Designing Dreams – A celebration of Leon Bakst
This autumn Leon Bakst takes centre stage in Monaco on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Bakst carved out fame with his exotic and richly coloured scenery and costumes for the Ballets Russes founded by Serge Diaghilev. He produced sets for Cleopatra, Scheherazade and L’Apres-midi d’un faune which toured Europe and the Americas becoming huge triumphs. The novel outlook of the ballet company was total collaboration between all the artists philosophy – choreography, music, costumes and sets were all of equal importance. It was the ideal milieu for Bakst, who was a gifted painter with a dual career as an art teacher. Marc Chagall was his most famous pupil and his love of dreamlike imagery was probably communicated by the master. The exhibition, which features drawings, models and archive material has been put together by the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco.
Until January 15th, 2017 at the Villa Sauber, Monaco
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