Looking for a cultural break? From the Marais to Romainville through République and Buttes-Chaumont, we’ll be your guide for this month’s selection of art exhibits!
Eglė Budvytytė – De sang chaud et de terre (Warm Blooded and Earthbound)
Until February 23rd
“A major Lithuanian artist on the international scene, Eglė Budvytytė will present her first exhibition in France at the Frac Île-de-France, as part of the France-Lituanie season. She explores the overlap between the visual and performing arts. Her practice, which spans song, poetry, video and performance, delves into the persuasive power of collectivity, vulnerability and the fluid relationships between bodies, the public and environments. Encounters and collaboration are central to her work, involving other artists and users of public space and exhibitions. The film is a poetic exploration of intimacy between the land and the body, loosely based on the research around matrilineal societies in the neolithic period by the Lithuanian archelogist Marija Gimbutas.”
Wednesday to Sunday: 2pm-7pm (until 9pm on the first Wednesday of each month) – Free admission
Le Plateau – FRAC Île-de-France
22 rue des Alouettes, 75019 Paris
www.fraciledefrance.com
Magali Cazo & Lena Keller – Réminiscences
November 7th to December 7th
“How to Reinvent Landscape Painting? This is one of the pressing questions in contemporary art. It can feel as though everything has already been done. Nature itself seems to have been explored, idealized, deconstructed, conceptualized, eroticized, humanized, and even abstracted through the brushstrokes of countless artists. To be a painter and to paint landscapes—this almost borders on tautology. But is it really outdated today? Absolutely not, given how nature continues to raise questions, change, wither, and rage. For German artist Lena Keller and French artist Magali Cazo, landscapes are central subjects, but they are far from mere motifs to replicate, no matter how beautiful. There’s no imitation, no realism. Instead, landscapes are envisioned as emotional perceptions, inviting us to observe their physical and phenomenological transformations more deeply. We might even call them ‘mutant landscapes’ or ‘mutant images’, as though nature’s moods could alter colors, light, and contours before our eyes.” — Julie Chaizemartin
Tuesday to Saturday: 12pm-7pm – Free admission
Galerie Sabine Bayasli
99 rue du Temple, 75003 Paris
galeriesabinebayasli.com
Tania Franco Klein – Break in Case of Emergency (Flies, Forks and Fires)
Todd Hido – Fragmentary Narratives
November 7th to December 21st
“For the first time in Paris, Tania Franco Klein will exhibit her work at Les filles du calvaire gallery from November 7 to December 21. Two of her major series will be showcased on Rue Chapon: Break in Case of Emergency and Mercado de Sonora. […] In her cinematic self-portraits, she depicts our modern anxieties. These images, dazzling in their surrealism, evoke a multitude of deep emotions from our contemporary psyche. Klein invites us to engage in her meticulous exploration of the mysterious, the enigmatic, and even the taboo. […] Fragmentary Narratives, the new exhibition by Todd Hido at Les filles du calvaire gallery, will bring together both historical works and new productions. Acclaimed for his portraits of American landscapes, the photographer offers an optimistic perspective in these challenging times. Hido chooses to reveal the beauty and hope that persist, even within the most troubled landscapes. Family collages highlight the importance of finding comfort in our loved ones and strengthening bonds essential for facing an increasingly uncertain future.”
Tuesday: 2pm-6:30pm – Wednesday to Saturday: 11am-6:30pm – Free admission
Les filles du calvaire
21 rue Chapon, 75003 Paris
www.fillesducalvaire.com
Mari Katamaya – This is how we stand our ground
November 2nd to December 21st
“Katayama’s work, deeply autobiographical yet universally resonant, invite viewers to contemplate how societal expectations shape individual identity, prompting a reflection on how we perceive and are perceived in the world. Katayama’s work challenges conventional norms on the body and the life, offering a fresh perspective on where does ‘I’ end and ‘you’ begin? […] Born in 1987, Mari Katayama’s work has been featured in numerous notable exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale (2019), Maison Européenne de la Photographie (2021), Foto Arsenal Wien (2023), and Rencontres d’Arles (2024). Her pieces are held in prominent public and private collections such as the MEP, Tate Modern, CNAP, and Fondation Francès.”
Tuesday to Saturday: 11am-7pm – Free admission
Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve Paris
7 rue Pastourelle, 75003 Paris
www.suzanne-tarasieve.com
Jean Mallard – Midsommar
November 28th to January 14th
“After Via Miracoli in 2020 and L’heure bleue in 2022, Jean Mallard presents Midsommar, a collection of thirty watercolor paintings, many of them large-scale. In previous exhibitions, the artist has taken us to the South of Italy, a region he is particularly fond of. This time, he takes us North! Midsommar means ‘summer equinox’, in reference to a road trip Jean Mallard took in 2023 through Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland… in the middle of summer, when the days last a long, long time. Beyond the beauty of the landscapes, deep forests, and misty lakes, the magic of the places also inspired Jean Mallard. The tales, tinged with mysticism, are very much rooted in everyday life, with a fine line between reality and the supernatural. This journey was an opportunity for the artist to plunge into the depths of his soul, to confront himself by surrendering to the vertigo of this wild and animal nature, where we expect to see an imaginary creature emerge at any moment.”
Monday to Saturday: 11am-7pm – Free admission
Slow Galerie
5 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Paris
www.slowgalerie.com
Coller l’oreille aux colimaçons
Until November 3rd
“The fruit of a collaborative process, Coller l’oreille aux colimaçons is a multi-temporal exhibition. The different perspectives of the eleven curators on works from the Frac Île-de-France collection and those of artists who have just graduated from the Beaux-Arts and Arts Décoratifs schools in Paris, are nourished by the philosophical concept of “whirling origin” (developed by philosopher and art historian Walter Benjamin), which considers time no longer as linear, but as being in perpetual motion. Contrary to the idea of a single, fixed point of departure, the origin here is apprehended as a tumultuous flow, enabling a new conception of history in which past, present, and future intermingle.”
Wednesday to Saturday: 2pm-7pm – Free admission
Les Réserves, Romainville
43 rue de la commune de Paris, 93230 Romainville
www.fraciledefrance.com
Sport en banlieue parisienne
Until December 29th
“The exhibition Sport en banlieue parisienne, in partnership with the FSGT (Fédération sportive et gymnique du travail), invites visitors to consider popular sport and its social practices. Through numerous archives, items, and works of art, the museum presents individual and collective stories, living stories in which sport plays a key role. In this Olympic and Paralympic year, the Musée de l’Histoire Vivante presents a variety of perspectives rather than an exhaustive chronology. Visitors are invited to wander from room to room, from sport to sport, to meet the men and women who have brought popular sport to life, whether amateur or professional, far from the clichés of the suburbs. This exhibition also has an artistic vocation. Thanks to a partnership with the Fonds régional d’art contemporain Île-de-France (FRAC) and commissions to local artists, the museum tour interweaves antique objects and radically contemporary artworks.”
Wenesday to Friday: 2pm-5pm – Saturday & Sunday: 2pm-pm – €5/€4/€0
Musée de l’Histoire vivante
31 boulevard Théophile Sueur, 93100 Montreuil
www.museehistoirevivante.fr
Les Mondes imaginaires
Until December 15th
“The Espace Monte-Christo takes us to a narrative and poetic dimension with its new exhibition. Thanks to a selection of over 50 sculptures by French and international artists, Les Mondes imaginaires (Imaginary Worlds) is an invitation to broaden your horizons through a dreamlike journey designed like a story in several chapters. […] In his immersive installation, La Famille des Hybridus, Jean-François Fourtou, the exhibition’s carte blanche artist, presents over a dozen part-human, part-plant figures illustrating, with poetry and nostalgia, moments in life inspired by the Belle Époque, and projecting an idyllic image of a humanity in symbiosis with nature.”
Wednesday to Sunday: 11am-6:30pm – Free admission
Espace Monte Cristo
9 rue Monte-Cristo, 75020 Paris
fondationvilladatris.fr/espace-monte-cristo
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Photographie d’illustration (recadrée) :
Pan, Fire, Kitchen (self-portrait), 2022 – Œuvre présentée dans le cadre de l’exposition Break in Case of Emergency (Flies, Forks and Fires) à la galerie Les filles du calvaire
© Tania Franco Klein
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