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TOP 200 ARTISTS
OF THE 20TH CENTURY
TO NOW
TIMES READERS AND SAATCHI ONLINE VISITORS VOTE FOR THEIR FAVOURITE ARTISTS
AFTER 1.4 MILLION VOTES WERE CAST, HERE ARE YOUR LEADING 200 ARTISTS:
| - | Pablo Picasso |
| - | Paul Cezanne |
| - | Gustav Klimt |
| - | Claude Monet |
| - | Marcel Duchamp |
| - | Henri Matisse |
| - | Jackson Pollock |
| - | Andy Warhol |
| - | Willem De Kooning |
| - | Piet Mondrian |
| - | Paul Gauguin |
| - | Francis Bacon |
| - | Robert Rauschenberg |
| - | Georges Braque |
| - | Wassily Kandinsky |
| - | Constantin Brancusi |
| - | Kasimir Malevich |
| - | Jasper Johns |
| - | Frida Kahlo |
| - | Martin Kippenberger |
| - | Paul Klee |
| - | Egon Schiele |
| - | Donald Judd |
| - | Bruce Nauman |
| - | Alberto Giacometti |
| - | Salvador Dalí |
| - | Auguste Rodin |
| - | Mark Rothko |
| - | Edward Hopper |
| - | Lucian Freud |
| - | Richard Serra |
| - | Rene Magritte |
| - | David Hockney |
| - | Philip Guston |
| - | Henri Cartier-Bresson |
| - | Pierre Bonnard |
| - | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| - | Max Ernst |
| - | Diane Arbus |
| - | Georgia O'Keeffe |
| - | Cy Twombly |
| - | Max Beckmann |
| - | Barnett Newman |
| - | Giorgio De Chirico |
| - | Roy Lichtenstein |
| - | Edvard Munch |
| - | Pierre Auguste Renoir |
| - | Man Ray |
| - | Henry Moore |
| - | Cindy Sherman |
| - | Jeff Koons |
| - | Tracey Emin |
| - | Damien Hirst |
| - | Yves Klein |
| - | Henri Rousseau |
| - | Chaim Soutine |
| - | Arshile Gorky |
| - | Amedeo Modigliani |
| - | Umberto Boccioni |
| - | Jean Dubuffet |
| - | Eva Hesse |
| - | Edouard Vuillard |
| - | Carl Andre |
| - | Juan Gris |
| - | Lucio Fontana |
| - | Franz Kline |
| - | David Smith |
| - | Joseph Beuys |
| - | Alexander Calder |
| - | Louise Bourgeois |
| - | Marc Chagall |
| - | Gerhard Richter |
| - | Balthus |
| - | Joan Miro |
| - | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
| - | Frank Stella |
| - | Georg Baselitz |
| - | Francis Picabia |
| - | Jenny Saville |
| - | Dan Flavin |
| - | Alfred Stieglitz |
| - | Anselm Kiefer |
| - | Matthew Barney |
| - | George Grosz |
| - | Bernd And Hilla Becher |
| - | Sigmar Polke |
| - | Brice Marden |
| - | Maurizio Cattelan |
| - | Sol LeWitt |
| - | Chuck Close |
| - | Edward Weston |
| - | Joseph Cornell |
| - | Karel Appel |
| - | Bridget Riley |
| - | Alexander Archipenko |
| - | Anthony Caro |
| - | Richard Hamilton |
| - | Clyfford Still |
| - | Luc Tuymans |
| - | Claes Oldenburg |
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Museums around the world:
Collection highlights,
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| Chateau Royal De Blois
The Chateau de Blois is comprised of four separate chateaux, from four different eras, assembled around one central courtyard:
The Salle des états is an example of 13th century Gothicism, and the oldest of its kind in France.
The Louis XII wing, which makes Blois a royal residence, was built at the end of the 15th century and is an example of flamboyant Gothic and early Renaissance architecture.#
Francois I introduced 17th century Italian Renaissance architecture to the chateaux with the spiral staircase and the Loges facade.
Classic 17th century architecture is represented by the Gaston d’Orléans wing.
Francois I’s apartments in the chateau were frequented by Henri III, and it was in his room here on the second floor that the duke of Guise was assassinated, on the 23rd of December, 1588.
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Blois
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Address:
Place du Château
Blois
41000
Phone: +33 (0) 2 54 90 33 33
Fax: +33 (0) 2 54 90 33 31
Website:
www.ville-blois.fr
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The Louis XII wing Musée des Beaux-Arts
Created in 1850 under the initiative of the town of Blois, the Musée des Beaux-Arts has been situated in the apartments of King Louis XII since 1869. It contains a tapestry and sculpture gallery, and chronologically displayed decorative arts from the 16th to the 19th centruries.
The Musée Lapidaire
On the ground floor of the Francois I wing, four rooms house the permanent collection of the Musée Lapidaire. This contains 16th and 17th century sculptures, and studies and moulds describing the chateau’s process of restoration since the work of Felix Duban in 1846 to the present day renovations.
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GOUDJI, LE MAGICIEN D’OR
26 May – 16 September 2007
The Chateau de Blois presents a retrospective exhibition of the work of the gold sculptor Goudji, in collaboration with the town of Blois and the department of Loir et Cher.
The French artist of Georgian origins is considered the greatest gold sculptors of our times, a magician who gives form to beauty. This exhibition brings together unique creations of sacred art, sculptures and jewellery.
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FENCING AND MUSIC PERFORMANCE
14 July – 15 August 2007
Throughout the summer, the chateau will come alive with the art of fencing, considered the last form of martial art in Europe. Renaissance lute music will accompany the reconstitution of this form of combat so linked to the history of the chateau.
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Chateau: 7€ adults / 5€ concessions / 3€ youth (6-17 years)
Son et Lumiere: 7€ adults / 5€ concessions / 3€ youth (6-17 years)
Combined Chateau and Son et Lumiere tickets: 11€ adults / 8.50€ concessions / 5.50 € youth
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The chateau is open every day, except 1 January and 25 December.
The last tickets of the day are issued half an hour prior to closing time.
1 April – 30 September: open from 9am to 6.30pm
1 October – 31 December: open from 9am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 5.30pm
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Museum internal and external photos (11)
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| Between 7 April and 30 September, the chateau has “Son et Lumiere
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Guided tours available, at no additional cost to the entry price, in French, English, German, Italian and Spanish.
Please phone 02 54 90 33 32 for information on the different tours available and for reservations.
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| Adapted family tours available. Please phone 02 54 90 33 32 for information and reservations.
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Various adapted tours for children available.
A rich program of activities and workshops for children and school groups is available, please see website or phone 02 54 90 33 32 for information and reservations.
Workshops and activities priced at 3€ per child.
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