Money in Art at the Monnaie de Paris: the exhibition covering more than 20 centuries of art history on the theme of the complex relationship between Art and Money, from Antiquity and its myths until today.

The ultimate quest for happiness for some, the originof all vices for others, money has fascinated artists since antiquity. And to host an exhibition dedicated to the close links between money and art, which of better than the MonnaieofParis , one of the oldest monetary institutions in the world? Here we'll journey through morethantwo millennia of art history, traversing ancient Egypt and other myths sacred to gold, the hauntingly precious metal that spins the world since the dawn of time. From a greedy Cupid in Simon Vouet to a Danae covered in a rain of divine gold by Titian, the human behaviors associated with money unfold in all their forms. An erotic metaphor or denunciation of one of the capital sins, the accumulation of wealth seems irremediably associated with vice. Would fortune necessarily be immoral? Generations of artists follow and respond to each other, contrasting the biblical images of charity of the great masters with the provocative exuberances of contemporary artists, highlighting archetypes that have persisted over the centuries.

Between charity and greed, the works here echo the society that saw them born, visceral in Arman who embodies a Venus inhabited by money, pop and assumed at Warhol with his crushing Dollar Sign, sacrificial at Orlan with this altaroflove, deliberately provocative and obsessive at Philippe Halsman with this portraitof Dalí… The mythof the free and disinterested artist finally seems to be dying out over the course of an exhibition which, let's face it, is worth its weight in gold.

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