Morellet Exhibition: 100% Neon at the Cholet Art Museum

CHOLET MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY
From September 19, 2026 to February 28, 2027

From September 19, 2026, to February 28, 2027, the Cholet Art Museum celebrates the centenary of François Morellet's birth in his hometown with "Morellet 100% Neon," an exhibition dedicated to one of the artist's favorite materials.

 

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"It's a hard, cold material that I like," wrote François Morellet about neon in 1963, the year he lit his first tube in the Labyrinth of the Visual Art Research Group. Cholet holds the only 1963 example, reinstalled exactly as it was in the museum's lobby.

Upstairs, the neon lights follow a rigorous mathematical system, or rather, the rules of a game. A self-taught artist, François Morellet never left Cholet, where he ran the family toy factory until 1975.

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Cholet Museum of Art and History
From September 19, 2026 to February 28, 2027
27 Avenue de l'Abreuvoir, 49300 Cholet
Wed. to Sat. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2 p.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
Admission: €5 - Free for children and students, and on Saturdays

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Published on 10 novembre 2026 à 23:45 by Mis en ligne par Leonor

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