This event is in the past.It took place on February 8, 2026 at Musée Cognacq-Jay.
Agnès Thurnauer stages a centuries-spanning conversation at the Cognacq-Jay, her contemporary works whispering to Fragonard and Boucher while amplifying the women history tried to silence. Émilie du Châtelet, Angelica Kauffmann and others finally step into the light through Thurnauer's feminist lens.
Contemporary meets 18th-century
Feminist art history
Enlightenment reimagined
Poetic abstraction
Tips
📜"Une réflexion profonde sur la création au féminin, l'émancipation par le savoir, et la puissance souterraine de la mémoire" (Arts in the City)
🎨Look for Thurnauer's 'Sleepwalker' facing Boucher's 'L'Odalisque'
💡Same ticket gets you into the permanent 18th-century collection
Agnès Thurnauer. Correspondances
Le Marais
Agnès Thurnauer stages a centuries-spanning conversation at the Cognacq-Jay, her contemporary works whispering to Fragonard and Boucher while amplifying the women history tried to silence. Émilie du Châtelet, Angelica Kauffmann and others finally step into the light through Thurnauer's feminist lens.
Contemporary meets 18th-century
Feminist art history
Enlightenment reimagined
Poetic abstraction
Tips
📜"Une réflexion profonde sur la création au féminin, l'émancipation par le savoir, et la puissance souterraine de la mémoire" (Arts in the City)
🎨Look for Thurnauer's 'Sleepwalker' facing Boucher's 'L'Odalisque'
💡Same ticket gets you into the permanent 18th-century collection
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