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One hundred years after the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts brought Art Deco to the forefront of the world stage, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is celebrating this bold, refined, and modern style. From October 22, 2025, to April 26, 2026, the exhibition 1925-2025. Cent Ans d’Art déco will take visitors on a journey to the heart of the Roaring Twenties’ creativity and its masterpieces of heritage. Almost 1,000 works, including sculptural furniture, precious jewelry, objets d’art, drawings, posters, and fashion pieces, tell the story of the richness, elegance, and contradictions of a style that continues to fascinate.
Immersive scenography, sumptuous materials, stylized forms, and exceptional craftsmanship comprise a lively sensory journey where Art Deco reveals all its facets. The exhibition opens with a spectacular display of the legendary Orient Express, a veritable jewel of luxury and innovation. A cabin from the former Étoile du Nord train and three models of the future Orient Express, reinvented by Maxime d’Angeac, occupy the museum’s nave. It’s an invitation to explore a world where art, beauty, and dreams are created anew, just as they were in 1925. Bénédicte Gady, Acting Director of the Museums, and Anne Monier Vanryb, Curator of Modern Collections 1910-1960, curated the exhibition, and Atelier Jodar and Studio MDA designed the …
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Image above: Maxime d’Angeac, (b. 1962), architect —New Orient, Express bar car, 2020-2025, Scale model 1, © Orient-Express.
