Jack Nisberg, Atelier d'Alberto Giacometti, vers mai 1965, coll.Fondation Giacometti, Paris.
© Succession Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris et ADAGP, Paris)
© Jack Nisberg
École des modernités
Programme
Programme
The École des modernités is the art history research programme of the Institut Giacometti.
Through monthly lectures and a publication series, international art historians and curators are invited to shed new light on the history of modern art, from 1905 to 1960, in order to better understand the decisive period in which Alberto Giacometti lived and worked. A premier reference library on modern art, including books from Alberto Giacometti’s personal library, is accessible to researchers upon reservation.
The lectures: each month at the Institut Giacometti, international specialists present innovative research in art history through an original study of an artist, a movement, or a particular context.
These lectures are filmed and form a reference corpus on the modern period, preserved and freely accessible on the Institut Giacometti website.
The collection: the Institut Giacometti publishes a collection of short essays by emerging researchers in modern art history, co-published with Éditions FAGE. Find out more
The library: the Institut Giacometti offers a premiere reference library comprising works from and about the modern period, accessible to researchers upon reservation. Find out more and book your visit
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Upcoming lectures
Starting in September 2026, the Institut Giacometti is entrusting art historian, critic, and curator Devika Singh with the academic direction of a series of ten lectures within the École des Modernités, held once a month through June 2027.
2026/2027 – Part One
"Lonely sailors: Lygia Clark, Brazilians in Paris and kinetic art"
by Killian Rauline,
Agrégé in History and doctoral student at the École normale supérieure
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
"A 'Cosmopolitan Self': Umrao Singh Sher-Gil in Paris"
by Shanay Jhaveri,
Head of Visual Arts at the Barbican Centre
Wednesday, 18 November 2026
« Wifredo Lam and Aimé Césaire: Insolites bâtisseurs »
by Jean Khalfa,
Professor of French Studies at Trinity College Cambridge
Wednesday, 16 December 2026
"Iranian trajectories and cosmogonic modernism between Paris and Rome"
by Morad Montazami,
Director, Zaman Books & Curating
Wednesday, 20 January 2027