This week (11 - 17 November 2024) the opening of a new exhibition titled ‘De toutes beautés!’ (Of all beauties!) marks the beginning of a three-year partnership between two of France’s preeminent institutions: L’Oréal Groupe and the Louvre Museum. Although arguably, it’s less of an exhibition and more of a proposition on interpreting historical and present-day definitions of beauty through 108 carefully selected artworks in the Louvre’s permanent collection.
Specially conceived text and audio accompaniments complement each of the pieces, which are spread throughout the museum’s eight curatorial departments. Spanning 10,000 years of human history, they are loosely categorised according to cosmetics, objects and rituals, societal transformations and canonical beauty ideals.
