Jacques Villeglé Retrospective Opens at Musée Carnavalet for Birth Centenary
From 14 October 2026 to 14 February 2027, the Musée Carnavalet in Paris will present "Paris à l'arraché – Jacques Villeglé et l'art urbain," celebrating the 100th anniversary of Jacques Villeglé's birth. Born Jacques Mahé de la Villeglé in Quimper in 1926, he passed away in 2022. In 1945, he attended the École des Beaux-arts de Rennes, where he met Raymond Hains and produced his first piece of torn poster art in 1949. Known for incorporating found street materials, Villeglé was linked to the Nouveaux Réalistes. Notable works include Rue Desprez et Vercingétorix (12 March 1966) and La Genèse (12 May 1997). He established the Espace Jacques-Villeglé in 2007.
Key facts
- Musée Carnavalet exhibition runs 14 October 2026 to 14 February 2027
- Villeglé lived 1926 to 2022 and was born in Quimper
- He met Raymond Hains in 1945 at the École des Beaux-arts de Rennes
- First torn poster work Ach Alma Manetro dates from 1949
- He joined the Nouveaux Réalistes in 1960 after Pierre Restany's manifesto
- 1957 torn-poster show was held at Colette Allendy's gallery
- L'Alphabet de la guérilla was developed in the 1980s
- Espace Jacques-Villeglé opened in Saint-Gratien in 2007
Entities
Artists
- Jacques Villeglé
- Jacques Mahé de la Villeglé
- Raymond Hains
- Wols
- Camille Bryen
- Pablo Picasso
- Henri Matisse
- Joan Miró
- Jean-Michel Bouhours
- François Dufrêne
- Guy Debord
- Pierre Restany
- Marcel Duchamp
- Daniel Buren
- Andy Warhol
- Eugène Atget
- Brassaï
- Robert Doisneau
- Harry Shunk
- János Kender
- Lek
- Sowat
- Miss.Tic
- Jacques Mahé de La Villeglé
- Lek & Sowat
- Fabienne Villeglé
- Valérie Guillaume
- Émilie Gandon
- Jennifer Heim
Institutions
- Musée Carnavalet
- Nouveau Réalisme
- École des Beaux-arts de Rennes
- Internationale lettriste
- Galerie Colette Allendy
- Musée Ludwig
- Les Abattoirs Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse
- Espace Jacques-Villeglé
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
- FNAC
- Beaux Arts
- Beaux-Arts de Rennes
- Atelier populaire
- Palais du Tokyo
- Centre Pompidou
- Bibliothèque Kandinsky
- Mucem
- Fonds de dotation Villeglé
- ADAGP
- Sénat
- Gamma Rapho
- Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris
- Éditions Paris Musées
- Centre Pompidou-MNAM/CCI
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Quimper
- Rennes
- Saint-Malo
- Montparnasse
- Cologne
- Germany
- Agen
- Toulouse
- Saint-Gratien
- Val-d'Oise
- Marseille
- Place des Abbesses
- Rue de la Fontaine-du-Roi
- Rue de Sévigné
- Halles
- Beaubourg
- Atlantic Wall
- Porte Maillot
- Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- Le Marais