Home Collection Previous Displays Parcours #4, « Nevermore » A word from the Head Curator An English word for a ‘French’ collection? In fact, it is the title of one of Verlaine’s most beautiful poems, the first words of which – ‘Memories, memories, what do you want of me?’ – were spoken to me under her breath by Agnès Varda when I told her about the new hanging of the collection, in which she features. Presentation “Nevermore”, the title of the fourth new hanging of our permanent collection, is inspired by a Paul Verlaine poem, whose first verse sets the tone: “Memory, memory, what do you want of me?”
Home Collection Previous Displays Parcours #4, « Nevermore » A word from the Head Curator An English word for a ‘French’ collection? In fact, it is the title of one of Verlaine’s most beautiful poems, the first words of which – ‘Memories, memories, what do you want of me?’ – were spoken to me under her breath by Agnès Varda when I told her about the new hanging of the collection, in which she features. Presentation “Nevermore”, the title of the fourth new hanging of our permanent collection, is inspired by a Paul Verlaine poem, whose first verse sets the tone: “Memory, memory, what do you want of me?”
