In this episode, we visit the exhibition Versailles & the World in company of Hélène Delalex and Bertrand Rondot, curators of the exhibition and respectively Curator and Head Curator of Furniture and Decorative Arts at the Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.

The exhibition invites you for an immersion within the dazzling 17th and 18th century court of Versailles. You will discover how the palace became a unique meeting place of knowledge and art for different civilisations through a selection of key masterpieces on display in the exhibition.

The exhibition Versailles & the World is on show at Louvre Abu Dhabi from the 26th of January until the 4th of June 2022. 

On Show is a podcast produced by Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Our warm thanks go to our guests Hélène Delalex and Bertrand Rondot for their participation and the team of France Museum for their support. 

This podcast episode is also available in Arabic and French on the Louvre Abu Dhabi mobile app and our website: louvreabudhabi.ae

Executive production, preparation and scripting: Amine Kharchach, Marine Botton.
Episode host: Marine Botton.
Recording: Richard Haggan.
Post-production, music and mix: Making Waves.
Show cover: Maysa Sultan

Artwork credits: View of the Château de Versailles and the Orangerie, Attributed to Etienne Allegrain (1644-1736), c. 1695, Oil on canvas, Versailles, Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. © RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles) / Franck Raux