Pareidolie 2026 in Marseille ventures beyond safe bets with emerging artists

Key facts

• Pareidolie 2026 took place at Château de Servières, 19 boulevard Boisson, 13004 Marseille, from August 29 to 30, 2026.
• The fair featured a mix of established and emerging artists, including carte blanche to Nicolas Rubinstein, invitation to Marguerite Maréchal, installation by Juliette S Duval, projection by Christine Rebet, and drawings by Strokevitch.
• Works by graduates of the Beaux-Arts schools of the Midi were presented at the end of the fair.
• Christine König gallery showed Radenko Milak's drawings based on black-and-white photographs, translating a history classroom and a view of Marseille.
• Louise Aleksiejew, a graduate of École supérieure d'art et médias de Caen, exhibited at Bernard Jordan's gallery with still lifes bordering on abstraction.
• Luc Doerflinger, shown at Modulab gallery from Metz, presented a large assemblage mixing portraits and animals in Indian ink.
• The Chevalme sisters explored colonial history with ink and gold glitter works, juxtaposing 19th-century African photographs with contemporary scenes.
• Katia Bourdarel and Sylvain Ciavaldini created an installation for Pauline Renard gallery, blending body, animal, and vegetal forms, referencing Richard Dadd.
• Odonchimeg Davaadorj's red ink figures at Backslash gallery explored shifting identities and metamorphosis.
• Martine Robin, director of Château de Servières, supports emerging artists by facilitating exhibitions at FRAC Picardie and Fondation Bullukian.