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Art History Masterclasses
Discover how artworks are made, interpret their details and explore the ideas and histories behind them.
ART HISTORY MASTERCLASSES
Learn to look differently
Explore art through the details that reveal how it was made, what it meant and why it matters. Led by art historians and specialists, our masterclasses bring together close observation, historical context and discussion to help you interpret artworks with greater confidence.
Designed for art lovers, students, guides and cultural professionals, each session offers an engaging and accessible way to deepen your knowledge and develop your eye.
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Expert-led, focused and accessible
Each masterclass centres on a carefully chosen gallery, artist, movement, object or question, giving the subject the time and attention it deserves.
Through close observation and expert-led discussion, you will compare works, recognise techniques and materials, and connect visual details to their historical and cultural context.
Subjects range from artistic technique and interpretation to attribution and provenance, with each session offering new ways to question, understand and discuss art.
UPCOMING SERIES
Louvre Masterclasses
A programme of focused sessions exploring the Louvre one room, period and question at a time. Each masterclass can be attended independently, or followed as part of the wider cycle.
LOUVRE MASTERCLASS III
Louvre Masterclass III : The Venus de Milo and Greek Sculpture at the Louvre
This third Louvre Masterclass is devoted to the Venus de Milo and, more broadly, to the Greek sculptures displayed in the Louvre Museum’s Greek Antiquities galleries.
28 October 2026 at 18:15
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Louvre Masterclass IV : The Caryatids Room
Explore one of the most historically significant interiors of the Louvre. The session combines the architecture of the Salle des Caryatides with a close reading of the sculptures displayed within it, introducing questions of Renaissance architecture, royal patronage and the presentation of ancient sculpture.
25 November 2026 at 17:45
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Louvre Masterclass V : The Salon Carré
This fifth Louvre Masterclass explores the Salon Carré, one of the museum’s most emblematic and historically significant rooms. The visit begins at the Daru staircase, with the Winged Victory of Samothrace, followed by the corridor displaying frescoes by Fra Angelico and Botticelli — rare examples of works of this kind preserved in a museum.
2 December 2026 at 17:45
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Louvre Masterclass VI : Painting in Northern Italy
This sixth Louvre Masterclass explores the development of Renaissance painting in Northern Italy through works by Mantegna, Bellini, Leonardo da Vinci, Carpaccio, Luini and their contemporaries. Far from forming a single, homogeneous school, Northern Italy comprised a remarkable variety of artistic centres — Venice, Padua, Milan, Mantua, Brescia and Bergamo — between which artists, models, techniques and influences circulated.
9 December 2026 at 17:45
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Louvre Masterclass VII : Painting in Central Italy: Florence, Perugia and Rome
This seventh Louvre Masterclass explores the development of Renaissance painting in Central Italy through works by Ghirlandaio, Perugino, Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Solario and their contemporaries. The session will highlight the essential roles of Florence, Perugia and Rome in shaping a new pictorial language based on drawing, perspective, harmonious proportions, clarity of composition and a new conception of the human figure.
16 December 2026 at 17:45
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Louvre Masterclass VIII : Italian Mannerism
This eighth Louvre Masterclass explores the development of Italian Mannerism in the sixteenth century through works by Correggio, Parmigianino, Rosso Fiorentino, Bronzino, Pontormo and their contemporaries. Emerging in the wake of the High Renaissance, Mannerism gradually challenged the ideals of balance, stability and harmony associated with Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo. Artists developed a more complex visual language characterised by elegance, elongated forms, sophisticated poses, unstable spaces, refined colour and deliberately artificial expression.
13 January 2027 at 17:45
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Louvre Masterclass IX : Italian Baroque Painting
This ninth Louvre Masterclass examines the development of Italian Baroque painting in the seventeenth century through works by Caravaggio, the Carracci, Guercino, Guido Reni and their contemporaries. At the turn of the seventeenth century, Italian painting underwent a profound transformation. In response to the elaborate refinement of Mannerism, new visual languages emerged, characterised by closer observation of the natural world, a renewed use of light, heightened emotion and fresh approaches to religious and historical narrative.
20 January 2027 at 17:45
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Louvre Masterclass X : Italian Sculpture: From Donatello to Canova
This tenth Louvre Masterclass is devoted to Italian sculpture, tracing its development from the Renaissance through the Baroque to Neoclassicism in a journey from Donatello to Canova. Close examination of individual works will reveal the principal stages of this evolution. During the fifteenth century, Italian sculptors rediscovered models from classical Antiquity and developed new approaches to depicting the human figure and carving relief. While Donatello's naturalism influenced an entire school, the Quattrocento also retained distinctive regional traditions, including Florence and the gentle style associated with Settignano, and Naples through the work of Laurana. The session will also touch on ornamental sculpture through the doorway of the Stanga Palace.
12 March 2027 at 17:45
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Louvre Masterclass XI : Spanish Painting at the Louvre
This eleventh Louvre Masterclass explores Spanish painting from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century through works by El Greco, Ribera, Murillo, Zurbarán, Goya and their contemporaries. Although the Louvre’s Spanish paintings do not enjoy quite the same renown as its Italian or Flemish collections, they are exceptionally rewarding. With the notable exception of Velázquez, the leading figures of the Spanish school are represented, often by masterpieces such as Ribera’s The Clubfooted Boy or Murillo’s The Young Beggar. The collection also has a remarkable history, notably the opening in 1838 of Louis-Philippe’s Spanish Gallery, which brought together nearly 500 paintings but remained at the Louvre for only about a decade.
7 April 2027 at 17:45
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Past Masterclasses
LOUVRE MASTERCLASS I
Louvre Masterclass I : Neoclassicism — Jacques-Louis David and His World
A professional training session for licensed guides, cultural mediators, and heritage professionals. This first Louvre Masterclass explores the rise of Neoclassicism through the masterpieces of Jacques-Louis David and his contemporaries.
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Louvre Masterclass II : Romanticism — From Géricault to Delacroix
A professional training session for licensed guides, cultural mediators, and heritage professionals. This second Louvre Masterclass explores the emergence of Romanticism through the masterpieces of Théodore Géricault, Eugène Delacroix, and their contemporaries.
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Meet Our Experts
Our masterclasses are led by art historians, lecturers, licensed guides and specialists selected for both the depth of their expertise and their ability to communicate complex ideas clearly.
Guillaume Peigné
Art Historian | Lecturer | PhD in Art History
Specialist in Western art from the Renaissance to the Second World War, with particular expertise in nineteenth-century French sculpture.
At OMNI PARIS, Guillaume leads specialist museum masterclasses, particularly at the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay.
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SEE ART DIFFERENTLY
See Art Differently
A museum visit can show you an artwork. A masterclass can change the way you look at it.
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Private Masterclasses
OMNI PARIS masterclasses can also be arranged privately for cultural associations, universities, travel groups, corporate groups and other private audiences.
Programmes can be adapted to the group’s level, interests and preferred museum or subject, allowing for a more focused and personalised learning experience.
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