Visitors stand in front of precious fabrics in the exhibition 'VELVET AND SILK. French Luxury - Fabrics from the Era of Pierre-Auguste Renoir' in the Kunstsammlungen in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. The works chosen for the Renoir exhibition illustrate a clear development in the artist's handling of textiles and take part parallel to the exhibition 'Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Like Painted Silk'. The exhibitions starts on Sept. 18, 2011 and lasts until Jan. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)