Geneva - The Ariana gives in to the madness of Meissen porcelain

La Tribune de Genève, Benjamin Chaix, February 6, 2020

Swiss collectors lent elaborate 18th century pieces. “Auguste le Fort called his passion for porcelain an illness. In the title of the exhibition which begins tomorrow, I preferred the word madness, says Isabelle Payot Wunderli, it’s more positive and it suits this somewhat delirious art and its astonishing history very well. »

The rooms are very well highlighted by the scenography by Patricia Abel, who avoids the trap of proliferation.

This exhibition offers a dive into the great adventure that was the discovery of porcelain in Europe. A thousand years after China, the first object created in this precious material was born, in Meissen (Germany), at the beginning of the 18th century, and this through multiple adventures – sometimes incredible and certainly romantic.

Ariana Museum, Geneva, from February 7, 2020 to September 6, 2020

See also: https://www.bilan.ch/opinions/etienne-dumont/lariana-presente-a-geneve-les-folies-de-porcelaine-imaginees-a-meissen

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