Contemporary art

  • ‘Exposition générale’: The Fondation Cartier – A Jewel in Its New Setting
    A non exhaustive visit of the Exposition Générale show that marked the opening of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in its new building in Paris, designed by Jean Nouvel. The private institution glances back at its past, celebrating more than forty years of contemporary art since its creation in 1984.
  • Bilal Hamdad, ‘Paname’ now
    A stroll through today’s Paris, from the subway to the café: Bilal Hamdad’s Paname exhibition at the Petit Palais, on view until February 8, 2025, offers a contemporary echo to the late 19th-century Realist painters.
  • ‘The Soul Trembles’, Chiharu Shiota at the Grand Palais
    For the first exhibition since its restoration, the Grand Palais in Paris offers to Chiharu Shiota probably her largest exhibition ever organized in Europe until 19th March 2025, featuring seven of her large scale installations made of interlacing red or black wool yarn and a retrospective of her former works.
  • Bourse de Commerce Pinault Collection – ‘Le Monde comme il va’
    How is the world going? That is the question that the Bourse de Commerce Pinault Collection tries to answer with the exhibition ‘Le Monde comme il va’ this summer and a selection of iconic or meaningful artworks from contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons, Maurizio Cattelan or Damien Hirst.
  • Takashi Murakami, exhibition ‘Understanding the New Cognitive Domain’ at Gagosian
    Latest show of the Japanese neo-pop artist Takashi Murakami curated by the gallery Gagosian in a former private jet hangar in Le Bourget, in the north of Paris, featuring four new monumental paintings.
  • George Condo, exhibition ‘Humanoids’ at the NMNM
    For his first exhibition in Monaco, ‘Humanoids’ at the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco shows a selection of artworks from the american painter George Condo.
  • Chiharu Shiota at the Galerie Templon
    Visit of the ‘Memory Under the Skin’ show from the Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota at the galerie Templon in Paris, between May 24th and July 22nd 2023, including her typical red or black threads sculptures and in situ installations, but also canvas and drawings.
  • Bernar Venet at Perrotin
    The Perrotin gallery has given carte blanche to Bernar Venet during this spring 2023. The French artist exhibited his signature monumental stacked and collapsed arcs on the Place Vendôme, while at the same time an exhibition, Diffeomorphism and Discontinuity, was organized in their gallery located in the Marais neighborhood of Paris.
  • Megan Rooney chez Thaddeus Ropac
    Visit of the exhibition ‘Flyer and the Seed’ by Canadian artist Megan Rooney at Thaddeus Ropac’s Marais gallery, from March 11 to April 22, 2023.
  • Lee Bae, “Black in Constellation” – Perrotin
    After shows in the Perrotin galleries of New-York, Tokyo and Hong-Kong, the South Korean artist Lee Bae is back at the gallery rue de Turenne for a solo exhibition named “Black in Constellation”, which features some of his works from the last twenty years.
  • Le Théorème de Narcisse, Jean-Michel Othoniel
    Jusqu’au 2 janvier 2022, ce sont plus de 70 oeuvres de Jean-Michel Othoniel qui sont disséminées au Petit Palais, entre jardin et musée, dans le cadre d’une exposition intitulée “Le Théorème de Narcisse” ouverte gratuitement au public. Entré à l’Académie des Beaux-Arts en octobre dernier, cette exposition est la plus importante de l’artiste depuis sa rétrospective au Centre Pompidou il… Read more: Le Théorème de Narcisse, Jean-Michel Othoniel
  • Fiac 2021
    Après une édition 2020 annulée en raison du covid, la 47ème édition de la Fiac (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, une des plus importantes au monde avec Art Basel) a pris ses quartiers dans le Grand Palais Ephémère, installé sur le Champ de Mars, en raison des travaux de rénovation du Grand Palais. Du 21 au 24 octobre, 171 galeries (contre… Read more: Fiac 2021
  • L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped
    Il était impossible d’y échapper en ce début d’automne : médias, réseaux sociaux, et qui plus est en pleine fashion week, “l’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped” était partout. Emballant pour certains, pour d’autres moins, la dernière oeuvre de Christo (né le 13 juin 1935 et décédé l’année dernière) et Jeanne-Claude (née le 13 juin 1935, soit le même jour que lui,… Read more: L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped
  • Perrotin – Inner Songes/Les Yeux Clos
    Des collages surréalistes du suédois Jens Fänge à l’exposition collective ‘Les Yeux Clos (Eyes Closed)’, la galerie Perrotin propose jusqu’à fin mars deux expositions en quête d’onirisme.