Three exhibitions to satisfy your thirst for culture

One of the greatest pleasures of autumn and winter is taking refuge in the museum when it’s cold. Here is a selection of the exhibits we have loved or that we want moreto be discovered at the end of the year.

Paris: Habibithe revolutions of love at the Arab World Institute, until February 12th

In Paris, the Institut du monde arabe honors LGBTQIA + identities through the works of a mind-boggling creativity and power.

Spread over 750 m2, the exhibition Habibi gives way to many mediums ranging from photography to the paintingpassing through the dance or even the video. Enough to make visible the gaze of artists who question the social, personal and aesthetic norms that run through contemporary creation.

Toulouse: Niki de Saint Phalle at the slaughterhouses until March 5th

The Toulouse slaughterhouses pay homage to Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) by focusing on the 80s and 90s. Less well known, this period marks “a freedom, a freedom, a diversity of work, a commitment and a model of entrepreneurship, innovative and exemplary” in the career of the Franco-American artist.

For Niki de Saint Phalle, the 80s and 90s also marked the creation of the Tarot Gardenstarted in 1978. The opening of his art in the natural space and public, outside of galleries or museums, is a way to spread art in everyday life. It is also a way to reach as many people as possible an artist engaged in an ecological, feminist and anti-racist strugglein favor of minorities marginalized by society.

Marseille: Friendships, collective creativity at Mucem up to February 13

The collective power he is honored at the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations in Marseille.

The exhibition “Friendships, collective creativity” highlights a number of 117 collective worksborn from the encounter and often from friendship among several artists including Picasso, Klein, Buffet and Saint Phalle.

Whether they are philosophers, writers, musicians or even directors, the artists of the twentieth century^And and XXI^And centuries have given free rein to theirs spontaneity And the creative energy of the group in collaborative works, often shunned by academic historians. We quote as an emblem of this art form the “Great anti-fascist collective painting “ from 1960, an anti-colonial work born from the hand of five artists engaged in reporting crimes committed during the war in Algeria, such as torture.

Featured image credit: © screenshot, Arab World Institute