The LaM is rethinking the hanging of its collection with a new thematic and original journey entitled Obsession.
Conceived as an exhibition, it explores repetition, permanence and creative intensity throughout the 20th and 21st centuries through a new dialogue between modern art, art brut and contemporary art.
Some monographic rooms dedicated to major figures of art such as Amedeo Modigliani, Henry Darger or Miriam Cahn alternate with thematic spaces offering a living and renewed rereading of the collection.
To enrich this experience, exceptional pieces from the Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP), and recent acquisitions, such as a rare drawing by Amedeo Modigliani, punctuate the journey, creating new connections and unexpected dialogues.
Second part (opening to the public on 13 June)
The second part of this journey, presented in the building designed by Manuelle Gautrand, is mainly devoted to art brut; it will develop the theme of obsession through several axes, such as ritual, automatic writing, spiritism, surveying, the garden or even the inventors. You can find a monographic set of works by Auguste Forestier, the Spiritist artists, the totems of Théo Wiesen, but also other major works from the museum’s collection.
Police station
Sébastien Faucon, Director of the LaM
Marie-Amélie Senot, Manager of the contemporary art fund

Victor Simon, La toile judéo-chrétienne(detail) 1937. Oil on canvas; 196 x 300.2 x 3 cm. Collection of the LaM. Purchase in 2019 with the support of the Regional Museum Acquisition Fund (State and Hauts-de-France Region) © Rights reserved. Photo: N. Dewitte/LaM