Does Monet still make the world go round? Sold-out exhibitions, robust auction performance, public fondness, his own immersive experience, and the long queues outside his Giverny estate suggest very much that he does. Indeed, the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition was celebrated around the world. But what is at stake in the global currency of Impressionism? How should we attend to the plural contexts – national, institutional, social, and economic – in which Impressionism is seen & understood? 

Join Félicie Faizand de Maupeou, Margot Degoutte, and Samuel Raybone for a conversation about the very many Impressionisms across France and the Anglosphere. Félicie & Margot will introduce the newly-launched research and resource platform on Impressionism: impressionnismes.fr. Supported by the University of Paris Nanterre, the platform appeals to a wide audience: from the enlightened amateur to the researcher, as well as culture and tourism professionals. In the presence of the project's initiators, the discussion will shed light on the genesis and development of the project, as well as its place in the French and international research landscape. There will be opportunity for audience questions about the platform, as well as the broader topic of how Impressionism is presented to the public on various national stages.

A note on language: this webinar will take place in both English and French without simultaneous translation. Audience questions are welcome in either language. 

Anthea Callen, ‘‘Monet makes the world go around’: art history and ‘The Triumph of Impressionism’’, Art History, vol. 22, no. 5, 1999, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8365.00185.