Fine art has found a new canvas here in Paris, where L’Atelier des Lumières opened in April as the city’s first digital art museum. The venue, housed in a 19th-century foundry, uses 140 digital projectors to splash paintings high onto the walls and across the floors, allowing visitors to walk through, over, and into some of the world’s most famous pieces of art. L’Atelier des Lumières opened with an exhibit featuring works by Gustav Klimt, the prominent Austrian painter best known for ‘The Kiss,’ a portrait of a couple locked in an intimate embrace. Klimt was known for incorporating silver and gold leaf into his art nouveau-style oil paintings, creating an ethereal effect.
A cutting-edge art gallery opens in Paris
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World Rainforest Day
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Juneteenth
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Anniversary of the British Museum
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Fall Astronomy Week
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The Hermitage of Santa Justa
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Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
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White Desert National Park, Egypt
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National Moon Day
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Merry Christmas!
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Infinity Day
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