Le cabinet de curiosité. Une tentation permanente. Voyages to the construction of the

to the construction of the legend of the Maid of Orléans

their collection now includes more than 120 first-rate works from the arts of Africa

and observations of 535 specimens compiled by the author during 2011-2018 in research visits to 34 museums and private collections in the Caribbean

an extraordinary art that will make this exhibition an ode to Korean embroidery

Le cabinet de curiosité. Une tentation permanente. Voyages to the construction of theThe reality of the cabinet of curiosities is a constant throughout history. Anticipated by Roman Antiquity and the Middle Ages, it took on extremely varied forms at the beginning of the Renaissance. It was then the work of princes, scholars, or religious congregations. It brought together, under the guise of a theatrical encyclopedia, the various domains of creation, whether they were the work of nature itself or the action of man. There we encounter