"For Art Deco, the French-led Modernist style that flourished between the world wars, this autumn is a peak 100 years in the making. The centenary exhibition at Paris's Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1925-2025: One Hundred Years of Art Deco (until 26 April 2026) leads the institutional charge, with smaller programmes at the city's Musée Zadkine and Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine. A poster-centred survey at the London Transport Museum complements them from across the Channel."
"Eileen Gray's celebrated Dragon armchair (1917-19)-sold in 2009 for $28m at Christie's from the collection of designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé-was redisplayed at the FAB Paris fair in September. At PAD London last month, Galerie Jacques Lacoste showcased a dedicated Deco stand underpinned by pieces by Diego Giacometti, and focused Deco presentations are planned at Salon Art + Design fair at the Park Avenue Armory, New York (6-10 November)."
Major centenary exhibitions and satellite programmes in Paris and London mark 100 years of Art Deco. Global art and design fairs have foregrounded Deco works, with high-profile objects such as Eileen Gray's Dragon armchair reappearing in market and exhibition contexts. Galleries and fairs across Europe and the US are staging dedicated Deco presentations, driving renewed collector and institutional attention. The term Art Deco derives from arts décoratifs; contemporaries used le style moderne. The 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes crystallised the idiom across furniture, theatre and architecture and elevated the ensemblier role, exemplified by Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann.
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