Witches and black cats in art history 

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Where did these fairytale characters come from? The witches that fly on broomsticks. Why do they have a black cat? Have they always been dressed in pointy hats and made potions in cauldrons?

Through their work, the artists recount the little-known history of witches. From antiquity to the present day, we will learn about the most famous witches of the West and their representations: Circe, Medea, the three witch sisters of Macbeth, the witches of Salem or the Baba Yaga, etc.

By Alix PARÉ, author and art historian specialising in European painting (17th – 20th centuries)

  • Sunday 5 November – 3pm

  • Duration : 1h
  • Museum admission price, no additional fee
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