Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec arrives in Mexico City

The exhibition of the French painter, illustrator and printmaker Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, opened today at the Palacio de Bellas Artes Museum in Mexico City.

"The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters from MoMA” features over 100 examples of the best-known works created during the apex of his career such as late-19th-century posters, prints, and illustrations for journals and magazines.

The exhibition explores five subjects that together create a portrait of Lautrec’s Paris: “The café-concert”, “On Stage”, “Femmes, Filles, Elles”, “Creative Circles”, and “Pleasures of Paris”.

This exhibition, drawn almost exclusively from The Museum of Modern Art’s stellar collection of posters, lithographs, printed ephemera, and illustrated books, is the first MoMA exhibition in 30 years dedicated solely to Lautrec.

"The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters from MoMA” will remain open through November 27.