20 Nov 2025 – 12 Apr 2026
Paris, France
bourdelle.paris.fr
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A pioneering force in contemporary sculpture and textile art, Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017) stands as one of the most influential Polish artists of the 20th century. The Musée Bourdelle now stages the first major French exhibition devoted to her work.
Shaped by the trauma of war and life under political censorship, Abakanowicz created immersive, poetic, and often unsettling forms that draw on the organic world, seriality, and monumentality. Her sculptures and textiles — at once political, humanistic, and deeply intuitive — echo many of today’s environmental and feminist concerns.
Bringing together around eighty ensembles in a newly restored concrete gallery, the exhibition traces her evolution through a chronological and thematic lens, foregrounding her powerful sculptural installations alongside key textile works, drawings, and photographs. The Thread of Existence draws on the artist’s belief that fabric is a fundamental unit of the human body.
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