Museum publications

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Exhibition catalogs

Under the rain. Painting, living and dreaming

Catalogue publié à l’occasion de l’exposition Sous la pluie. Peindre, vivre et rêver présentée au Musée d’arts de Nantes du 7 novembre 2025 au 1^er mars 2026, puis au au Musée des Beaux-arts de Rouen du 11 avril au 20 septembre 2026.

Co-published by Musée d'arts de Nantes and Musée des Beaux-arts de Rouen.

Electric Op. De l’art optique à l’art numérique

Catalogue bilingue anglais/français de l’exposition Electric Op. De l’art optique à l’art numérique, présentée au Musée d’arts de Nantes du 4 avril au 31 août 2025.

Liners 1913-1942. A transatlantic aesthetic

Catalog published for the exhibition Paquebots 1913-1942. Une esthétique transatlantique presented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes from October 25, 2024 to February 23, 2025, then at the MuMa - Musée d'Art moderne André Malraux Le Havre from April 5 to September 21, 2025.

Musée d'arts de Nantes, MuMa and In Fine
€32 / ISBN: 978-2-38203-205-3

Pierrick Sorin. Putting on a good show

Catalog published for the exhibition Pierrick Sorin. Faire bonne(s) figure(s)presented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes from April 19 to September^1, 2024.

Suzanne Valadon. A world of your own

Catalog published for the exhibition Suzanne Valadon. Un monde à soipresented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes from October 27, 2023 to February 11, 2024.

Hyper sensitive. A look at hyperrealist sculpture

Catalog published for the exhibition Hyper sensible. A look at hyperrealist sculpture epresented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes from April 7 to September 3, 2023.

Musée d'arts, Nantes, 2023
© Cinisello Balsamo : Silvana Editoriale, 2023
28 € / ISBN : 978-88-366-5363-8

The train journey

Catalog published for the exhibition Le Voyage en train, presented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes from October 21, 2022 to February 5, 2023.

Musée d'arts, Nantes, 2022
© Éditions Gand : Snoeck, 2022
35 € / ISBN : 978-94-6161-819-1

Angela Bulloch. Perpendicular paradigm

Catalog published for the exhibition Angela Bulloch. Paradigme perpendicualirepresented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes from May 13 to August 30, 2022.

Musée d'arts, Nantes, 2022
© Éditions Paris : B. Chauveau, 2022
23 € / ISBN : 978-2-36306-305-2

À la mode. The art of appearing in the ^18th century

Catalog published for the exhibition À la mode. The Art of Appearing in the ^18th Centurypresented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes from November 26, 2021 to March 6, 2022.

Hypnosis

Catalog published for the exhibition Hypnosis presented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes, in the -1 du Cube and the Chapelle de l'Oratoire, from October 16, 2020 to August 22, 2021.

Musée d'arts, Nantes, 2020
© Éditions ENSBA
39 € / ISBN : 978-2-84056-792-9

Tony Oursler: State_NonState (Hypnosis)

Catalog published on the occasion of Tony Oursler's immersive installation, presented in the Chapelle de l'Oratoire as part of the exhibition Hypnosisfrom October 16, 2020 to September 12, 2021.

Musée d'arts, Nantes, 2021
© Éditions Milan : Silvana editoriale, 2021
€25 / ISBN: 978-88-366-4588-6

United States of Abstraction. American Artists in France, 1946-1964

Catalog published for the exhibition United States of Abstraction. American Artists in France, 1946-1964 presented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes from May 19 to July 18, 2022.

Musée d'arts, Nantes, 2021
© Éditions ENSBA
29 € / ISBN: 978-94-6161-667-8

Archipel, Jean-Jacques Lebel Endowment Fund

Catalog published for the exhibition Archipel, Fonds de dotation Jean-Jacques Lebel presented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes, in the Patio from July 17 to October 18, 2020.

Musée d'arts, Nantes, 2020
© Éditions Milan : Silvana editoriale, 2020
30 € / ISBN : 978-88-366-4415-5

Charlie Chaplin in the eye of the avant-garde

Catalog published for the exhibition Charlie Chaplin in the Eye of the Avant-Garde presented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes, in the Patio from October 18, 2019 to February 3, 2020.

Mircea Cantor, Înainte

Catalog published for the exhibition Mircea Cantor, Înainte presented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes, Chapelle de l'Oratoire, from March 15 to September 15, 2019, as part of the France-Romania season.

In praise of feeling and sensitivity

Catalog published for the exhibition Éloge de la sensibilité presented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes and Éloge du sentiment at the Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes from February 15 to May 12, 2019.

Nantes, 1886: The Impressionist scandal

Catalog published for the exhibition Nantes, 1886: The Impressionist Scandal presented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes from October 12, 2018 to January 13, 2019.

James Turrell. It becomes your experience

Catalog published for the exhibition James Turrell. It becomes your experience presented at the Musée d'arts de Nantes from June¹ to September 2, 2018.

Nicolas Régnier (1588-1667), The Free Man

Catalog published for the exhibition Nicolas Régnier, L'homme libre at the Musée d'arts de Nantes from December^1, 2017 to March 11, 2018.

Collection catalogs

Musée d'arts de Nantes, guide to the collections

This guide takes you on a tour of over 200 masterpieces from the ^13th to the ^21st century.