Section 02
Expositions
The universal expositions from 1855 to 1937 — what each one built, what each one drew and what each one left standing.
The Grand Palais and the Pont Alexandre III from the Seine.Wikimedia Commons
The universal expositions from 1855 to 1937 — what each one built, what each one drew and what each one left standing. 6 pages.
The Year Iron Won the ArgumentThe Exposition Universelle of 1889 proved, with 32.3 million witnesses, that iron engineering was no longer provisional.1064 words- The Year Paris Rebuilt Its Riverbank for a PartyAn exposition planned for a single summer left the Seine with three new bridges, two permanent palaces and an underground railway.986 words
The Exposition That Named the Style It Was ShowingThe 1925 Exposition internationale des Arts Décoratifs defined a visual era — then built a fence around its most consequential exhibit.669 words
What the Exposition Coloniale Left on the Boulevard Soult639 words
Two Palaces, One Mural and Picasso Behind a Glass WallThe Exposition internationale of 1937 raised two permanent palaces on the Seine and filled a temporary Spanish pavilion with the most consequential painting of the twentieth century.595 words
The Bureau That Sets the Rules: How the BIE WorksThe intergovernmental body created in 1928 still determines which events may call themselves a World Exposition — and which may not.358 words