This exhibition aims to present a decentred history of the world from the 13th to the 21st century in an accessible and reflective manner. Without claiming to represent the world in its entirety, it invites visitors to abandon the Western perspective that is still dominant today, in order to focus on other points of view in Asia, Africa, America and Oceania, where sculptures, paintings, textiles, maps, archaeological objects, manuscripts and decorative arts give a different view of successive globalisations. These works allow us to understand the relationship to time and space of societies outside Europe, while highlighting their way of writing history..
René Perrot (1912-1979) was a prolific artist, constantly experimenting with new styles and techniques. He is particularly well known for his tapestries, the result of public commissions to decorate official buildings, ministries and embassies throughout the world. This exhibition offers an opportunity to rediscover the scope, richness and sensitivity of his work. Deeply pacifist, his oeuvre is marked by the history of his time and its upheavals, the Second World War constituting a turning point in his professional journey.
The Mediterranean diet is the result of a construct that has always been enriched with external contributions throughout history. But how can we define and preserve geographical and cultural culinary authenticity, while sharing it with the greatest number? Moreover, how to protect a diet without preventing it from evolving? And finally, how can it remain permeable while at the same time also remaining authentic? These are the questions posed by the exhibition “The grand Meze”, which takes us from field to plate, and from traditional Mediterranean culinary know-how to globalised food standards.
At Mucem/fort Saint-Jean is présented from december 1st a garden-sculpture "women's voice is revolution" by Ghada Amer, painter, embroiderer and feminist figure of contemporary art.
A new space opens its doors in the heart of the fort Saint-jean: the Galerie des Officiers invites us for a visual wander through the history of this Marseillais fortress. From the foundation of Massalia to the opening of the Mucem, this journey is an opportunity to see and better understand the site of the fort Saint-Jean, whose history is intrinsically linked to that of Marseille and the Mediterranean basin.
