Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART ANNOUNCES MAJOR EXHIBITION OF TOULOUSE-LAUTREC AND CONTEMPORARIES IN MONTMARTRE MARCH 20–JUNE 12, 2005
(traveling to The Art Institute of Chicago, July 16 through October 10, 2005)

Artists' fascination with the decadent spirit and glamour of bohemian life in the Parisian district of Montmartre at the turn of the 20th century is the focus of this major exhibition of more than 250 works primarily by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901).
Toulouse-Lautrec's work will be seen in the company of important works by many of his contemporaries, including Van Gogh's Agostina Segatori at the Café du Tambourin (1887); Picasso's Le Divan Japonais (1901); and Degas' Café-Concert (c.1876-1877).

"Lautrec remains one of the most popular French artists of all time due to his prolific output of paintings and prints, through which he committed to posterity some of the most compelling images of Montmartre at the fin-de-siècle," said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art.

This really is a must see exhibition. Never mind the dead shark being installed at MOMA; I reckon the only bit of art involved in that work was conning someone into buying it!