The most beautiful painting in the world!?

The most beautiful painting in the world!? 🖼️🤩

I had the pleasure of meeting @proustpourtous at @lacigalenantes this week 🌤️. Twenty years ago, Laurence Grenier set out to introduce Proust to as many people as possible through her blog proustpourtous, as well as through performances, role-playing games and talks, particularly in sixth-form colleges, secondary schools and public libraries. 🏫

Since 2013, she has written and published nine books on Proust. 😳📚 Her motto, which @proustagram can only agree with, is: Proust is funny – let’s have a laugh with him. 🤭

The premise of this latest (to date) instalment is as follows: “During a major Dutch exhibition in Paris, Léo faints whilst standing in front of Vermeer’s ‘View of Delft’, after reading ‘The Death of Bergotte’, a text by Marcel Proust, displayed on a lectern next to the painting. 📋

What is the source of this unease? Is it Vermeer’s painting or Proust’s text? And what is its nature? 🗝️

To solve this mystery, Stella, Léo’s mother, gets a job as a museum attendant for the duration of the exhibition. 🪑

“She will scrutinise the reactions of the visitors as they file past: children from deprived neighbourhoods or residents of care homes, psychoanalysts or interior designers, famous or unknown, fans of Marcel Proust, Proust devotees or Proust-haters, scholars or dreamers.” 🤓

A playful yet erudite book, simple and authentic, just like its author. 🫶🏻

@editions.dupalio 2024 — 16€

#Vermeer #MarcelProust #johannesvermeer @mauritshuis_museum @amisdeproust #VuedeDelft #Bergotte #LaPrisonnière #RTp #proustagram