Versailles hosts a modern-art one-off as Paris-based Xavier Veilhan weaves his strikingly modernist artworks among the historic château's cobbled courtyards. The highlight is Le Carrosse, Veilhan's purple 15-metre-long take on a Louis XIV carriage, complete with horses in mid-leap.
The carriage commands the attention in the main courtyard directly in front of the château itself, brusquely juxtaposing the building's famous cobblestones and ornate brickwork. Elsewhere, works crop up in the Royal courtyard, the Gabriel and the Queen's staircases and the Château gardens, each drawing an intriguing line between past and present. Visit the website for further details of this unprecedented display.
