The Giacometti Institute, due to open on June
26, contains dozens of paintings and sculptures, carefully
preserved by his wife after he died in 1966, including fragile
plaster artworks that have never been shown to the public.
The Institute contains a complete reconstruction of his studio,
just down the road from its original location, in the
Montparnasse district of Paris, an area known for being a
thriving artistic hub in the middle of the 20th century.
The Giacometti Foundation, which is in possession of the
majority of his work, decided to recreate the studio, as opposed
to a museum, as Giacometti always insisted on the strong link
between his work and the environment in which he made it.
(Reporting by Feyi Adegbite; Writing by Johnny Cotton; Editing
by Alison Williams)
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