French Vision

To mark the centenary of the Titanic’s sinking, the Museum of Letters and Manuscripts in Paris presents a score of documents and manuscripts, notably those of Helen Churchill Candee, who inspired James Cameron for the character of Rose in the eponymous film.

On the night of April 14th to 15th, 1912, the Titanic foundered off Newfoundland, five days after embarking on its maiden voyage between Southampton and New York. The disaster resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 passengers and crew. Among the 700 survivors was an American novelist, Helen Churchill Candee (1858-1949), immortalised by Kate Winslet as Rose in the famous film by James Cameron. She recounted the journey and the terrible wreck in a 36-page notebook manuscript, now in the Museum of Letters and Manuscripts in Paris.

From Thursday, April 12 2012 to Wednesday, August 29 2012

Museum of Letters and Manuscripts
222, boulevard Saint-Germain
75007 Paris

Access:

Métro : Rue du Bac, Sèvres-Babylone, Saint-Germain des Prés

An artistic encounter on an ambitious scale, the annual Monumenta exhibition invites a well-known contemporary artist to create a work especially for the huge space inside the glass-roofed nave of the Grand Palais in Paris.

An initiative of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, the concept has proven hugely popular. The exhibition has so far featured Anselm Kiefer in 2007, Richard Serra in 2008, Christian Boltanski in 2010 and Anish Kapoor in 2011. The guest artist of 2012 is to be Daniel Buren.

From May 10 2012 to June 21 2012

Grand Palais