Debussy’s Paris On View

At Smith College Museum

NORTHAMPTON, MASS. — Explore the soundscape of Paris during the lifetime of the French composer/musician Claude Debussy (1862–1918) in “Debussy’s Paris: Art, Music & Sounds of the City,” and discover the affinities between his music and artistic developments that revolutionized the world of painting in his time. The exhibition is on view through June 10.

Critics of his day described Debussy’s music as impressionist, and while he never entirely accepted the label, he claimed to love pictures almost as much as music. Focusing on dance, popular music, the sounds of the city, Impressionism/Neo-Impressionism and Symbolism, the 60 paintings and prints in “Debussy’s Paris” are drawn largely from the permanent collection. The exhibition is augmented with key loans as well as listening stations.

Smith College Museum is at Elm Street at Bedford Terrace. For more information, www.smith.edu/artmuseum or 413-585-2760.