Grande Ville

Big cities, often perceived as sprawling, dense, and impersonal, face significant challenges in reclaiming the affection of their inhabitants and visitors despite their dynamism and cultural richness.

Through the perspectives of artists from all over the world and of all ages, "Grande Ville" seeks to outline new utopias and urban convivialities, in order to make our cities, neighborhoods and streets more open, inclusive, ecological, welcoming and desirable, while reconsidering our ways of building communities there on a daily basis. By bringing together various forms of expression—from painting to sculpture, photography, and immersive installations—the exhibition aims to generate imaginations— sometimes with humor, always with poetry and generosity—to reinvent and re-enchant the way urban spaces can be invested and shaped. In Paris, Marseille, New York, Beijing or Kinshasa, it may be a matter of making small gestures, of taking the time to live and observe, of being aware of and seizing what is already there…

This exhibition is conceived as a deep immersion into the dreams and reflections of artists on the city, likely to inspire those who visit it. By uniting visions and voices, it seeks to encourage the emergence of concrete proposals to reshape city centers and suburbs into places for sharing, encounter and creativity.

With : Sinzo Aanza, Iván Argote, Marie Bovo, Sonia Chiambretto, Jean Claracq, Liz Christy, Delphine Dénéréaz, Alexander Gronsky, Chourouk Hriech, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Tadashi Kawamata, (LA) HORDE, Carlota Sandoval Lizarralde, Randa Maroufi, Robin Plus, Gaby Sahhar, Franck Scurti, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Eric Winkler, Yin Xiuzhen

Curated by Anna Labouze & Keimis Henni