Palais de Tokyo Exhibition Explores Collective Art Practices Beyond Urban France

A group exhibition at Palais de Tokyo in Paris brings together individual and collective artistic practices rooted in territories outside urban centres, including the countryside, mountains, and islands. Titled "Toi et ta bande" after a work by Gina Proenza, the show features around three dozen works, many produced specifically for the occasion. These works originated in unique regions such as Brittany, the Cévennes, Corsica, Guadeloupe, the Hautes-Pyrénées, Limousin, and the Basque Country. The exhibition examines "topophilia," an affective bond between people and place, and highlights diverse forms of togetherness through artist collectives, high school students, choirs, and communities for life, work, and activism. By focusing on practices situated beyond urban centres, the exhibition underscores a deliberate choice to work from peripheral territories. The title, borrowed from Proenza's work, points to the many groups whose efforts are gathered here, reflecting on different ways of being together. The show runs at Palais de Tokyo in Paris.