On March 26, 2024, Musee d'Orsay opened Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism, a major anniversary exhibition marking 150 years since the first Impressionist exhibition at Nadar's former studio. The show paired works associated with the 1874 independent exhibition with art shown at the official Salon of the same year, reframing Impressionism not as an isolated style but as a contested public event in a crowded Parisian art world. Reports on the exhibition emphasized its attempt to recreate the shock of seeing Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, Sisley, Cezanne, and their peers outside official channels. It later traveled to the National Gallery of Art in Washington as Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment.
The exhibition renewed scholarly and public attention to Impressionism's institutional origins.
