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Roxane Mbanga – 193 Gallery, Parijs

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193 Gallery is pleased to present the first gallery exhibition of Roxane Mbanga.
Roxane Mbanga (b. 1996, Paris) is a multidisciplinary artist of Guadeloupean, Cameroonian, and French heritage. Her practice spans fashion, film, graphic design, photography, writing, and performance. As a storyteller, she gathers the narratives of women with plural identities, exploring the complexity of intersecting perspectives on their bodies across different geographies.
Since 2021, Mbanga has been developing NOIRES, an immersive project in which she reconstructs the rooms
of her imagined home within artistic spaces. Weaving together the threads of her Guadeloupean, Cameroonian, and Ivorian heritage, she integrates the stories collected during her travels across Africa and the Caribbean.
The first installations—The Balcony, The Street, The Living Room, and The Bathroom—have been shown at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, the National Museum of Cameroon in Yaoundé, San Mei Gallery in London, Fondation H in Paris.
For her exhibition at 193 Gallery, Mbanga unveils two new immersive installations: The Dining Room and The Terrace. The Dining Room invites visitors to step into the echo of meals left unfinished: a table still inhabited by unseen presences, laughter stretched across memory, and the lingering resonance of past dinners. The Terrace, open and luminous, invites visitors to gather in a space inspired by Guadeloupean terraces. Here, we cross the threshold between inside and outside, where expectation meets encounter and traces of departures and absences come into view. These installations are activated by dinners that bring together Black women to share conversations on race, class, and their intersections with artistic practice. A varied cultural program—featuring readings, workshops, and interdisciplinary exchanges—extends this exploration and invites the public to engage
with these spaces.

And we hired a carpenter to patch the cloth. Eva Obodo – Afikaris Gallery, Parijs

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Obodo describes his process as gestures of repairing wounds that history has left open and tying disparate parts together, both materially and symbolically. He believes that materials possess their own agency and capacity to speak, and by listening to his materials, Eva Obodo allows charcoal to narrate intertwined stories of exploitation, resilience, and hope.

Thandiwe Muriu – 193 Gallery, Parijs, Frankrijk

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193 Gallery has the pleasure to announce its third solo exhibition by Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu, whose work explores themes of identity, culture, and female empowerment. The exhibition Clouds Bring Blessings unveils a new body of work in which the artist opens a dialogue with her natural environment and affirms her ongoing commitment to exploring cultural heritage. For these portraits, Muriu produced her own textile patterns using the tie & dye technique. A short film, on view in the exhibition, captures this creative journey.

Soulages, une autre lumière. Peintures sur papier – Musée du Luxembourg, Parijs

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Dankzij uitzonderlijke bruiklenen van het Soulages Museum brengt de tentoonstelling 130 werken samen, gemaakt tussen de jaren 1940 en begin 2000, waaronder 25 niet eerder vertoonde stukken. U ontdekt een collectie schilderijen op papier, die lange tijd in het atelier van de kunstenaar bewaard zijn gebleven en getuigen van de consistentie en vrijheid waarmee Soulages dit medium benadert.

Aanvankelijk gaf Pierre Soulages de voorkeur aan walnootbeits, maar hij keerde vaak terug naar dit materiaal, dat door meubelmakers werd gewaardeerd om zijn transparantie, opaciteit en helderheid, in tegenstelling tot het wit van het papier. Hij gebruikte ook inkt en gouache voor werken waarvan de kleine formaten geenszins afbreuk deden aan hun formele kracht en diversiteit.

Forever Young – MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine (Parijs), Frankrijk

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Een symbolische en programmatische tijdelijke tentoonstelling te zien, gericht op ontdekking: ”  Forever Young  “, oftewel 20 en 1 kunstenaars. Aïda Bruyère, Camille Brée, Chadine Amghar, Coco de RinneZ, Emma Cossée Cruz, Garush Melkonyan, Grichka Commaret, Hugo Vessiller-Fonfreide, Jordan Roger , Kim Farkas, Lassana Sarre, Loreto Martinez Troncoso, Maïlys Lamotte-Paulet, Mario D’Souza, Raphaël Maman, Rebecca Topakian, Richard Otparlic, Sarah-Anaïs Desbenoit, Tohé Commaret, Yann Estève. En Mehryl Ferri Levisse.

Le genre idéal – MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine (Parijs), Frankrijk

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De afgelopen twintig jaar is de collectie van MAC VAL opgebouwd uit hedendaagse kunst sinds de jaren 1950. Deze expo verkent de schilderkunst van gevestigde en opkomende kunstenaars.

Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Jean-Michel Alberola, Alice Anderson, Boris Achour, Etel Adnan (niet gezien, niet in deze roulatie), Roy Adzak, Dove Allouche, Pierre Ardouvin, Bianca Argimón, Arman, Étienne Armandon, François Arnal, Kader Attia (foto’s, niet wat ik eerder van hem zag), Bertille Bak, Gilles Barbier, Éric Baudart, Valérie Belin, Frédéric Benrath, Carole Benzaken, Julien Berthier, Amélie Bertrand, Jean-Luc Blanc, Michel Blazy, Étienne Bossut, Halida Boughriet, Anne Brégeaut, Brognon Rollin, Elina Brotherus, Mark Brusse, Alain Bublex, Pierre Buraglio, Damien Cabanes, Stéphane Calais, Anthony Caro, Chantalpetit, Ali Cherri, Nina Childress, Kyungwoo Chun, Claude Closky, Philippe Cognée, Delphine Coindet, Pascale Consigny, Pascal Convert, François-Xavier Courrèges, Jean Crampilh-Broucaret (bekend als Jeannot), Olivier Debré, Anne Deguelle, Benjamin Demeyere, Mathilde Denize, Damien Deroubaix, Quentin Derouet, Daniel Dezeuze, Julien Discrit, Noël Dolla, Jacques Doucet, François Dufrêne, Éric Duyckaerts, Mimosa Echard, Erró, Sylvie Fanchon, Malachi Farrell, Jacques Faujour, Philippe Favier, Valérie Favre, Isabelle Ferreira, Nicolas Floc’h, Clara Fontaine, Estelle Fredet, Charles Fréger, Jakob Gautel, Ara Güler, Claire Hannicq, Laura Henno, Suzanne Husky, Neïla Czermak Ichti, Pierre Joseph, Michel Journiac, Valérie Jouve, Ladislas Kijno, Kimsooja, Jiří Kolář, Piotr Kowalski, Carlos Kusnir, Denis Laget, Laura Lamiel, Ange Leccia, Barbara en Michel Leisgen, Rainier Lericolais, Élodie Lesourd, Angelika Markul, Philippe Mayaux, Mathieu Mercier, Annette Messager, Olivier Millagou, Lahouari Mohammed Bakir, Jacques Monory, Roman Moriceau, Morvarid K, Jean-Luc Moulène, Netto, NIKOS , Jean-Christophe Norman, Antoinette Ohannessian, Vincent Olinet, ORLAN , Gina Pane, Lucien Pelen, Laurent Pernot, Bruno Perramant, Françoise Pétrovitch, Éric Poitevin, Daniel Pommereulle, Présence Panchounette, Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Laure Prouvost, Enrique Ramírez, Judit Reigl, Germaine Richier, Sarah Ritter, Gwen Rouvillois, Yvan Salomone, Antonio Saura, Alain Séchas, Antonio Seguí, Régis Sénèque, Bruno Serralongue, Realistic Society, Vladimir Škoda, Anne Slacik, Daniel Spoerri, Peter Stämpfli, Nathalie Talec, Djamel Tatah, Tsuneko Taniuchi, Hervé Télémaque, Tatiana Trouvé, Barthélémy Toguo, Roland Topor, Patrick Tosani, Thu-Van Tran, Lena Vandrey, Agnès Varda, Claude Viallat, Oswaldo Vigas, Emmanuelle Villard, Jean-Luc Vilmouth, Catherine Viollet, Hugh Weiss, Sabine Weiss.

Deze tentoonstelling voor 2025-2026 is onderhevig aan roulering; de werken van de genoemde kunstenaars worden niet noodzakelijkerwijs gedurende de gehele tentoonstellingsperiode getoond.

 

Gerhard Richter – David Zwirner Galerie, Parijs, Frankrijk

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David Zwirner is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings, drawings, and glass installations by renowned German artist Gerhard Richter at the gallery’s Paris location. This is the artist’s third show with David Zwirner since the announcement of his representation in 2023, following solo presentations at the gallery’s locations in New York (2023) and London (2024).

The exhibition coincides with a major retrospective of Richter’s work curated by Nicholas Serota and Dieter Schwarz at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, now on view.

Les héritiers. Four Families of artists from DR Congo – Galerie Angalia, Parijs, Frankrijk

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How should the child of a well-known artist develop their own artistic identity?

Les héritiers (“The heirs”) exhibition brings together four families from DR Congo in which the creative push-pull between allegiance and emancipation takes place.

Moke fils utilises the technique and themes of his father, the great Moke. Hilaire Tsham, the son of the ballpoint pen artist Raymond Tsham, gives a fresh twist on his father’s style by going for a Manga vibe. The Bodo siblings illustrate two pathways: Bodo fils continues Pierre Bodo’s dazzling surrealism, while Amani Bodo has a more narrative and contemporary vision. Finally, the photographer Gosette Lubondo has moved away from her father Gaston Diakota’s studio-based craft in order to explore memory and heritage.

À Quatre Mains – Le Topography de l’Art, Parijs, Frankrijk

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Dit blijft een van de leukere galeries in Parijs. Gehuisvest in de Marais, in een soort loodsachtige ruimte met ruwe muren en ongelijke fabrieksvloeren exposeren hier de meest bijzondere kunstenaars. Ik kan niet inschatten in welke mate dit al bekende kunstenaars zijn, want voor mij zijn ze telkens nieuw. Deze keer werken van: Marcella Barceló / Inès Di Folco / Mark Brusse / Anand Duraikannu / Kristell Laquet / Mei-Tsen Chen / Peter Klasen / Robert Combas / Ladislas Kijno / Jean-Luc Parant / Jacqueline Dauriac / Daniel Buren / Marie-France Schneider / Fabienne Gaston-Dreyfus / Marine Joatton / Ramuntcho Matta / Anna Adam /  Anoniem /  Caroline Bartal / Pablo Cueco / Brion Gysin / Simon Spang Hanssen / Margault Lamoureux / Ivan Messac  /  Christophe Robe /  Guy Rougemont / Martine Mougin  /  Sylvie Reymond-Lépine / Chantalpetit / Nobuko Watanabe B.

Daniel Buren (meest bekend van de pilaren bij Palais Royal) ken ik uiteraard. De werken van Robert Combas en Jean-Luc Parant, in de vorm van een soort maskers, vond ik interessant, net als het drieluik van Nobuko Watanabe B..

New works. Jean-Michel Othoniel – Perrotin, Parijs

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Glanzende stenen blokken op elkaar gestapeld.

Throughout his career, Othoniel has created many walls and pathways that dissolve boundaries. Before his shimmering, dreamlike Precious Stonewall, made of glass bricks, there was Wish Wall, a wall in a gallery covered in phosphor where visitors could strike and light matches. The notion of passage takes literal or physical form in his works, whether in a small 1986 photographic piece (Autoportrait en robe de pr.tre-traitement), which captures a doll-like figure traversing a frozen dam spillway, or in his larger public installations—such asThe Kiosk of the Nightwalkers, his redesign of a Paris Metro entrance, or Boat of Tears, a vessel built and used by Cuban refugees. His monumental glass beads, developed over the years, are also passages—mental pathways, as his 2011 Centre Pompidou exhibition title My Way explicitly pointed out. (This mid-career retrospective traveled across Asia and America, introducing new audiences to his iconic Murano glass beads and glass bricks.)