Arte Museum Dubai has unveiled a new collaborative exhibition with Paris’ Musée d’Orsay offering an immersive, multi-sensory experience that reinterprets over 100 19th-century French masterpieces through cutting-edge digital technology.
The installation is housed in the Arte Museum Dubai, located on the second floor of Dubai Mall.
The exhibition, titled ARTE MUSEUM X MUSÉE D’ORSAY, presents iconic works such as Monet’s Water Lilies and Van Gogh’s Starry Night through advanced visual storytelling, projection mapping, AI-powered artistry, and atmospheric effects including orchestral soundscapes and curated scents.
This initiative marks the first collaboration between the Musée d’Orsay and Arte Museum, and is part of a broader effort to bridge classical fine art with contemporary digital media. Guided by Musée d’Orsay curators, the experience maintains scholarly and historical integrity while offering a new emotional lens through which to engage with French impressionist and post-impressionist art.
Visitors are led through a narrative beginning with the Musée d’Orsay’s origins as a train station, progressing to its transformation into a world-renowned museum. The exhibition highlights key artistic movements and individual painters through immersive formats that extend across walls and floors, creating a dynamic reimagining of the museum’s permanent collection.
Arte Museum Dubai is operated by South Korean digital design company d’strict, known for pioneering multimedia installations and spatial experiences. The Dubai venue is the latest in a growing global portfolio of Arte Museums, which includes locations in South Korea, China, and the United States. Plans are underway to expand to 20 international cities by 2027, including Santa Monica and New York City.
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Arte Museum Dubai also features an on-site retail space, Arte Shop, which remains open until 11 p.m. on weekdays and midnight at weekends. The venue aims to be inclusive, drawing audiences of all ages and backgrounds by blending art, technology, and accessibility.
The collaboration with Musée d’Orsay reflects a growing trend of partnerships between traditional cultural institutions and digital innovators, redefining how global audiences engage with art in the 21st century.
