Monet in Paris: The French Impressionists Alive multi-sensory experience arrives at Crown Perth

All the charm of Parisian neighbourhood Montmartre has been transported to Perth with multi-sensory experience, Monet in Paris – The French Impressionists Alive. Developed by the same team — Grande Experiences and producer Andrew Kay — behind Van Gogh Alive, which toured to WA in 2022, Monet is Paris is a follow up featuring the works of Claude Monet and a raft of other Impressionist painters from the era, on an even bigger scale. Perth is the second city globally to enjoy Monet In Paris, following its world premiere in Brisbane earlier this year. Kay explained how the experience began even before entering the huge 85m long by 35m wide temporary building, Le Grand Palais, complete with Moulin Rouge windmill, on the grounds of Crown Perth. “The façade is decorated to look like the streetscape of Montmartre, but painted in the colour palette of Monet,” he described. “Then when you go into the building, there are six immersive spaces before you get to the SENSORY4 gallery. “Grande Experiences has always prided themselves on it not just being a static art display. There’s a sound score underlying the experience, there is a very subtle scent of the era and the art has been fully embraced by being displayed on 10m screens where you can actually see the brushstrokes of the artist. You can stand there and it’s all around you. It is pretty powerful.” Kay said the 360-degree SENSORY4 experience featured an approximate 50-minute story loop of the French Impressionist movement. Dynamic and detailed images flow through the mass of projectors in the multi-screen environment in a breathtaking immersion of 19th century bohemian Paris, highlighting the artistic brilliance of Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Camille Pissarro, Paul Cezanne and many more. Soak in the sheer beauty of Monet’s Water Lilies and dance in the delights of Degas’ ballerinas. Entry is via an absinthe bar and visitors can wander through the Wildflower Room, take Insta-worthy images on Monet’s Japanese Bridge and see his studio. Montmartre-inspired Le Bistro serves culinary pleasures ranging from coffee and croissants to macarons. “We’ve set the whole building in Paris, because a lot of those artists lived in Montmartre, which was the artist district of Paris at the turn of the century,” Kay said. “Paris is the world’s great romantic city, so there’s a whole romance about the artistic movement that people still embrace. “The French Impressionists marked a period of change in the artistic movement where it moved from religious iconography, portraiture and all of a sudden, they painted everyday life. They used colour and they used light that was completely different and that’s still what works today.” Monet in Paris at Le Grand Palais is located in Crown Perth’s P4 car park, outside the Riverside Entry, from November 16 to February 4. Tickets at monetinparis.com.au. Monet in Paris fast facts