NGV Melbourne Pierre Bonnard Exhibition India Mahdavi [Video]

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne is showcasing a unique retrospective exhibition on the acclaimed French painter, Pierre Bonnard. Presented as part of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series, the show includes over 100 artworks from Bonnard’s career that have been loaned out from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, along with various institutions across the world.

While Bonnard’s work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions in the past, what sets this show apart is the way in which it is presented. Made in collaboration with Iranian-French architect and designer, India Mahdavi, visitors will be able to figuratively walk into the colorful scenes of Modern France at the turn of the 19th century — from the picturesque south to the streets of Paris, the latter of which he once referred to as the “theatre of the everyday.”

This cinematic nod is noteworthy, for Bonnard was one of the first painters to draw inspiration from the …