The MAC VAL is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Le genre idéal - The Ideal Genre
En principe, une tentative d’épuisement
Maria Theodora is part of the new presentation of the museum collection (curator Nicolas Surlapierre, co-curators Yuan-Chih Cheng, Anaïs Linares, Margaut Segui and the MAC VAL team).
From March 21, 2025 onwards, opening on Thursday March 20 at 6.30 pm
https://www.macval.fr/The-ideal-genre
Garden Party
The video of the performance Apparition, camera Guillaume de la Forest Divonne, is shown at MAC VAL’s anniversary weekend on June 14 and 15, 2025, at the performance projection Forever Performing. The compilation was assembled by Antonie Bergmeier.
https://www.macval.fr/Garden-party
https://www.macval.fr/Nuit-europeenne-des-musees-6017#&gid=1&pid=21
MAC VAL - Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, place de la Libération, 94400 Vitry-sur-Seine
Maria Theodora
Galerie Pavillon
Socles peu communs - Uncommon Bases

Personal exhibition
From April 5 to June 7, 2025, the Galerie Fernand Léger in Ivry presents the continuation of the research that began with the plinth Tribute to Work, the first chapter of which was shown at the Public Art Triennial #3 in 2023-24. Along with Isabelle Daëron ex aequo winner of the triennale research grant, the artist focuses his research on the notion of the pedestal in the city. The exhibition presents thematic chapters, stages of work, avenues of research. It will be punctuated by several moments of activation, performances and meetings.
• Opening on April 5 from 4 pm to 9 pm.
• The artist is present at the exhibition on Saturday, April 12, 19 and 26, on Wednesday, May 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2025, on Tuesday, May 20, Thursday, June 5, Friday, June 6, and on appointment.
• On May 1st, 2025, Homage to the Right to Rest, performance in public space (dedicated to Pina Bausch). Starting at 2.30 pm at place de l’Insurrection d’Août 1944, tour through the city of Ivry to place Voltaire, at the Renaudie-Gailhoustet housing project.
• On Saturday, May 17 at 3 pm, artist talk with the curator and art critic Leonor Nuridsany who will write for the catalogue.
• On Saturday, May 24 at 3 pm, meeting with Jean-François Rodier and members of APAI (Association for the Protection of Ivry Bees), on the occasion of World Bee Day.
• On Saturday, June 7, 2025 from 2 pm, last day and finissage.
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Homage to the Right to Rest, end of the performance, 1st of May 2025, photo: Jason Karaïndros -
Finissage
• At the exhibition La médiation à Léger, presentation of the mediation activities led by Mathilde, Marius and the gallery team, June 20 to July 5, 2025. The exhibition runs in parallel with Glaner - Gleaning, which features work by students from the municipal art school.
Galerie Fernand Léger, municipal gallery of contemporary art, 93 avenue Georges Gosnat, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, in the emblematic Gailhoustet-Renaudie complex, a stone’s throw from M° Mairie d’Ivry and on the way to CREDAC art centre.
→ Galerie Fernand Léger
→ Radio Cartable, 4/10/2025
→ Journal d’Ivry-sur-Seine, article by Mathieu Oui, 4/28/2025
Infinite Book No. 4
Build Yourself the Space Where You Live
Marie-Ange Guilleminot at Maubuisson Abbey
The Infinite Book No. 4, created in 2008 in Magny-les-Hameaux as part of Lieu de Mémoire, is shown in Spring 2025 in Marie-Ange Guilleminot’s beautiful restrospective exhibition at Maubuisson Abbey, from April 6 to August 31, 2025.
Abbaye de Maubuisson, avenue Richard de Tour, 95310 Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône
The book will be shown as well in September 2025 in Magny-les-Hameaux, for the 20 years of the memorial project.
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/050046-010-A/marie-ange-guilleminot/
https://www.valdoise.fr/163-l-abbaye-de-maubuisson.htma
https://magny-les-hameaux.fr/tourisme-et-loisirs/visiter-magny-les-hameaux/patrimoine-historique/memorial
Partir du réel
Art works from the Frac Poitou-Charentes collection
With works by César | Vincent Chhim | Morgane Denzler | Jakob Gautel | Athi-Patra Ruga | Kristina Solomoukha & Paolo Codeluppi | Erwan Venn
Tandem program with the high school Josué Valin at La Rochelle, France
January 10 to February 20, 2025, opening on January 20
The exhibition Starting from Reality is the result of a new collaboration between the Frac Poitou-Charentes and the Josué Valin high school in La Rochelle. This year, it was up to the students of the preparatory class for higher art studies and the fine arts specialty class to participate in the project of designing and hosting an exhibition of works from the Frac collection in their establishment.
The double portrait with my grandfather Hermann (Sven) Gautel (1905-1945) of the the bauhaus heritage project is on show.
https://www.fracpoitoucharentes.com/























