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Jan Dibbets challenges documentary photography at Paris MAM

exhibition · 2026-04-24

Jan Dibbets curated an exhibition at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, spring 2016, challenging lazy assumptions in documentary photography. The show, an artist's exhibition without heavy theoretical framing, undermines conventional documentary practices. It was reviewed in artpress issue n°434, June 2016, pp. 86-87.

Key facts

  • Exhibition curated by Jan Dibbets
  • Held at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
  • Spring 2016
  • Challenges documentary photography conventions
  • Reviewed in artpress n°434, June 2016
  • Artist's exhibition without heavy theory

Entities

Artists

  • Jan Dibbets

Institutions

  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
  • artpress

Locations

  • Paris
  • France

Sources