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Family's exhibit honors Princess Grace
Her death sent her children's lives into a tailspin. Now, they're showcasing her legacy.
By Craig S. Smith
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
MONACO - Long before the current crop of celebrity bad actors with their jail stints and rehab visits, there were the Grimaldi kids, the wild children of the Riviera, who kept a generation of paparazzi and gossip columnists busy with their outrageous behavior.
The prince and princesses of Monaco titillated the world with their public cavorting and not-so-private affairs. The youngest, Stephanie, bedded a succession of men - a race-car driver, an elephant trainer, and a trapeze artist, to name a few - and gave birth to three children along the way.
But the Grimaldis are all grown up now. Prince Albert II and his lawyers have resolved the paternity suits that dogged him, acknowledging fatherhood of a boy and a girl born to different women. Princess Caroline has settled down with a German prince. Even Princess Stephanie has dropped off the society pages.
During a recent interview, Albert, 49, now in charge of the principality, reflected on the event that helped send him and his sisters into their difficult years: the sudden death of their mother, the former Grace Kelly, whose wedding to Prince Rainier III of Monaco took place in the days before the news media made public fodder of royalty's private indiscretions.
"It's obvious that it was difficult for all of us," the prince said. "It took me a while to get over it and try to help my family, help my father as much as possible."
Now, 25 years later, the children are commemorating their mother's life by exhibiting some of her most personal possessions. Hundreds of objects, from letters to dresses, go on display here next week. A separate, smaller exhibition will travel to Sotheby's in New York in October.
Princess Grace was 52 on Sept. 13, 1982, when she careered off a hairpin turn while driving to the palace from the family's mountain retreat, Roc Agel. Her green Rover tumbled 120 feet before coming to rest upside down. She died the next day.
"She had just left the family property, and I was still up there and I had seen her because she came in to my room to try and get me out of bed," Albert recalled. "I was still having breakfast when we heard the news from my father."
The death was hardest on Stephanie, who was also in the car. She was 17 and had been locked in a battle with her mother over her affair with Paul Belmondo, race-car driver and son of French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. She survived with minor injuries.
"Coming to terms with her being in the accident was very instrumental in, well, in her difficult years after that," Albert said. "We all underestimated . . . the trauma that she went through."
The news media speculated for years that an argument had distracted Grace and caused the accident, or even that Stephanie herself was at the wheel. The reality was far more banal: Doctors concluded that Grace had suffered some sort of attack, most likely a minor stroke.
Both Albert and Caroline also seemed to lose their bearings. He ran through women like water, impregnating at least two. She, with one failed marriage behind her, lost her second husband in a speedboat accident in 1990 and then married Prince Ernst August of Hanover, who made a name for himself with drunken, boorish behavior.
Now, with their father gone (he died in 2005), Albert on the throne, and scandal behind them, the children decided it was time to look back on the legacy of their Philadelphia-born mother, including her film career.
"There were going to be some other people trying to commemorate her memory in different ways, so we thought it would be the most opportune time to celebrate her life," Albert said.
He and his sisters selected hundreds of items from among Grace's possessions for display beginning next Thursday at the Grimaldi Forum conference center.
"It was very much a family process," the prince said, adding that he hadn't seen many of the things since he was a child. "It wasn't a painful process. It was an emotional one, but a joyful one."
The items include the very personal - a poem Princess Grace wrote as a gift for Albert on his 18th birthday and home movies never shown outside the family. But there are also mementos of her public life, letters from Alfred Hitchcock and from Jacqueline Kennedy, for example.
Visitors will see the gown Grace wore in what was called at the time "the wedding of the century." Among other dresses on display will be one she wore in the 1956 film High Society - her last before becoming a princess - and the one she wore when she accepted an Oscar in 1955 for her performance in The Country Girl.
Albert said he hoped the exhibition would help keep memories of his mother alive for a new generation. There are more than sentimental reasons for doing so: The glamour she brought with her from Hollywood helped revive Monaco's flagging fortunes after the war, and the fairy-tale fantasy is equally important in keeping the principality attractive as a convention and tourist destination.
As her only son and the heir to the throne, Albert was particularly close to his mother, while his father was famously distant. "Sometimes there's a very special relationship between a mother and her son," he said.
"She did say that I have good instincts and that I should try to follow them," he added.
Family's exhibit honors Princess Grace
Her death sent her children's lives into a tailspin. Now, they're showcasing her legacy.
By Craig S. Smith
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
MONACO - Long before the current crop of celebrity bad actors with their jail stints and rehab visits, there were the Grimaldi kids, the wild children of the Riviera, who kept a generation of paparazzi and gossip columnists busy with their outrageous behavior.
The prince and princesses of Monaco titillated the world with their public cavorting and not-so-private affairs. The youngest, Stephanie, bedded a succession of men - a race-car driver, an elephant trainer, and a trapeze artist, to name a few - and gave birth to three children along the way.
But the Grimaldis are all grown up now. Prince Albert II and his lawyers have resolved the paternity suits that dogged him, acknowledging fatherhood of a boy and a girl born to different women. Princess Caroline has settled down with a German prince. Even Princess Stephanie has dropped off the society pages.
During a recent interview, Albert, 49, now in charge of the principality, reflected on the event that helped send him and his sisters into their difficult years: the sudden death of their mother, the former Grace Kelly, whose wedding to Prince Rainier III of Monaco took place in the days before the news media made public fodder of royalty's private indiscretions.
"It's obvious that it was difficult for all of us," the prince said. "It took me a while to get over it and try to help my family, help my father as much as possible."
Now, 25 years later, the children are commemorating their mother's life by exhibiting some of her most personal possessions. Hundreds of objects, from letters to dresses, go on display here next week. A separate, smaller exhibition will travel to Sotheby's in New York in October.
Princess Grace was 52 on Sept. 13, 1982, when she careered off a hairpin turn while driving to the palace from the family's mountain retreat, Roc Agel. Her green Rover tumbled 120 feet before coming to rest upside down. She died the next day.
"She had just left the family property, and I was still up there and I had seen her because she came in to my room to try and get me out of bed," Albert recalled. "I was still having breakfast when we heard the news from my father."
The death was hardest on Stephanie, who was also in the car. She was 17 and had been locked in a battle with her mother over her affair with Paul Belmondo, race-car driver and son of French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. She survived with minor injuries.
"Coming to terms with her being in the accident was very instrumental in, well, in her difficult years after that," Albert said. "We all underestimated . . . the trauma that she went through."
The news media speculated for years that an argument had distracted Grace and caused the accident, or even that Stephanie herself was at the wheel. The reality was far more banal: Doctors concluded that Grace had suffered some sort of attack, most likely a minor stroke.
Both Albert and Caroline also seemed to lose their bearings. He ran through women like water, impregnating at least two. She, with one failed marriage behind her, lost her second husband in a speedboat accident in 1990 and then married Prince Ernst August of Hanover, who made a name for himself with drunken, boorish behavior.
Now, with their father gone (he died in 2005), Albert on the throne, and scandal behind them, the children decided it was time to look back on the legacy of their Philadelphia-born mother, including her film career.
"There were going to be some other people trying to commemorate her memory in different ways, so we thought it would be the most opportune time to celebrate her life," Albert said.
He and his sisters selected hundreds of items from among Grace's possessions for display beginning next Thursday at the Grimaldi Forum conference center.
"It was very much a family process," the prince said, adding that he hadn't seen many of the things since he was a child. "It wasn't a painful process. It was an emotional one, but a joyful one."
The items include the very personal - a poem Princess Grace wrote as a gift for Albert on his 18th birthday and home movies never shown outside the family. But there are also mementos of her public life, letters from Alfred Hitchcock and from Jacqueline Kennedy, for example.
Visitors will see the gown Grace wore in what was called at the time "the wedding of the century." Among other dresses on display will be one she wore in the 1956 film High Society - her last before becoming a princess - and the one she wore when she accepted an Oscar in 1955 for her performance in The Country Girl.
Albert said he hoped the exhibition would help keep memories of his mother alive for a new generation. There are more than sentimental reasons for doing so: The glamour she brought with her from Hollywood helped revive Monaco's flagging fortunes after the war, and the fairy-tale fantasy is equally important in keeping the principality attractive as a convention and tourist destination.
As her only son and the heir to the throne, Albert was particularly close to his mother, while his father was famously distant. "Sometimes there's a very special relationship between a mother and her son," he said.
"She did say that I have good instincts and that I should try to follow them," he added.
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f you’re looking for one more reason to visit the French Riviera this summer, you may find it in the life of Princess Grace. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Princess Grace’s death.
From July 12th through September 23rd, you can see an exhibit of Grace Kelly’s life at the Grimaldi Forum 10 avenue Princess Grace, Principality of Monaco) shown in 15 rooms that follow her life from her childhood in Philadelphia, to her life as a Hollywood star, to her meeting and 1956 marriage to Prince Rainier, and her role as a Princess, Mother, and fashion icon. Admission to the exhibit is €10 for adults, €6 for students under 25, no charge for children under 12.
Here’s a sample of some of the rooms you’ll see:
Photo credit: Grimaldi Forum
f you’re looking for one more reason to visit the French Riviera this summer, you may find it in the life of Princess Grace. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Princess Grace’s death.
From July 12th through September 23rd, you can see an exhibit of Grace Kelly’s life at the Grimaldi Forum 10 avenue Princess Grace, Principality of Monaco) shown in 15 rooms that follow her life from her childhood in Philadelphia, to her life as a Hollywood star, to her meeting and 1956 marriage to Prince Rainier, and her role as a Princess, Mother, and fashion icon. Admission to the exhibit is €10 for adults, €6 for students under 25, no charge for children under 12.
Here’s a sample of some of the rooms you’ll see:
- The New York Room - her early career as a struggling actress.
- The Hollywood Room - full of the glamour of classic Hollywood, and the role that she played in it.
- The Hitchcock Room - for many, the roles for which she is best known. I loved all three: “Rear Window,” “Dial M for Murder,” and “To Catch a Thief.”
- The Wedding Room - the splendor of the April 19, 1956 wedding between Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco; it’s the stuff of fairy tales.
- The Ballroom - features many of the gowns she wore to public events.
- The Official Room - displays her official Princess regalia and reminds us of her role as Her Serene Highness, Princess Grace of Monaco.
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For the first time, Monaco is holding an international-scale exhibition in homage to Princess Grace. Organised in close collaboration with the Prince's Palace, which is making available items never previously displayed, this exhibition will retrace all the periods and facets of her life, from Grace Kelly, Hollywood star, to Princess of Monaco ceaselessly promoting the international repute of a Principality that adopted and loved her from the moment she set foot on its Rock in 1956.
"Princess Grace has bequeathed us an image of immutable elegance. We may never have seen any of her films or visited the Principality of Monaco, yet this image remains present in all our minds like a necessary antidote to the harshness of the world we live in," explains the exhibition's curator, Frédéric Mitterrand. "It is the elegance of a wealthy young woman from Philadelphia personifying the American dream and of the debutante in sophisticated magazines and sentimental comedies expressing the optimism of the immediate post-war years; it is the elegance of Technicolor Hollywood glamour; the elegance of a woman in love who freely chose to alter the course of her existence, of a princess of one of Europe's oldest dynasties, of a devoted mother and monarch who dedicated herself efficiently and unsparingly to her family and people; it is the elegance of her smiling reserve that so fascinated the media, her immensely sensitive and poetic lifestyle that retained its share of mystery, and her beauty preserved by its perpetually youthful charm. It is the elegance of the era that was hers and for which we all feel nostalgic."
"Princess Grace's premature death 25 years ago wrote her into the tragic lineage of ill-fated legends and imbued her with the timeless fascination of fairy tales. We have long been aware that fairy tales are not solely written for children but tell the truth and interest everyone. But the fairy tale of which Princess Grace is the heroine is undoubtedly one of the most moving, for it is the last of days gone by and the first of modern times," concludes this talented story teller.
The exhibition will immerse visitors in the memories of those Grace Kelly Years as if leafing through a photo album, as well as revealing letters, personal belongings, dresses and fashion accessories, sound recordings, film extracts, news reports and much more. "We want the exhibition to recreate the incomparable world of Princess Grace and evoke the reasons the memory of her persists in all our minds."
For the first time, Monaco is holding an international-scale exhibition in homage to Princess Grace. Organised in close collaboration with the Prince's Palace, which is making available items never previously displayed, this exhibition will retrace all the periods and facets of her life, from Grace Kelly, Hollywood star, to Princess of Monaco ceaselessly promoting the international repute of a Principality that adopted and loved her from the moment she set foot on its Rock in 1956.
"Princess Grace has bequeathed us an image of immutable elegance. We may never have seen any of her films or visited the Principality of Monaco, yet this image remains present in all our minds like a necessary antidote to the harshness of the world we live in," explains the exhibition's curator, Frédéric Mitterrand. "It is the elegance of a wealthy young woman from Philadelphia personifying the American dream and of the debutante in sophisticated magazines and sentimental comedies expressing the optimism of the immediate post-war years; it is the elegance of Technicolor Hollywood glamour; the elegance of a woman in love who freely chose to alter the course of her existence, of a princess of one of Europe's oldest dynasties, of a devoted mother and monarch who dedicated herself efficiently and unsparingly to her family and people; it is the elegance of her smiling reserve that so fascinated the media, her immensely sensitive and poetic lifestyle that retained its share of mystery, and her beauty preserved by its perpetually youthful charm. It is the elegance of the era that was hers and for which we all feel nostalgic."
"Princess Grace's premature death 25 years ago wrote her into the tragic lineage of ill-fated legends and imbued her with the timeless fascination of fairy tales. We have long been aware that fairy tales are not solely written for children but tell the truth and interest everyone. But the fairy tale of which Princess Grace is the heroine is undoubtedly one of the most moving, for it is the last of days gone by and the first of modern times," concludes this talented story teller.
The exhibition will immerse visitors in the memories of those Grace Kelly Years as if leafing through a photo album, as well as revealing letters, personal belongings, dresses and fashion accessories, sound recordings, film extracts, news reports and much more. "We want the exhibition to recreate the incomparable world of Princess Grace and evoke the reasons the memory of her persists in all our minds."
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The Mayor of Paris is paying tribute to Princess Grace of Monaco by hosting the exhibition that the Grimaldi Forum presented in summer 2007. Curated by Frédéric Mitterrand, this exhibition looks at the various periods and facets of Grace Kelly's life.
From Hollywood star to Princess of Monaco, the story of a magnificent woman whose destiny was exceptional.
The exhibition takes visitors to the very heart of the memories of Grace Kelly's years as Princess of Monaco. A tribute exhibition, it leafs through an album of photographs by the greatest names in photography (Howell Conant, Cecil Beaton, Irving Penn and others), reveals the correspondence that Grace Kelly maintained with her Hollywood friends and the world's celebrities (Jacky Kennedy, Alfred Hitchcock, Maria Callas, Cary Grant et al) and displays personal belongings, a part of her wardrobe (including her wedding gown), some of her jewellery and many of her fashion accessories including the famous Kelly bag by Hermès.
Grace Kelly's first life, in cinema, is extensively documented through a montage of excerpts from her principal films and a big section devoted to Alfred Hitchcock's film Rear Window, but there are also sequences from home movies that Princess Grace herself filmed, movies that allow visitors to see exactly what her everyday life was like.
Through this woman who left us too soon, an entire era is sensed.
An era trying to forget a devastating second world war. An era in which one woman, Grace Kelly, left her native America because love made her prefer the Old World.
Salle Saint-Jean, Hôtel de Ville
5 Rue Lobau 75004 Paris
10 June to 16 August 2008
Free entry; open 10am to 7pm daily except Sundays and public holidays
(doors close at 6.15pm)
The Grace Kelly Years
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The Mayor of Paris is paying tribute to Princess Grace of Monaco by hosting the exhibition that the Grimaldi Forum presented in summer 2007. Curated by Frédéric Mitterrand, this exhibition looks at the various periods and facets of Grace Kelly's life.
From Hollywood star to Princess of Monaco, the story of a magnificent woman whose destiny was exceptional.
The exhibition takes visitors to the very heart of the memories of Grace Kelly's years as Princess of Monaco. A tribute exhibition, it leafs through an album of photographs by the greatest names in photography (Howell Conant, Cecil Beaton, Irving Penn and others), reveals the correspondence that Grace Kelly maintained with her Hollywood friends and the world's celebrities (Jacky Kennedy, Alfred Hitchcock, Maria Callas, Cary Grant et al) and displays personal belongings, a part of her wardrobe (including her wedding gown), some of her jewellery and many of her fashion accessories including the famous Kelly bag by Hermès.
Grace Kelly's first life, in cinema, is extensively documented through a montage of excerpts from her principal films and a big section devoted to Alfred Hitchcock's film Rear Window, but there are also sequences from home movies that Princess Grace herself filmed, movies that allow visitors to see exactly what her everyday life was like.
Through this woman who left us too soon, an entire era is sensed.
An era trying to forget a devastating second world war. An era in which one woman, Grace Kelly, left her native America because love made her prefer the Old World.
Salle Saint-Jean, Hôtel de Ville
5 Rue Lobau 75004 Paris
10 June to 16 August 2008
Free entry; open 10am to 7pm daily except Sundays and public holidays
(doors close at 6.15pm)
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Grace Kelly, the future Princess of Monaco, was born in Philadelphia on November 12, 1929 in a catholic family from Irish origin. Her father built a fortune in Construction after participating in the US expeditionary force in France in 1917, and being twice a rowing Olympic champion in the early 20's. Her mother, a beautiful and educated woman, deliberately chose to give priority to her family, although as a debutante, she attracted most of the attention. Both parents, gifted with a lot of charisma and energy, brought up their four children with warmth and caring love but also with demanding moral principles, teaching them entrepreneurship, the value of effort and responsibility, while keeping them safe from the atmosphere of social turmoil prevailing during the Great Depression.
Grace, the second daughter, seemed the softest, most sensitive and introverted one. As a teenager, her dreamy and poetic nature drove her close to her uncle Georges Kelly, a renowned man of letters who was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize.
A student in Performing Arts in New York at the end of the 40's, Grace led the life of all actor-apprentices with a good background: staying in home-hotels for young single women, modeling for advertisements and magazines in order to pay for her studies. Very soon, she was able to act in theatrical performances and TV dramas live, at a time when TV was booming. Her talent, her beauty, her charm seeming distant because of high myopia were rapidly noticed by Hollywood talent hunters and immediately after “High Noon”, where she starred with Gary Cooper, her career took off like a rocket.
Under contract with MGM, but receiving many proposals from other studios, which created conflicts where she proved to be exceptionally determined, she became the most popular actress in 1954, winning the Oscar for “Country Girl” before Judy Garland and having the unbelievable honor of featuring on Time front page, after Life, Look and American press major titles. However, Alfred Hitchcock was the man who turned her into a legendary star by choosing her for three major parts in “Dial M for Murder”, “Rear Window”, and “To catch a thief”, where, incidentally, she discovered the Principality of Monaco during shooting. After that, she embodied the Female Ideal of the Master of Suspense with whom she shared an everlasting friendship.
In spite of the romances unavoidably imagined by the press with prestigious partners such as Clark Gable, William Holden or Cary Grant, she kept her private life very discreet. Nonetheless, her greatest faithful admirer was the famous Couturier Oleg Cassini, in spite of her parents' reluctance because although he certainly was a brilliant man, he was not catholic and divorced.
At the Cannes Festival in 1955, her meeting with Prince Rainier during a visit to the Palace of Monaco, organized by Paris Match magazine, completely changed her destiny. Following the Prince's visit to the Kelly family during Christmas, the announcement of her engagement generated a media tornado which became even more powerful with what was called the “Wedding of the Century”, on April 19, 1956.
In giving up acting, dedicating herself to her three children Caroline, Albert and Stéphanie, sharing the tasks and responsibilities with her husband, Prince Rainier, and relentlessly devoting herself to the well-being of the Principality and the Monegasques, Her Serene Highness Princess Grace perfectly assumed her role among the European Royal Families and on the international scene where the nobility of her character and charisma created an aura of glamour fascinating the media and adding to the prestige of the Principality. The work she accomplished in Monaco itself, in the social, environmental and cultural fields, unprecedentedly restored the brilliance of the Principality, reviving all the links established at the time of the Monte Carlo Ballets and the numerous visits of many artists from all over the world.
However, the countless constraints of a compelling life, constantly under the spotlights of public curiosity, induced her to protect her privacy: her old friends from Hollywood, regularly visiting her in Monaco; artwork with dried flowers that were exposed in major exhibitions, poetry recitals in England and America for humanitarian causes, private films shot by Princess Grace with an undeniable “Hitchcock” flavour.
Her premature death, after a car accident, on September 14, 1982, generated unprecedented emotion and caused such a deep pain to the Prince's family and Monegasques, that twenty five years later, her memory still remains as vivid as ever in everyone's heart.
In a century affected by collective tragedies, the life and personality of Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, stands as a example for all her admirers.
Grace Kelly, the future Princess of Monaco, was born in Philadelphia on November 12, 1929 in a catholic family from Irish origin. Her father built a fortune in Construction after participating in the US expeditionary force in France in 1917, and being twice a rowing Olympic champion in the early 20's. Her mother, a beautiful and educated woman, deliberately chose to give priority to her family, although as a debutante, she attracted most of the attention. Both parents, gifted with a lot of charisma and energy, brought up their four children with warmth and caring love but also with demanding moral principles, teaching them entrepreneurship, the value of effort and responsibility, while keeping them safe from the atmosphere of social turmoil prevailing during the Great Depression.
Grace, the second daughter, seemed the softest, most sensitive and introverted one. As a teenager, her dreamy and poetic nature drove her close to her uncle Georges Kelly, a renowned man of letters who was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize.
A student in Performing Arts in New York at the end of the 40's, Grace led the life of all actor-apprentices with a good background: staying in home-hotels for young single women, modeling for advertisements and magazines in order to pay for her studies. Very soon, she was able to act in theatrical performances and TV dramas live, at a time when TV was booming. Her talent, her beauty, her charm seeming distant because of high myopia were rapidly noticed by Hollywood talent hunters and immediately after “High Noon”, where she starred with Gary Cooper, her career took off like a rocket.
Under contract with MGM, but receiving many proposals from other studios, which created conflicts where she proved to be exceptionally determined, she became the most popular actress in 1954, winning the Oscar for “Country Girl” before Judy Garland and having the unbelievable honor of featuring on Time front page, after Life, Look and American press major titles. However, Alfred Hitchcock was the man who turned her into a legendary star by choosing her for three major parts in “Dial M for Murder”, “Rear Window”, and “To catch a thief”, where, incidentally, she discovered the Principality of Monaco during shooting. After that, she embodied the Female Ideal of the Master of Suspense with whom she shared an everlasting friendship.
In spite of the romances unavoidably imagined by the press with prestigious partners such as Clark Gable, William Holden or Cary Grant, she kept her private life very discreet. Nonetheless, her greatest faithful admirer was the famous Couturier Oleg Cassini, in spite of her parents' reluctance because although he certainly was a brilliant man, he was not catholic and divorced.
At the Cannes Festival in 1955, her meeting with Prince Rainier during a visit to the Palace of Monaco, organized by Paris Match magazine, completely changed her destiny. Following the Prince's visit to the Kelly family during Christmas, the announcement of her engagement generated a media tornado which became even more powerful with what was called the “Wedding of the Century”, on April 19, 1956.
In giving up acting, dedicating herself to her three children Caroline, Albert and Stéphanie, sharing the tasks and responsibilities with her husband, Prince Rainier, and relentlessly devoting herself to the well-being of the Principality and the Monegasques, Her Serene Highness Princess Grace perfectly assumed her role among the European Royal Families and on the international scene where the nobility of her character and charisma created an aura of glamour fascinating the media and adding to the prestige of the Principality. The work she accomplished in Monaco itself, in the social, environmental and cultural fields, unprecedentedly restored the brilliance of the Principality, reviving all the links established at the time of the Monte Carlo Ballets and the numerous visits of many artists from all over the world.
However, the countless constraints of a compelling life, constantly under the spotlights of public curiosity, induced her to protect her privacy: her old friends from Hollywood, regularly visiting her in Monaco; artwork with dried flowers that were exposed in major exhibitions, poetry recitals in England and America for humanitarian causes, private films shot by Princess Grace with an undeniable “Hitchcock” flavour.
Her premature death, after a car accident, on September 14, 1982, generated unprecedented emotion and caused such a deep pain to the Prince's family and Monegasques, that twenty five years later, her memory still remains as vivid as ever in everyone's heart.
In a century affected by collective tragedies, the life and personality of Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, stands as a example for all her admirers.
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By using a contemporary display design to highlight the many items relating to Princess Grace's life and personality, this Monaco exhibition should enable us all to experience her incomparable world and also evoke the reasons the memory of her persists in all our minds.
The exhibition design leads visitors from room to room, from her American Years to her Monaco Years, from the artificial lighting of Hollywood's great movie sets to the sun-drenched landscapes of Monaco.
From outside the Grimaldi Forum, a long red carpet leads visitors to the heart of the exhibition in the Heritage Room.
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Philadelphia Room
The exhibition starts with Grace Kelly's childhood, in a room given a blue-grey decor to evoke an urban environment. A huge printed image of skyscrapers creates a façade that greets visitors and invites them to enter an "apartment block" where documents about her family and childhood are displayed.
Outside it, a film about the Roosevelt years and the war is projected. There is also a section contextualising the Monaco Years. This contextualisation section can be found in each room recounting her years in America; it always uses the same aids – plasma screen, display case, same colour background – so visitors can easily identify it.
New York Room
A series of cut-out silhouettes evokes the beginnings of Grace Kelly's career.
On the walls and in the display cases various films and exhibits can be seen; one part of the room is devoted to the Monaco contextualisation.
Hollywood Room
The intention here is to plunge visitors into the heart of the movie world. From the New York Room a sign can be seen pointing to Hollywood.
This room is conceived as a vast movie set on which various themes are explored.
Across the High Noon section runs a little electric train on a plinth along which scenes from the film are projected onto glass to blend in with the decor; there is also a set of travel trunks that visitors open to reveal scripts and props, contracts concerning the film, correspondence etc. From a long rail in the centre of the ceiling hang all the posters of the 11 films Grace Kelly made during her movie career. A specially built reconstitution of a cinema of the period shows the film trailers, or even perhaps the films themselves, in a predetermined sequence. Comfortable seating is provided for visitors to watch them. At the back stands a brightly shining giant Oscar trophy and on its right is shown a film of the Oscars awards ceremony. The decor includes a series of display cases exhibiting costumes, correspondence and enlargements of photos. The Monaco contextualisation is also in evidence.
The area that leads to the Hitchcock Room comprises a flight of stairs that takes visitors up to a mezzanine or walkway from which they can imagine they are cameramen as they watch excerpts from The Swan and To Catch a Thief on screens set into imitation cameras. From here they go down another flight of stairs forming part of both the Hitchcock Room's decor and the set of Rear Window.
Hitchcock Room
Entering this room visitors become aware of an enigmatic shadow hovering over them, that of a huge pair of scissors projected right onto them.
One part of this room represents James Stewart's apartment in Rear Window, from which other visitors can be seen descending the stairs from the mezzanine and so in their turn becoming "actors" on the "set". In the apartment are telephoto lenses and binoculars so visitors can identify with James Stewart as well as watching scenes from the film on screens built into the binoculars.
On the other side costumes and film excerpts can be seen, along with the Monaco contextualisation.
Through a window, the Monaco Years part of the exhibition can be glimpsed.
First Meeting Room
This is a transitional space giving a glimpse of the Monaco Years while still having a foot in America. Using two overhead projectors and screens, a film of Grace Kelly's first meeting with Prince Rainier and another of the Prince's visit to America can be watched from both parts of the exhibition. Built into "sets" from The Swan and To Catch a Thief are display cases containing emblematic exhibits from this period.
Through a long narrow window the dress Grace Kelly wore at that first meeting can be seen displayed underneath the mezzanine in the Monaco part.
In line with this, a film of Grace Kelly crossing the Atlantic by liner to join the Prince in Monaco is projected onto a big curved wall that has more long narrow windows through which her wedding dress can be seen.
Wedding Room
The wedding dress is displayed on a big podium with a large display case in front of it exhibiting documents concerning that all-important day.
Opposite, a film of the wedding is projected above the Rolls Royce used for it.
Ball Room
This takes the form of a long passage lined on either side with dresses displayed on revolving stands, giving visitors the impression of being in the throng of the balls the Principality so loves. Music accompanies the dancing. A long display case in the centre of the passage exhibits announcements, invitations, guest lists etc, and a canopy running the length of the ceiling creates a convivial, festive atmosphere. The back of this room opens onto the sea so natural light illuminates the scene.
Chamber of Love
This room marks the transition between the Princess's public life and her intimate private life. Here visitors can discover the love she shared with Prince Rainier and see gifts, letters and more private photos of the couple.
From here visitors may proceed to either the Princess Room or the Family Room.
Family Room
As visitors enter they see scenes of family life projected onto a huge sheet of glass behind which furniture, toys and clothes belonging to Princess Grace's three children can be seen on a big podium.
On the left visitors see a reconstruction of the room in which Princess Caroline was born.
In line with this is a big wall hung with pictures of the entire family as well as individual portraits of the children.
Set around the central podium are three display cases, one for each child, displaying documents, medals, drawings etc.
Another big display case exhibits family correspondence.
This room is intimate and inviting. A soundtrack of children laughing may be played.
Private Garden Room
Here the Princess's paintings are hung. The room may be given a false ceiling so it has the same proportions as the studio at Roc Agel. Various display cases exhibit relevant documents.
Friends Room
Here visitors can sit and listen to tapes of the Princess's friends talking about her. The room is bathed in natural light since it opens onto the sea, making visitors feel as if they are strolling in the Palace gardens, relaxing and letting their imaginations wander freely.
A big display case exhibits correspondence with friends.
Princess Room
This room is designed as a big dressing room so as to display the multitude of outfits in the Princess's wardrobe.
As visitors enter they see on one side, behind glass, the Princess's dresses and accessories while a huge mirror on the other side creates the illusion of being in an enormous dressing room.
This is a cosy, welcoming room with carpet on the floor and soft music playing.
Before leaving visitors can sit on a big bench and listen to tapes of the Princess's friends talking about her.
Glamour Room
This room is very open and features a series of small tables with long light shades hanging over them, around which visitors sit and read descriptions of the fashion accessories the Princess helped popularise. Each table stands on a rug so they all form a series of intimate little salons while in the background a broad, long back-lit display case glitters with a multitude of exhibits.
A large area is given over to a special installation about the Kelly bag by Hermès.
Fans Room
This room displays the correspondence, gifts etc that the Princess received from her fans throughout her life.
Official Room
In the centre is a small covered area with display cases exhibiting the Princess's official regalia: diadem, certificate, belt etc. Along one wall stands a long table set for a banquet with two big chandeliers hanging over it, evoking the formal dinners and receptions; the table is reflected in a series of mirrors to make it look endless. Visitors are "invited to the Princess's table" where they take seats. Some of the plates have small screens in them showing scenes that make visitors feel they are actually attending one of these society functions, so they appear as guests to each other and conversation around the table becomes animated and lively.
On the other wall is a huge fresco of the magazine covers on which the Princess appeared.
As visitors leave they see one final life-size photo of Princess Grace seen from the back then a last film excerpt, perhaps a scene from To Catch a Thief, brings the exhibition to a close.
By using a contemporary display design to highlight the many items relating to Princess Grace's life and personality, this Monaco exhibition should enable us all to experience her incomparable world and also evoke the reasons the memory of her persists in all our minds.
The exhibition design leads visitors from room to room, from her American Years to her Monaco Years, from the artificial lighting of Hollywood's great movie sets to the sun-drenched landscapes of Monaco.
From outside the Grimaldi Forum, a long red carpet leads visitors to the heart of the exhibition in the Heritage Room.
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Philadelphia Room
The exhibition starts with Grace Kelly's childhood, in a room given a blue-grey decor to evoke an urban environment. A huge printed image of skyscrapers creates a façade that greets visitors and invites them to enter an "apartment block" where documents about her family and childhood are displayed.
Outside it, a film about the Roosevelt years and the war is projected. There is also a section contextualising the Monaco Years. This contextualisation section can be found in each room recounting her years in America; it always uses the same aids – plasma screen, display case, same colour background – so visitors can easily identify it.
New York Room
A series of cut-out silhouettes evokes the beginnings of Grace Kelly's career.
On the walls and in the display cases various films and exhibits can be seen; one part of the room is devoted to the Monaco contextualisation.
Hollywood Room
The intention here is to plunge visitors into the heart of the movie world. From the New York Room a sign can be seen pointing to Hollywood.
This room is conceived as a vast movie set on which various themes are explored.
Across the High Noon section runs a little electric train on a plinth along which scenes from the film are projected onto glass to blend in with the decor; there is also a set of travel trunks that visitors open to reveal scripts and props, contracts concerning the film, correspondence etc. From a long rail in the centre of the ceiling hang all the posters of the 11 films Grace Kelly made during her movie career. A specially built reconstitution of a cinema of the period shows the film trailers, or even perhaps the films themselves, in a predetermined sequence. Comfortable seating is provided for visitors to watch them. At the back stands a brightly shining giant Oscar trophy and on its right is shown a film of the Oscars awards ceremony. The decor includes a series of display cases exhibiting costumes, correspondence and enlargements of photos. The Monaco contextualisation is also in evidence.
The area that leads to the Hitchcock Room comprises a flight of stairs that takes visitors up to a mezzanine or walkway from which they can imagine they are cameramen as they watch excerpts from The Swan and To Catch a Thief on screens set into imitation cameras. From here they go down another flight of stairs forming part of both the Hitchcock Room's decor and the set of Rear Window.
Hitchcock Room
Entering this room visitors become aware of an enigmatic shadow hovering over them, that of a huge pair of scissors projected right onto them.
One part of this room represents James Stewart's apartment in Rear Window, from which other visitors can be seen descending the stairs from the mezzanine and so in their turn becoming "actors" on the "set". In the apartment are telephoto lenses and binoculars so visitors can identify with James Stewart as well as watching scenes from the film on screens built into the binoculars.
On the other side costumes and film excerpts can be seen, along with the Monaco contextualisation.
Through a window, the Monaco Years part of the exhibition can be glimpsed.
First Meeting Room
This is a transitional space giving a glimpse of the Monaco Years while still having a foot in America. Using two overhead projectors and screens, a film of Grace Kelly's first meeting with Prince Rainier and another of the Prince's visit to America can be watched from both parts of the exhibition. Built into "sets" from The Swan and To Catch a Thief are display cases containing emblematic exhibits from this period.
Through a long narrow window the dress Grace Kelly wore at that first meeting can be seen displayed underneath the mezzanine in the Monaco part.
In line with this, a film of Grace Kelly crossing the Atlantic by liner to join the Prince in Monaco is projected onto a big curved wall that has more long narrow windows through which her wedding dress can be seen.
Wedding Room
The wedding dress is displayed on a big podium with a large display case in front of it exhibiting documents concerning that all-important day.
Opposite, a film of the wedding is projected above the Rolls Royce used for it.
Ball Room
This takes the form of a long passage lined on either side with dresses displayed on revolving stands, giving visitors the impression of being in the throng of the balls the Principality so loves. Music accompanies the dancing. A long display case in the centre of the passage exhibits announcements, invitations, guest lists etc, and a canopy running the length of the ceiling creates a convivial, festive atmosphere. The back of this room opens onto the sea so natural light illuminates the scene.
Chamber of Love
This room marks the transition between the Princess's public life and her intimate private life. Here visitors can discover the love she shared with Prince Rainier and see gifts, letters and more private photos of the couple.
From here visitors may proceed to either the Princess Room or the Family Room.
Family Room
As visitors enter they see scenes of family life projected onto a huge sheet of glass behind which furniture, toys and clothes belonging to Princess Grace's three children can be seen on a big podium.
On the left visitors see a reconstruction of the room in which Princess Caroline was born.
In line with this is a big wall hung with pictures of the entire family as well as individual portraits of the children.
Set around the central podium are three display cases, one for each child, displaying documents, medals, drawings etc.
Another big display case exhibits family correspondence.
This room is intimate and inviting. A soundtrack of children laughing may be played.
Private Garden Room
Here the Princess's paintings are hung. The room may be given a false ceiling so it has the same proportions as the studio at Roc Agel. Various display cases exhibit relevant documents.
Friends Room
Here visitors can sit and listen to tapes of the Princess's friends talking about her. The room is bathed in natural light since it opens onto the sea, making visitors feel as if they are strolling in the Palace gardens, relaxing and letting their imaginations wander freely.
A big display case exhibits correspondence with friends.
Princess Room
This room is designed as a big dressing room so as to display the multitude of outfits in the Princess's wardrobe.
As visitors enter they see on one side, behind glass, the Princess's dresses and accessories while a huge mirror on the other side creates the illusion of being in an enormous dressing room.
This is a cosy, welcoming room with carpet on the floor and soft music playing.
Before leaving visitors can sit on a big bench and listen to tapes of the Princess's friends talking about her.
Glamour Room
This room is very open and features a series of small tables with long light shades hanging over them, around which visitors sit and read descriptions of the fashion accessories the Princess helped popularise. Each table stands on a rug so they all form a series of intimate little salons while in the background a broad, long back-lit display case glitters with a multitude of exhibits.
A large area is given over to a special installation about the Kelly bag by Hermès.
Fans Room
This room displays the correspondence, gifts etc that the Princess received from her fans throughout her life.
Official Room
In the centre is a small covered area with display cases exhibiting the Princess's official regalia: diadem, certificate, belt etc. Along one wall stands a long table set for a banquet with two big chandeliers hanging over it, evoking the formal dinners and receptions; the table is reflected in a series of mirrors to make it look endless. Visitors are "invited to the Princess's table" where they take seats. Some of the plates have small screens in them showing scenes that make visitors feel they are actually attending one of these society functions, so they appear as guests to each other and conversation around the table becomes animated and lively.
On the other wall is a huge fresco of the magazine covers on which the Princess appeared.
As visitors leave they see one final life-size photo of Princess Grace seen from the back then a last film excerpt, perhaps a scene from To Catch a Thief, brings the exhibition to a close.
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Actually, that is Caroline.
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My bad! I thought you were talking about the top pic.
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Thanks Ngan. 
Those pics are fantastic and the quality is excellent. The second picture is so cute. 
Those pics are fantastic and the quality is excellent. The second picture is so cute. scriptgirl
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