OPENING IN DALLAS ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2025
Akim Monet Fine Arts presents Time Capsule — Rodin — The Sculpted Voice, an exhibition of 29 works that explore the poetical, mythological, and human dimensions of Auguste Rodin.
Structured in eight thematic conversations, the exhibition spans Rodin’s dialogue with Victor Hugo; rare variants such as the round-base Eve; the prophetic stride of Saint Jean-Baptiste leading to the Walking Man; and the scandal of The Age of Bronze and its bust gifted to soldier Neyt. Fragments in the tradition of the non-finito stand alongside demiurgic visions of the Hand of God and Pygmalion & Galatea, while the Cri and the Mask of Hanako frame the spectrum of expression from anguish to ritual. The cycle culminates in Rodin’s vision of heroism and reverie, uniting public monumentality with intimate studies.
Together, these works form a “time capsule” — preserving Rodin’s sculpted voice as it continues to resonate across history, myth, and memory.
Auguste RODIN (1840–1917) Saint Jean-Baptiste, reduction n°1 – half life size. Bronze, richly shaded green-brown patina. 30 5/8 × 18 3/4 × 9 1/4 in (77.8 × 47.5 × 23.3 cm). Signed “A. Rodin." Cast in 1930 by Alexis Rudier Fondeur.
International Partnerships & Businesses
Created in 1916, thanks to Auguste Rodin’s donation of his works and collections to the French state, the Musée Rodin opened in Paris in 1919. This iconic institution recently underwent an extensive renovation and reopened in November 2015.
Rodin the Alma Project is a public-private partnership between Akim Monet Fine Arts, LLC and the Musée Rodin, Paris.
The website www.exhibitionarchive.org is the digital archive of the exhibitions organized and curated by Akim Monet from 2011 to 2021, in Berlin, Geneva, and Los Angeles. After a decade in Germany, where Akim Monet founded and operated the renowned Side by Side Gallery Akim Monet GmbH on Berlin’s famed Postdamerstrasse, he moved his practice to Los Angeles in 2018. There, under the name Popcorn Gallery LA, he continued to develop his focus on thematically curated exhibitions that juxtapose modern and contemporary art. In 2021 Akim Monet moved to Dallas where he strives to further his "American adventure."
Since he founded a contemporary art centre in Switzerland 30 years ago, Akim Monet has successfully conducted business in the art trade from Paris to London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo; and he worked in New York for a decade, privately and as the director of sales for North America of legendary Picasso dealer Jan Krugier.
In addition to his profession as gallerist and art adviser, Akim Monet has developed a successful photography practice. Widely exhibited, his work is featured in international private and institutional collections and on the digital platform Akim Monet Photography.
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After 11 years in Berlin as the principal of the private firm Monet Art Advisory (founded 2009) and the CEO of the public exhibition space Side by Side Gallery Akim Monet GmbH (founded 2011), Akim Monet relocated to United States in 2018 to open the West Coast branch of Akim Monet Fine Arts, LLC (founded 1997 in New York). His curatorial program continues in the USA and internationally. A complete archive of the exhibitions can be accessed here: www.exhibitionarchive.org
In the press
German & International press
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2011 - 2018
