Carte blanche
to Daniel Buren
"Plantations", in situ works, 2026

Carte blanche to Daniel Buren
Plantations, in situ works, 2026

In the summer of 2026, the museum grants carte blanche to artist Daniel Buren (born 1938). The reputation of this French contemporary artist extends far beyond national borders. He employs his distinctive visual motif: white and colored vertical stripes measuring 8.7 cm, in order to reveal and highlight the site and its context through in situ works.

Developed worldwide in public spaces, from early fly-posting interventions in the late 1960s to major public commissions, as well as in art institutions, museums and galleries, Buren’s in situ works engage with perspective, colour, space, light, movement…

With Plantations, in situ works, Daniel Buren presents a new creation that extends from the gardens into the museum itself, creating a dialogue between the environment of Giverny and the works in the collection. On the occasion of the centenary of Claude Monet’s death, the artist pursues some of the fundamental intuitions of the Impressionist painters, who were fascinated by the ever-changing effects of color and light in nature. Whereas Monet and Caillebotte captured the shimmering movements of water, landscapes, and sky, Buren places his colors within the very space we move through, transforming perception into a constantly shifting and ever-renewed experience.

Within the galleries, the exhibition unites masterpieces from the museum’s collection — spanning from Impressionism to contemporary creation — with Daniel Buren’s installation, in a carte blanche devoted to color.

Curator: Cyrille Sciama, Director General of the Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, Chief Curator, and and Sylvie Patry, General Curator of Heritage at the Musée d’Orsay

Credits:
Daniel Buren (né en 1938)
Photo-souvenir : Le Vent souffle où il veut, 2009
Travail in situ, in “Beaufort 03″, Le Coq, Belgique (collection ville de Nieuport)
© DB / ADAGP, Paris, 2026

Opening days

Exhibition open from July 17, to November 1, 2026. The museum will be exceptionally closed on Friday, September 4, 2026.

Full price | Concession price

• Adults: €12 | €9
• Audioguide : €4/person (FR or EN)

Free entry for:

• Visitors under 18.
• Eure residents on the first Sunday of the months of August and September (proof of residency required)
• All individual visitors on the first Sunday of the months of October and November.

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