Art Paris 2023, two themes dealing with notions of commitment and exile

Art & Commitment: A Focus on the French Scene by Marc Donnadieu

After Hervé Mikaeloff in 2021, Alfred Pacquement in 2022, in 2023 independent exhibition curator and curator in chief at Photo Élysée (Lausanne, Switzerland) Marc Donnadieu will be presenting his perspective on the French scene with a selection of 20 artists of different generations amongst participating galleries. His selection is based around these artists’ approach to the concept of “commitment”, whether a commitment to art, or to the world, its history and what is happening today.

According to Marc Donnadieu: “If art doesn’t change the world, some works of art do resist and, in their own way, counter the attacks to which the world is subjected. Such works make us more clairvoyant; they foster empathy and emancipation, obliging us to open our eyes to art and the world, to both their histories and current affairs. It is this commitment made by artists and their art that I want to put in the spotlight and contrast with the obscurity that is darkening the outlook today.”

Exile: Dispossession and Resistance, by Amanda Abi Khalil

Independent exhibition curator and founder of Beirut’s Temporary Art Platform (TAP) Amanda Abi Khalil will be selecting around twenty international artists from participating galleries based around the theme of Exile: Dispossession and Resistance.