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SUMMARY:Exposition : L’éclat du silence. Donation Barbâtre au musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine Lécuyer
DESCRIPTION:“L’éclat du silence” shows the Barbâtre donation, pastels and charcoal drawings, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine-Lécuyer in Saint-Quentin until 31 December 2026, included in the 5 € museum ticket (2.50 € reduced).\nI am taking you to the Musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine-Lécuyer, at 28 rue Antoine Lécuyer in Saint-Quentin, for “L’éclat du silence” (The Brilliance of Silence). The museum is showing the remarkable Barbâtre donation: a body of pastel and charcoal works produced throughout the life of this pastel artist from the Mayenne.\n\nThe exhibition traces his artistic journey, his aesthetic and formal research and the way his technique evolved. Still life sits at its heart. Coloured pots, little cardboard boxes, sticks of charcoal, drawing portfolios and incense sticks: a carefully chosen ordinariness fills spaces that are often luminous, sometimes a long corridor, more rarely a ledge. I love the idea of a stick of charcoal becoming the star of the picture.\n\nThe donation is shown in rotation until 2028 to protect these fragile works on paper, so a later visit may reveal different pieces.\n\nThe exhibition runs until 31 December 2026, Tuesday to Friday from 14:00 to 18:00, with an extra slot from 10:30 to 12:30 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The museum does not open on Mondays, nor on 1 and 11 November or 25 December. Admission is 5 €, or 2.50 € at the reduced rate, exhibition included. Information on 03 23 06 93 98.\nVenue: Musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine-Lécuyer, 28 rue Antoine Lécuyer, Saint-Quentin. Until 31 December 2026. Opening: Tuesday to Friday 14:00 to 18:00, plus 10:30 to 12:30 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. No opening on Mondays, 1 and 11 November or 25 December. Admission: 5 €, reduced 2.50 €, exhibition included. Information: 03 23 06 93 98.\nI have a soft spot for artists who can make a cardboard box fascinating, and Barbâtre is one of them. Take your time in front of his pastel still lifes: after a while, you may never look at your own kitchen cupboards in quite the same way again, which is a small price to pay.\nBarbâtre pastels exhibition, Saint-Quentin art museum, 2026\nExposition : L’éclat du silence brings Barbâtre’s pastels to the Antoine-Lécuyer museum in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, until 31 December 2026, admission 5 €.\nHow long is “L’éclat du silence” on?\nUntil 31 December 2026 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine-Lécuyer in Saint-Quentin.\nHow much is admission?\nThe exhibition is included in the museum ticket: 5 € full price, 2.50 € reduced.\nWhat are the museum’s opening hours?\nTuesday to Friday from 14:00 to 18:00, with an extra slot from 10:30 to 12:30 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The museum does not open on Mondays.\nWhat is on display?\nPastels and charcoal drawings by Barbâtre, focused on still life and shown in rotation until 2028.
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