Philippe Parreno Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno

Lives and works in Paris.
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2015 Pp Armory Exhibitionview 11
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Exhibition view: Une seconde d'éternité, Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, Paris, 2022; Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Niney et Marca Architectes, agence Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Courtesy Pinault Collection. Photo © Andrea Rossetti

Introduction

Philippe Parreno rose to prominence in the 1990s, earning critical acclaim for his work that spans a diversity of media, including film, sculpture, drawing, and text.

Full biography

Selected works

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Marquee, 2024

Transparent Plexiglas, 26 neons (ø 14 mm), 84 E14 lightbulbs

143,1 x 108 x 38,7 cm

 
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Philippe Parreno
Marquee, 2024

Transparent Plexiglas, 6 neons (ø 14 mm), 107 LED lightbulbs
143,3 x 77,8 x 70,2 cm
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Philippe Parreno
Blind Lamps, 2024
Black blown glass, infrared bulb, socket, electric wire, DMX player
ø 45 cm
Unique in a series of 25 variations
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Philippe Parreno
Black Happy Ending, 2024
Black blown glass, electrical system, dimmer, DMX switch and plug in brass, DMX player
81 x 53 x 36,8 cm
Unique in a series of 20 variations
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Philippe Parreno
Heliotrope, 2023-2024
Lacquered steel, colored mirror, motor, control unit, cabling
344 x 321 x 321 cm
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Philippe Parreno
Wallpaper Marilyn, 2018
Silkscreen printed in colors with phosphorescent pigment
Installation dimensions variable
Each panel size:
183 x 112 cm (untrimmed)
167,5 x 104 cm (trimmed)
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Philippe Parreno
Marquee, 2017

Blown glass, glass panels, transducers, amplifiers, metal

119,4 x 208,5 x 77,8 cm
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Philippe Parreno
Marquee, 2017

Plexiglas transparent, lightbulbs, neon tubes

60 x 187 x 80 cm
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Philippe Parreno
Marquee, 2018

Clear acrylic glass, 8 light bulbs, 8 white neon tubes half-painted with golden spray paint, converters, sockets, DMX controlled dimmers and motorized 24K gold plated steel shutters
265 x 130,7 x 54,8 cm (overall)
30 x 130,7 x 54,8 cm (marquee)
232 x 107 x 25,8 cm (shutters)
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Philippe Parreno
100 Questions, 50 Lies (Storyboard), 2024
Oil on paper and pigment mounted on canvas
30 x 40 cm
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Philippe Parreno
100 Questions, 50 Lies (Storyboard), 2024

Oil on paper and pigment mounted on canvas

30 x 40 cm
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Philippe Parreno
The Blasted Tree, The Fireflies, The Sun and Their Larvae (A Kuramoto Automaton), 2023
UHD display screen, server (Raspberry Pi, animation software)
219,6 x 125 x 9,7 cm (screen)
80 x 60 x 60 cm (server)
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Philippe Parreno
Heliotropes, 2022

Mechanized heliostats: lacquered steel, mirrors, filters, motors, control box, cabling
Dimensions variable
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Philippe Parreno
La Quinta Del Sordo, 2021

Color film, 5.1 sound mix
Duration: 38:36 min
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Philippe Parreno
The Owl in Daylight, 2020

Digital video (color, sound), player
Optional: sound element (The Speaker, 2020, highly-directional speakers, mounting panel, rotating arm, DMX controller, amplifier, transformer, cables, sound card
The Owl in Daylight: duration variable
The Speaker: 175 x 85 x 68,8 cm
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Philippe Parreno
Clock, 2020

Plexiglas, DMX controller, air pressure and temperature sensor, motor, belts
160 x 168 x 20 cm
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Philippe Parreno
Invisibleboy (full set), 2020

Duratrans transparency in lightbox
21 x 27,5 cm each, 7 parts (transparency)
24 x 30,5 x 4 cm each, 7 parts (lightbox)
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Philippe Parreno
Marquee, 2015
Transparent Plexiglas, neon, light bulbs

215,3 x 142,9 x 269,9 cm
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Philippe Parreno
AC/DC Platform, 2013
Opalescent acrylic glass podium, LED lights, 3 plugs, 2 AC/DC Snakes

52 x 350 x 100 cm
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Philippe Parreno
Flickering Lights (Marianne Brandt), 2018

Stereolithography print with translucent resin, halogen light bulb, DMX dimmer, light programming
85 x 64 x 40 cm
Edition of 50 unique variations
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Speech Bubbles (Fuchsia), 2015

Fuchsia Mylar balloons, helium
68 x 109 x 29 cm each

Gallery Exhibitions

Ob/Scene Festival with Tino Sehgal and Philippe Parreno

Ob/Scene Festival

with Tino Sehgal and Philippe Parreno
At the gallery, a young girl introduces herself as a Japanese manga character, ‘Ann Lee’.. This girl first appeared as an avatar in 1999, in the project of Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno titled No Ghost Just a Shell, which...
November 4—20, 2022
Esther Schipper | Seoul
Manifestations Philippe Parreno

Manifestations

Philippe Parreno
“The exhibition is a space being: you have a space, a program, a script, and then things happen.” — Philippe Parreno Manifestations is Philippe Parreno’s eighth solo exhibition with Esther Schipper. It...
September 11—October 17, 2020
Esther Schipper, Berlin
quasi-objects Philippe Parreno

quasi-objects

Philippe Parreno
Esther Schipper is pleased to present quasi-objects, Philippe Parreno’s seventh solo exhibition with the gallery. Philippe Parreno has often placed his works within the philosophical framework of 'quasi-objects'—objects whose existence is inseparable...
November 14, 2014—January 15, 2015
Philippe Parreno Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno
Philippe Parreno’s solo exhibition at Esther Schipper in 2007 opens exactly one year after his last exhibition at Esther Schipper had closed. For the short period of a single week, the exhibition...
October 28—November 3, 2007
Interior Cartoons Philippe Parreno

Interior Cartoons

Philippe Parreno
The title of Philippe Parreno’s installation at Esther Schipper—Interior Cartoons—refers playfully to interior design. In the courtyard a huge theatre marquee adorns the main entrance to the gallery. It is similar to...
September 30—October 28, 2006
Vicinato 2 Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija

Vicinato 2

Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija
Vicinato is a film divided into several chapters. It is based on a conversation between friends, between artists. As time goes on, the directors film a different movie. Four years after Vicinato...
July 8—August 5, 2000
No Ghost Just A Shell – Episode I: Anywhere Out of The World Philippe Parreno

No Ghost Just A Shell – Episode I: Anywhere Out of The World

Philippe Parreno
Notes on a consumer product: 1. Manga is a Japanese industrial branch specialising in the production of animated cartoons as well as comic books. The consumers and producers form an inhomogenous group,...
April 29—May 27, 2000
Listen to the picture Philippe Parreno

Listen to the picture

Philippe Parreno
Philippe Parreno has been working for several years with fictitious scenarios in different formats and media. By means of film, print magazine and radio, he has formulated his interest in narratives between...
April 18—May 20, 1998
Vicinato Carsten Höller, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija

Vicinato

Carsten Höller, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija
In 1995, artists Carsten Höller, Philippe Parreno and Rirkrit Tiravanija collaborated to produce a film. After some discussion, they wrote a text in English which was translated into Italian. This script provides...
April 26—June 2, 1996
Werktische Philippe Parreno

Werktische

Philippe Parreno
In his project Werktische, Parreno returns to dealing with the elements of (free) time, work and production. In the context of labor market policy developments, general rationalization and an increasing tendency towards...
May 5—June 16, 1995
Hand Made Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Carsten Höller, Philippe Parreno

Hand Made

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Carsten Höller, Philippe Parreno
January 29—March 5, 1994
Schipper & Krome, Friesenwall 116 a, Cologne
Plädoyer Philippe Parreno

Plädoyer

Philippe Parreno
October 15—November 6, 1993
Once upon a time...in 'City Bild' Philippe Parreno and Pierre Joseph

Once upon a time...in 'City Bild'

Philippe Parreno and Pierre Joseph
Once upon a time in City Bild is an improvised futuristic tale based on the research of Ocean Earth Development and Corporation. This science-fiction attempts to approach the individual and collective behavior...
October 13—November 10, 1990

External Exhibitions

Voices Philippe Parreno

Voices

Philippe Parreno
Philippe Parreno revolutionised the experience of exhibitions. The French artist transforms galleries into choreographed spaces that follow a script, where all artworks are interconnected while a series of unexpected and interdependent events...
December 13, 2024—May 25, 2025
Haus der Kunst
15th Gwangju Biennale With Angela Bulloch, Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno

15th Gwangju Biennale

With Angela Bulloch, Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno
15th Gwangju Biennale With Angela Bulloch, Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno Various Venues, Gwangju September 7– December 1, 2024
September 7—December 1, 2024
Various Venues, Gwangju
Philippe Parreno: Places and Spaces Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno: Places and Spaces

Philippe Parreno
Philippe Parreno: Places and Spaces Pola Museum of Art
June 8—December 1, 2024
Pola Museum, Hakone
Voices Philippe Parreno

Voices

Philippe Parreno
Leeum Museum of Art presents VOICES, the first solo exhibition of the internationally renowned French artist Philippe Parreno to be held in Korea. Parreno rose to prominence in the nineties, radically redefining...
February 28—July 7, 2024
Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait

Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno
The Philharmonie de Paris opens its Olympic season with Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno. A sound and visual experience plunges visitors into the heart of a multi-dimensional and resolutely poetic football match.
October 5, 2023—January 7, 2024
Philharmonie de Paris
detail of flower pattern wallpaper

Marilyn – Selected works from the collection

Philippe Parreno
For Marilyn, the Espace Louis Vuitton München invites you to experience emblematic works from the Collection by Philippe Parreno in various media. Alongside the eponymous video installation Marilyn (2012), the series of drawings In Preparation of Marilyn: “The Quasi Living”...
February 17—August 6, 2023
Espace Louis Vuitton, Munich
Lo Schermo dell'arte With Rosa Barba and Philippe Parreno

Lo Schermo dell'arte

With Rosa Barba and Philippe Parreno
The 2022 festival Lo schermo dell’arte includes a special focus on works by Rosa Barba. Six films will be screened and Barba will also hold a talk with Roberta Tenconi, curator at Milan's Pirelli HangarBicocca. On November 19th, Philippe Parreno's...
November 16—20, 2022
Cinema La Compagnia and other venues, Florence
Natasha. 7th Singapore Biennial

Natasha.

7th Singapore Biennial
SB2022 features works from the collaborative project No Ghost Just a Shell by Angela Bulloch & Imke Wagener, Liam Gillick, Pierre Huyghe, Richard Phillips, Rirkrit Tiravanija, M/M (Paris), and Philippe Parreno.
October 16, 2022—March 19, 2023
Tanjong Pagar Distripark and various locations, Singapore
Une seconde d’éternité With Ryan Gander, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala and Tino Sehgal

Une seconde d’éternité

With Ryan Gander, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala and Tino Sehgal
The exhibition Une seconde d'éternité is gradually taking over all the spaces of the Bourse de Commerce. It brings together the works of some twenty artists including Ryan Gander, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala and Tino...
June 22, 2022—January 9, 2023
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
Echo2: a Carte Blanche to Philippe Parreno With Arca, Nicolas Becker, and Tino Sehgal

Echo2: a Carte Blanche to Philippe Parreno

With Arca, Nicolas Becker, and Tino Sehgal
Philippe Parreno has transformed the Bourse de Commerce Rotunda into an almost weightless territory, one that is outside of the world, outside of time.
June 22 – September 26, 2022
Rotunda of the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, Paris
La Quinta del Sordo Philippe Parreno

La Quinta del Sordo

Philippe Parreno
From June 3 until September 3, 2022, the Museo Nacional del Prado hosts screenings of La Quinta del Sordo, the latest filmic work by Philippe Parreno, focusing on Goya’s long-destroyed country house...
June 3 – September 2, 2022
Museo Nacional del Prado
La Quinta del Sordo Philippe Parreno

La Quinta del Sordo

Philippe Parreno
From October 10, 2021 until January 23, 2022, the Fondation Beyeler premieres La Quinta del Sordo, a new work by Philippe Parreno, focusing on Goya’s long-destroyed country house and its legendary wall...
October 10, 2021 – January 23, 2022
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
LUMA Arles With Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala, and Tino Sehgal

LUMA Arles

With Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala, and Tino Sehgal
LUMA Arles, a 27-acre creative campus at the Parc des Ateliers in the city of Arles, opened to the public on June 26.
From June 26, 2021
LUMA Arles
Out of Order | Works from the Haubrok Collection with Martin Boyce, Rodney Graham, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Philippe Parreno and...

Out of Order | Works from the Haubrok Collection

with Martin Boyce, Rodney Graham, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Philippe Parreno and Karin Sander
Barbara and Axel Haubrok began collecting professionally at the end of the 1980s, and their collection now contains over 1000 works. Their focus is on international conceptual art at the turn of...
January 17—March 1, 2020
Neues Museum–Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design, Nürnberg
A Manifestation of Objects Philippe Parreno

A Manifestation of Objects

Philippe Parreno
'This is a presentation or a re-presentation of objects that appeared between 1994 and 2007. The title is a superposition of the dates in which the objects first appeared, starting from 1994...
November 1, 2019—March 22, 2020
WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Elsewhen Philippe Parreno

Elsewhen

Philippe Parreno
As part of the Collateral Events of the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, the Fondation Louis Vuitton is hosting a new exhibition 'Hors-les-murs', Elsewhen, displaying a whole new...
May 11—November 24, 2019
Espace Louis Vuitton Venezia, Venice
Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno’s solo exhibition at the Gropius Bau has various different modes of existence that will change over time. Some works reappear in a mutated form. Both films Anywhen (2017) and The...
May 25—August 5, 2018
Gropius Bau, Berlin
La Levadura y el Anfitrión Philippe Parreno

La Levadura y el Anfitrión

Philippe Parreno
From October 26, 2017 to February 11, 2018, Museo Jumex presents Philippe Parreno: La Levadura y el Anfitrión (The Yeast and The Host), the artist’s first exhibition in Mexico. One of an...
October 26, 2017—February 11, 2018
Museo Jumex, Mexico City
Summer in Shanghai with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Philippe Parreno, and Anri Sala

Summer in Shanghai

with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Philippe Parreno, and Anri Sala
New Century Art Foundation is pleased to announce Summer in Shanghai (July 8 – September 6, 2017) at Pond Society, Shanghai, which brings together important works spanning three decades by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster,...
July 8—September 6, 2017
Pond Society, Shanghai
Synchronicity Philippe Parreno

Synchronicity

Philippe Parreno
The Rockbund Art Museum presents a major solo exhibition by French artist, Philippe Parreno, his first in China. This exhibition is dedicated to the late Xavier Douroux whose influence on Parreno's career...
July 8—September 17, 2017
Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai
Infinite Garden, from Giverny to Amazonia with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, and Daniel Steegmann Mangrané

Infinite Garden, from Giverny to Amazonia

with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, and Daniel Steegmann Mangrané
The exhibition Infinite Garden, From Giverny to Amazonia depicts nature in the perspective of a metaphorical spring. Germination, blossoming and degeneration suggest the cycles of Earth, where the winter stop is the...
March 18—August 28, 2017
Centre Pompidou-Metz
A Time Coloured Space Philippe Parreno

A Time Coloured Space

Philippe Parreno
A Time Coloured Space is the first solo exhibition in Portugal of the work of Paris-based artist Philippe Parreno (born in 1964). The exhibition occupies all of the galleries of the Serralves...
February 3—May 7, 2017
Museu Serralves, Porto
Thenabouts Philippe Parreno

Thenabouts

Philippe Parreno
December 6, 2016—March 13, 2017
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne
My Room Is Another Fish Bowl Philippe Parreno

My Room Is Another Fish Bowl

Philippe Parreno
October 5—November 20, 2016
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Anywhen Hyundai Commission: Philippe Parreno

Anywhen

Hyundai Commission: Philippe Parreno
October 4, 2016—April 2, 2017
Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, London
Hypothesis Philippe Parreno

Hypothesis

Philippe Parreno
October 22, 2015—February 14, 2016
Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan
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Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno
July 9—September 30, 2015
The Centre for Openness and Dialogue, Tirana
The Illusion of Light with Philippe Parreno

The Illusion of Light

with Philippe Parreno
April 13—December 31, 2014
Palazzo Grassi, Venice
Solaris Chronicles with Philippe Parreno

Solaris Chronicles

with Philippe Parreno
April 5—October 26, 2014
Luma Foundation, Parc des Ateliers, Arles
Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World Philippe Parreno

Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World

Philippe Parreno
Philippe Parreno, one of the most original figures of the international art world, has radically transformed the monumental space of the Palais de Tokyo. In response to its carte blanche invitation, Parreno...
October 22, 2013—January 11, 2014
Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Philippe Parreno Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno
Parreno’s exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery is his first solo exhibition in a UK public institution. It has been conceived as a scripted space in which a series of events unfolds. The...
November 25, 2010—February 13, 2011
Serpentine Gallery, London
November Philippe Parreno

November

Philippe Parreno
Philippe Parreno: November is a major solo exhibition comprising some 15 mixed-media works ranging from such seminal films as The Boy from Mars to installations such as Speech Bubbles. This exhibition is...
November 4—January 24, 2010
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Philippe Parreno Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno
June 26—September 26, 2010
CCS Bard Galleries, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
8 Juin 1968 – 7 Septembre 2009 Philippe Parreno

8 Juin 1968 – 7 Septembre 2009

Philippe Parreno
Offered a retrospective by the Centre Pompidou, Philippe Parreno has come up with a “journey through time,” a re-reading of his work by the artist himself that is articulated through three elements:...
June 3—September 7, 2009
Centre Pompidou, Paris
May Philippe Parreno

May

Philippe Parreno
Philippe Parreno solo exhibition May was the first episode from a series of “retrospective” exhibitions. The other episodes, which presented in succession by the artist, were shown at the Centre Pompidou in...
May 9—August 16, 2009
Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich

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Phillipe Parreno's 'Voices' uses AI to give agency to denuded land

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Meet the artists | Philippe Parreno

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‘Relational Aesthetics’ Is Back at the Beyeler, Baby!

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Vogue France's December 2023/January 2024 issue marries fashion and art as Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of women's collections at Louis Vuitton and the contemporary artist Philippe Parreno join forces

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LEAP Society Benefit Auction With works by Simon Fujiwara, Ann Veronica Janssens and Philippe Parreno
Langen Foundation, Neuss

LEAP Society Benefit Auction

With works by Simon Fujiwara, Ann Veronica Janssens and Philippe Parreno
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What if art showed us the way to the invisible? Le Point
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What if art showed us the way to the invisible?

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The fantastic film artwork 'Marilyn' by Philippe Parreno at Espace Louis Vuitton Munich Süddeutsche Zeitung
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The fantastic film artwork "Marilyn" by Philippe Parreno at Espace Louis Vuitton Munich

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Echo2: a Carte Blanche to Philippe Parreno
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection

Echo2: a Carte Blanche to Philippe Parreno

Echo2: a Carte Blanche to Philippe Parreno with Arca, Nicolas Becker, and Tino Sehgal Rotunda of the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, Paris June 22 – September 26, 2022 as part...
June 22 – September 26, 2022
LUMA Arles
LUMA Arles, Arles

LUMA Arles

With Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala, and Tino Sehgal. LUMA Arles, a 27-acre creative campus at the Parc des Ateliers in the city of Arles, opened to the public on June 26. Work...
From June 26, 2021
ROHKUNSTBAU 26
Schloss Lieberose, Brandenburg

ROHKUNSTBAU 26

This year's edition of ROHKUNSTBAU 26 presents the works of 22 artists including Etienne Chambaud, David Claerbout, Philippe Parreno and Daniel Steegmann Mangrané. The exhibition title I am Nature – Of Vulnerability. Survival in the risk society defines a...
June 19 – October 3, 2021
Artist Talk with Philippe Parreno & Rirkrit Tiravanija
Anniversary Sessions: Frieze 30

Artist Talk with Philippe Parreno & Rirkrit Tiravanija

Philippe Parreno in conversation with Rirkrit Tiravanija Anniversary Sessions: Frieze 30 February 18, 2021, 8 pm (CET) This event is accessible to Frieze members only Register here
February 18, 2021, 8 pm (CET)
Spotlight: Philippe Parreno
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Spotlight: Philippe Parreno

Spotlight is a weekly presentation focusing on an artwork or a group of works. This week in the spotlight is Philippe Parreno’s lightboxes Invisibleboy. ⁠ Invisibleboy, 2020 consists of seven light boxes,...
Alaina Boukedes on Philippe Parreno’s 'Echo'
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Alaina Boukedes on Philippe Parreno’s "Echo"

In the latest online edition of MoMA’s ArtSpeaks program, a member of MoMA staff shares personal impressions of an artwork in the galleries. Here, Alaina Boukedes, a guest specialist in the Department...
'The Challenge: We are in this together' – Esther Schipper for The New Institute
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"The Challenge: We are in this together" – Esther Schipper for The New Institute

For its December newsletter, titled 'The Challenge: We are in this together', The New Institute asked Esther Schipper – among other thinkers and practitioners – to share her insights and analysis on the current...
Letter from Berlin – October 9, 2020
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Letter from Berlin – October 9, 2020

This Letter from Berlin introduces new documentation for Philippe Parreno’s Manifestations and Ugo Rondinone’s nuns + monks. Both exhibitions remain on view through October 17. This weekend the Lenbachhaus presents Ari Benjamin Meyers' K Club at Blitz Club...
A Reading by Philippe Parreno at ESPACE DIAPHANES, Berlin
ESPACE DIAPHANES, Berlin

A Reading by Philippe Parreno at ESPACE DIAPHANES, Berlin

Philippe Parreno reading an excerpt of Eden, Eden, Eden by Pierre Guyotat. Recorded at ESPACE DIAPHANES on September 9, 2020. Marking the 50th anniversary of Pierre Guyotat’s Eden, Eden, Eden (1970), this...
Film Screening with Dominique Gonzales-Foerster and Philippe Parreno
Bar Laika, 224 Greene Ave, Brooklyn, New York

Film Screening with Dominique Gonzales-Foerster and Philippe Parreno

e-flux video rental at Bar Laika by e-flux presents: Dominique Gonzales-Foerster and Philippe Parreno Thursday, November 7, 2019, 9pm Film Screenings: Philippe Parreno, The Boy From Mars, 2003 Dominique González-Foerster, Plages, 2001...
Thursday, November 7, 9 pm
In the Spotlight of the Night – Life in the Gloom with Martin Boyce, Rodney Graham & Philippe Parreno
Marta Herford Museum for Art, Architecture, Design, Herford

In the Spotlight of the Night – Life in the Gloom with Martin Boyce, Rodney Graham & Philippe Parreno

The invention of the light bulb is an achievement of the 19th century which, particularly in the pulsating metropolises of the world, put an end to the natural alternation of day and...
October 26, 2019 – February 9, 2020
Esther Schipper congratulates Philippe Parreno
MoMA, New York

Esther Schipper congratulates Philippe Parreno

Esther Schipper congratulates Philippe Parreno for his MoMA commission. Re-opening to the public on October 21st, after undergoing substantial renovation and a major expansion, The Museum of Modern Art in New York...
October 21, 2019
Philippe Parreno at Reborn Art Festival
Oshika peninsula, Ajishima, Central Ishinomaki, and Matsushima Bay, Japan

Philippe Parreno at Reborn Art Festival

We are pleased to announce Philippe Parreno’s participation in the Reborn Art Festival, curated by Etsuko Watari and Koichi Watari. For this occasion, Parreno will present a new configuration of Mont Analogue. More information...
August 3 – September 29, 2019
Philippe Parreno at Espace Louis Vuitton Venezia
Espace Louis Vuitton Venezia, Venice

Philippe Parreno at Espace Louis Vuitton Venezia

As part of the Collateral Events of the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Elsewhen has been produced in the framework of the Fondation Louis Vuitton “Hors-lesmurs” programme. This...
May 11 – November 24, 2019
Master Talk Philippe Parreno
International Film Festival Rotterdam

Master Talk Philippe Parreno

On Saturday, January 26 2019 at 13:30pm, Philippe Parreno will host a Master Talk at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Read more about the event here.
January 26 2019, 13:30 – 14:30pm
Venice, Italy

Viva Arte Viva: The 57th Venice Biennale, with Liu Ye, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala

The 57th International Art Exhibition, VIVA ARTE VIVA, will take place at the Giardini and the Arsenale in Venice, from May 13 to November 26, 2017. Curated by Christine Macel, it will feature 120 artists...
May 13 – November 26, 2017

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Manifestations Philippe Parreno

Manifestations

Philippe Parreno

Manifestations is Philippe Parreno's eighth solo exhibition with Esther Schipper. It includes works spanning various media: a granular soundtrack, a CGI film, atmospheric sensors, robotic systems, computer code, ice and water.  The exhibition connects "things" that, a priori, had nothing to do with one another; "things" that allow themselves to be summoned by repetitions, synchronicities, signals, or singularities.

Publications

Philippe Parreno Gropius Bau Sommer 2018

Philippe Parreno

Gropius Bau Sommer 2018
'Philippe Parreno transforms the Gropius Bau into a gigantic automaton, driven by a bio-reactor. Yeast cultures multiply and set architecture, light, sounds and images in motion. Connected to computers, these microorganisms develop...
2018
Philippe Parreno H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS HYPOTHESIS

Philippe Parreno

H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS HYPOTHESIS
“The exhibition is conceived as a scripted space, like an automaton, producing different temporalities, a rhythm, an itinerary, and a duration. The visitor is guided through the spaces by the appearance and...
2017
Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno

This monograph offers a first inventory of Philippe Parreno’s work since the end of the 1980s. It explores problematics such as memory, presence, real time, and narration, and covers his multiform production,...
2009
Philippe Parreno Films 1987–2010

Philippe Parreno

Films 1987–2010
This fully illustrated monograph focuses on Parreno's extensive work in film from his emergence as a major artist in the 1990s to the present day, and features essays by Michael Fried, Nicolas...
2010
Philippe Parreno Cahiers d'Art: Ever Goya

Philippe Parreno

Cahiers d'Art: Ever Goya
Released on October 8th, 2021 this issue of Cahiers d’Art is entirely dedicated to Goya. Featuring 26 contemporary artists with an extraordinary variety of contributions, from drawings to poems, photographs, and entire...
2021
Philippe Parreno Conversation – A Script with Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno

Conversation – A Script with Philippe Parreno
Conceived by Adam Thirlwell, in collaboration with Philippe Parreno, as a film script based on a real-life encounter, 'Conversation' incorporates a transcript of dialogues, Parreno's writings, extracts from others' works and an...
2017
Philippe Parreno Cahiers d’Art

Philippe Parreno

Cahiers d’Art
In this latest issue of Cahiers d’Art featuring Philippe Parreno, the artist revisits thirty years of exhibition practice through an assemblage of rarely-seen images of his work. They are not a collection...
2023
Philippe Parreno Voices

Philippe Parreno

Voices
Over the last 30 years, the French artist Philippe Parreno has radically redefined the experience of the exhibition by placing its construction at the heart of his process. Working with high-end technologies, film, and performance, he transforms galleries in choreographed...
2024