Exhibition | Flora Yukhnovich and François Boucher
Melissa Hyde contributed to the booklet that accompanies the exhibition; for more information, see Jan Dalley’s review for the Financial Times (14 June 2024).
Flora Yukhnovich and François Boucher: The Language of the Rococo
The Wallace Collection, London, 5 June — 3 November 2024
This summer discover new works by British artist Flora Yukhnovich (b. 1990) in this free display.
Yukhnovich, celebrated for her large-scale, semi-abstract oil paintings, has given the language of the Rococo new life. Two new paintings by the artist, made in response to two exceptional paintings by the celebrated 18th-century French painter François Boucher (1703–1770), occupy gilt frames at the top of our grand staircase. Boucher’s paintings will be displayed in the Housekeeper’s Room out of their frames, on white walls, like contemporary works of art. Theatrical and tongue-in-cheek, they are prime examples of the Rococo, a decorative and exuberant style favoured across the arts by royal and aristocratic patrons in France and elsewhere from the 1730s. Flora Yukhnovich and François Boucher: The Language of the Rococo prompts visitors to reconsider preconceptions, explore how we can connect with the Rococo today, and examine the impact of display on art interpretation and historical re-evaluation.
Image: Two versions of the exhibition poster are available from The Wallace’s shop; the one pictured here reproduces a detail of Yukhnovich’s 2024 painting Folies Bergère.
Board Game | La Fleur: Extravagant Gardens in Rococo France
Recently funded on Kickstarter, with late pledges still available for a scheduled release of March 2025:
La Fleur: Extravagant Gardens in Rococo France
Created by Dux Somnium Games
Host the fanciest French Rococo parties in the ultimate garden-building, flower-collecting, and guest-stealing game for 1 to 4 players (ages 8+).
Opulence, love, and flowers! La Fleur is a strategy board game where you take on the role of a French Rococo garden enthusiast as you build your château, host garden parties, and gain enough prestige to hold the greatest of all garden gatherings, the Grande Soirée. Each round you will send your artisans to different parts of Paris to acquire floral beauties, hire additional help, earn coins, and commission new garden features for your château. But be quick! Resources each round are limited, and the first artisan to each location gets their pick of the crème de la crème. Available in English and French.
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