Notre Histoire… Exhibition at Palais de Tokyo Features 29 French Artists

From January 20 to May 7, 2006, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris hosts the group exhibition 'Notre histoire…' (Our History…), bringing together 29 French artists or those working in France. Curated by Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans, whose tenure as directors of the Palais de Tokyo is ending, the show aims to assess three years of programming while looking toward the future. The exhibition responds to a broader reflection in 2005 on the limited international visibility of French artists and efforts to improve it. A separate, highly anticipated exhibition at the Grand Palais is scheduled for May. Among the featured artists are Saâdane Afif, Jules de Balincourt, Leandro Erlich, Loris Gréaud, and Agnès Thurnauer. The article specifically highlights Jules de Balincourt, describing his work as 'naïveté réaliste' (realist naivety).