Helnwein's "American Prayer" at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris.
"Il était une fois Walt Disney" is an exhibition that examines Art in relation to Walt Disney. The sources of inspiration for the Disney studios and Disney Recycled by Contemporary Art.
Curator Bruno Girveau states: "Pop Art made Mickey and Donald into icons, and artists continue to be inspired by Disney’s legacy today. This section shows some thirty works based on Disney characters, created by a diverse group of modern and contemporary artists that includes Gary Baseman, Christian Boltanski, Gottfried Helnwein, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. As French painter Robert Combas said in 1977, “Mickey is no longer Walt’s property, he belongs to us all.”