Exhibition
Exposition : L’éclat du silence. Donation Barbâtre au musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine Lécuyer
From to
Saint-Quentin
Practical details
Plan your visit
- Date
- Friday, 10 April 2026 to Thursday, 31 December 2026
- This date range does not mean the venue opens every day. Check its opening hours.
- Time
- Venue: 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.
- Price
- Price to be confirmed
- Category
- Exhibition
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What to expect
About this event
I 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.
The 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.
The donation is shown in rotation until 2028 to protect these fragile works on paper, so a later visit may reveal different pieces.
The 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.
Your questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is “L’éclat du silence” on?
Until 31 December 2026 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine-Lécuyer in Saint-Quentin.
How much is admission?
The exhibition is included in the museum ticket: 5 € full price, 2.50 € reduced.
What are the museum’s opening hours?
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.
What is on display?
Pastels and charcoal drawings by Barbâtre, focused on still life and shown in rotation until 2028.
At a glance
“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).