought that a work of art could limit itself in striving to resemble reality, by consisting only of its constituent elements such as form, colour or material.