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Guests of the LouvreKader Attia & Elizabeth Peyton
24 September – 14 December 2026
Guests of the Louvre
Kader Attia & Elizabeth Peyton
24 September – 14 December 2026
Kader Attia (born 1970 in Dugny, France; lives and works in Paris and Berlin) is known for his work at the frontier of shape and thought, between logical inquiry and contemporary ideas. Elizabeth Peyton (born 1965 in Connecticut, United States; lives and works in Paris and New York) brings vibrant life to painting through the art of portraiture.
For two years they inhabited the spaces - both physical and imaginary - of the Louvre. Each had a studio in the Louvre, where they created, conversed with museum personnel and engaged with the public.
Previously studio neighbours, they now share the temporary exhibition space in Salle de la Chapelle, where the results of their respective sojourns in the museum are on display for all to see. For Attia, this means a film and an installation inspired by his own intimate meanderings in the Louvre, contemplating the fluctuations of ages, memories and gazes, turning his own vision into a subject. For Peyton, who has reinterpreted the Louvre's works since her youth, it means paintings: portraits of those she holds dear, produced in her studio in the historic palace.
Their different interpretations of the Louvre attest, in their differences as in their similarities, to the power of the museum and the works it holds - creative fuel for the artists and the visitors alike.