Exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Art and History
The EXPO “Helena Rubinstein, the adventure of beauty”
- WE LIKE: a very lively exhibition on a great lady of the twentieth century, worthy of a heroine of a novel
- DATE: until August 25, 2019
- PLACE: Museum of Jewish Art and History (Paris 3rd)
L’exposition sur Helena Rubinstein, une vie digne d’une héroïne de cinéma
- The exhibition presents an exceptional woman, a rebel who comes from a poor Polish Jewish family and founded a global cosmetics empire, an industry and a culture of beauty on her own
- The exhibition is exciting because Helena Rubinstein is unique and fascinating. Avant-garde, in all fields she was an extraordinary businesswoman and a great collector
- Through Helena Rubinstein’s career, a large part of the twentieth century is retraced in this exhibition. It is a geographical (she lived in Europe, Australia and the United States) and chronological (1870-1965) journey
- A great collector, Helena Rubinstein met the great artists of the twentieth century (painters, sculptors, architects, great couturiers, etc.). The exhibition presents objects, clothes, photos, engravings, books, paintings, sculptures, tapestries from her famous personal collection and retraces the career of the woman Jean Cocteau called “the empress of beauty”.