This event is in the past.It took place on October 10, 2025 at Musée Marmottan Monet.




Drift through centuries of slumber in this dreamlike exhibition where Monet's deathbed portraits meet Freud's theories and mythic Hypnos. Nearly 100 works explore sleep as creative spark, erotic symbol, and mortal shadow.
Thematic art exhibition
Intimate museum setting
Psychoanalysis & dreams
19th-20th century masters
Tips
😴more or less awake and more or less shadowed (@byrogers)
⏰come at 1pm, fewer crowds
🧠curated by a neurologist
L'Empire du sommeil
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Drift through centuries of slumber in this dreamlike exhibition where Monet's deathbed portraits meet Freud's theories and mythic Hypnos. Nearly 100 works explore sleep as creative spark, erotic symbol, and mortal shadow.
Thematic art exhibition
Intimate museum setting
Psychoanalysis & dreams
19th-20th century masters
Tips
😴more or less awake and more or less shadowed (@byrogers)
⏰come at 1pm, fewer crowds
🧠curated by a neurologist
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