CHINE AFRIQUE - CROSSING THE COLOR LINE CENTRE POMPIDOU, PARIS, FRANCE, MARCH 4 - MAY 18, 2020 Curator: Alicia Knock Kiluanji Kia Henda, Musquiqui Chihying, Binelde Hyrcan, Cui Jie, François-Xavier Gbré, Annie Anawana Haloba, Wang Bing, Marie Voignier, Yonamine, Pratchaya Phinthong L’exposition esquisse des hypothèses de rencontres sino-africaines, depuis...

ÉMERGENCE, ABIDJAN, CÔTE D'IVOIRE, 2013-2020 CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER, CONVENTION SQUARE, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, FEBRUARY 13-16, 2020 The Cécile Fakhoury Gallery (Abidjan, Dakar, Paris) is pleased to announce its participation in the ICTAF - Investec Cape Town Art Fair, in Cape Town, South Africa, where...

La Cour GRAND PALAIS, PARIS, NOVEMBER 7 - 11, 2018 La Cour est une œuvre née de la rencontre entre les artistes François-Xavier Gbré et Yo-Yo Gonthier, un espace plastique évolutif où l’esthétique de chacun se meut librement dans l’échange. Depuis quatre ans, François-Xavier Gbré et Yo-Yo...

COSMOPOLIS #1.5: ENLARGED INTELLIGENCE DONG JIAO JIYI FORMER ELECTRONICS FACTORY, CHENGDU, CHINA, 3 NOVEMBER 2018 – 6 JANUARY 2019 ‘Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence’ presents artworks and programs by almost 60 artists and groups who explore ecology and technological transformations in order to envision how we today may...

New Territory: Landscape Photography Today DENVER ART MUSEUM, USA, JUNE 24, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 16, 2018   New Territory: Landscape Photography Today is a survey of contemporary landscape photography from around the world. The exhibition of more than 80 photographs will explore how artists stretch the boundaries of...

African Metropolis - An imaginary city MAXXI, ROMA, ITALY, JUNE 22 - NOVEMBER 4, 2018 curated by Simon Njami with Elena Motisi MAXXI is dedicating a major exhibition to the African continent: the project, realised in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will present...

Africa Is No Island MUSEUM OF AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY ART AL MAADEN (MACAAL), MARRAKECH, MOROCCO 27 FEBRUARY – 24 AUGUST 2018 Curators: Jeanne Mercier, Baptiste de Ville d’Avray & Madeleine de Colnet. The exhibition brings together the work of approximately 40 emerging and established photographers who are working from a...

LA COUR CINÉMA EL HILAL, MÉDINA COURA, BAMAKO, MALI, DECEMBER 2, 2017 - JANUARY 31, 2018 11ES RENCONTRES DE BAMAKO - BIENNALE AFRICAINE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Une installation photographique collaborative de / A collaborative photographic installation by François-Xavier Gbré, Yo-Yo Gonthier, Nii Obodai, Kal Touré LA COUR / THE COURTYARD...

Recent Histories : deconstruced spaces, surveyed memories MUSÉE DU DISTRICT, BAMAKO, MALI, DECEMBER 2 - JANUARY 31, 2018 RENCONTRES DE BAMAKO – BIENNALE AFRICAINE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Edson Chagas, Em’kal Eyongakpa, François-Xavier Gbré, Simon Gush, Sabelo Mlangeni, Mame-Diarra Niang, Dawit L. Petros, Michael Tsegaye The Walther Collection presents Deconstructed...

Recent Histories: Contemporary African Photography and Video Art from The Walther Collection THE WALTHER COLLECTION, NEU-ULM, GERMANY, MAY 6 - OCTOBER 28, 2017 Recent Histories features the work of fourteen contemporary African artists, born in the 1970s and later. Their varied bodies of work investigate personal experiences,...

Who is still Austrian? KUNST MERAN / MERANO ARTE, MERANO, ITALY, APRIL 29 - JULY 9, 2017 Artists: Nicolò Degiorgis, François-Xavier Gbré, Runo Lagomarsino, Sonia Leimer, Renato Leotta. On the occasion of commemoration of the 700th anniversary of giving the  Municipal Regulations to Merano, the show, curated by...

Afriques Capitales LA VILLETTE, PARIS, FRANCE, MARCH 23 - MAY 28, 2017 RFI, «Afriques Capitales est une ville, un labyrinthe, un foutoir», Simon Njami, 3 avril 2017 "François-Xavier Gbré présente une œuvre où il dit : « Je suis africain », mais c’est écrit en chinois. C’est un commentaire sur l’emprise...

Paris Photo GRAND PALAIS, PARIS, NOVEMBER 10-13, 2016 Amuse, The Best of Paris Photo, Brooke Maccord, November 8, 2016 "Living and working in the Côte d’Ivoire, the body of Gbré’s work on display documents the geography of West Africa between 2011 and 2015 – from memories and explorations...

Crisis of Presence PORI ART MUSEUM, FINLAND, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 - JANUARY 29, 2017 Inaki Bonillas, Alina Chaiderov, Nanna Debois Buhl, LaToya Ruby Frazier, François-Xavier Gbré, Leslie Hewitt, Paolo Icaro, Concha Jerez, Adrian Melis, Marzena Nowak, Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor, Camilo...

Nur im Okzident (Only in the Western World) MARIO MAURONER CONTEMPORARY ART, VIENNA, AUSTRIA, SEPTEMBER 22 - NOVEMBER 22, 2016 Curated by Luigi Fassi According to the German philosopher Max Weber (1864-1920), rationality is a uniquely European phenomenon. This exhibition aims to question the Eurocentrism inherent in Max...

Lueurs noires GALERIE CÉCILE FAKHOURY, ABIDJAN, CÔTE D'IVOIRE, JUNE 25 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 Yo-Yo Gonthier et François-Xavier Gbré "Dans son installation, Wo shi Feizhou / Je suis africain François-Xavier Gbré investigue sur les traces de ce que la cité cherche à dissimuler. L’œuvre soulève les questions de...

"Cher(e)s Ami(e)s : Hommage aux donateurs des collections contemporaines" CENTRE POMPIDOU, PARIS, MARCH 23, 2016 - FEBRUARY 6, 2017 Cet accrochage inédit met en avant les œuvres contemporaines entrées dans la collection du Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Pompidou depuis les cinq dernières années. Commissaire: Christine Macel. Swimming...

À découvert BLABLA, BAMAKO, MALI, OCTOBER 31 - DECEMBER 31, 2015 10ES RENCONTRES DE BAMAKO - BIENNALE AFRICAINE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Le Blabla-Hippodrome, en collaboration avec la Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, présente l’exposition « à découvert » du 31 octobre au 31 décembre 2015. Elle dévoile deux installations photographiques in situ...

CHAMBRE AVEC VUE KULTE GALLERY & ÉDITION, RABAT, MOROCCO, OCTOBER 1 - NOVEMBER 14, 2015 Chambre avec vue est une exposition qui restitue le travail réalisé par François-Xavier Gbré lors de sa résidence à Kulte Gallery en septembre 2015. Pendant son séjour à Rabat, l’artiste s’est attaché à...

The Past is a Foreign Country CANTOR FITZGERALD GALLERY, HAVERFORD COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, USAAUGUST 28 — OCTOBER 9, 2015 How is a country’s national story told through its architecture? When should the structures of the past be dispensed for the future? The Past is a Foreign Country is...