Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

November 25, 2011–March 26, 2012
The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue

Borrowing its title from the French national motto, Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity provided a vibrant picture of design in France from the 1940s to today, investigating how objects embody the ideas that have defined French public life for more than two centuries. Featured were furniture, industrial design, and craft from the collection of the Centre national des arts plastiques in Paris by some of the most celebrated French designers of the present and recent past, including Roger Tallon, Pierre Paulin, Philippe Starck, and the Bouroullec Brothers.

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity was organized by The Wolfsonian–FIU from the Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris. The exhibition was sponsored by the Centre national des arts plastiques, France; Institut Français; and Van Cleef & Arpels. Additional support was received from Crédit Agricole Private Banking Miami; Services Culturels de l’Ambassade de France/Maison Française; Funding Arts Network; United Airlines; Wolfsonian Visionaries; Northern Trust; Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund; and the South Beach Group Hotels.