Macha Makeïeff's Avignon exhibition cancelled days before opening

Macha Makeïeff's exhibition 'Les Choses divines - Inventaire fantaisiste', scheduled to accompany the 80th edition of the Avignon Festival, was cancelled shortly before its installation at the Palais des Papes. The theatre director expressed deep distress over the cancellation. The exhibition was meant to run concurrently with the festival, which is a major annual theatre event in France. No official reason for the cancellation has been provided in the source.