“And out of museums,” he adds today, 20 years on with an extended new version of the performance at the Louvre. The subject of freedom is extended to the art world, represented by the museum of all museums, the Louvre. In the room that holds the Nike of Samothrace, Fabre adopts various costumes to interpret various shady characters. The Flemish artist was also invited by the French museum to confront himself with the works of the northern European schools of painting displayed in the galleries. “L’Ange de la métamorphose” (the title of the exhibition open until July 7) follows an unusual itinerary placing around 30 works (pen drawings, sculptures of human bones, paintings with traces of blood) alongside paintings by Bosch, Rubens, Van Eyck and Rembrandt. Fabre has designed a cup for the Illy art collection for the occasion that will be produced in a limited edition of one thousand. Elena Sommariva
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