We are delighted to showcase art and ecology in our December selection of 15 exhibitions in France!

 

Une pierre sous la langue
Solo exhibition by Abdessamad El Montassir
Frac  Franche‑Comté, Besançon
Until March, 1 2026

The exhibition’s title refers to a Sahrawi poem that symbolizes the process of remembering and forgetting. This exhibition explores the landscapes, political history, dramas and traumas, as well as the memories of the inhabitants of the southern Moroccan Sahara, the artist’s birthplace. On display are pieces from the Frac collection as well as new works created during the artist’s residency at the Villa Medici.

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De terre et de cire
Exhibition by Tiphaine Calmettes & Samuel Dugelay
La Halle, Pont‑en‑Royans
Until December, 20 2025

This exhibition by artist Tiphaine Calmettes and Samuel Dugelay, a craftsman specializing in raw earth, offers an original perspective on construction, blending eco-designed construction techniques and contemporary creation.

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Être collectif, de la convivialité par nature
Group Show
With: Clément Davout, Damien Fragnon, Charlie Jouan, Jean-François Krebs, Naomi Maury and Felipe Vasquez
Galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Paris
Until January, 17 2026

This exhibition is distinguished, at the entrance, by a cavity where Naomie Maury’s fluorescent halos engage in a dialogue with Damien Fragnon’s rocky ceramics. From the worlds of Charlie Jouan to Clément Davout’s nocturnal paintings, from Jean-François Krebs’s blown glass sculptures to Felipe Vasquez’s living installation, which invites us to a return to the wild, the aim is to open a space for dialogue between natural elements and our sensitive bodies, through artistic practices that engage the senses.

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Ferdinandea, l’île éphémère
Solo exhibition by Clément Cogitore
Mucem – Fort Saint‑Jean, Marseille, France
Until September, 20 2026

Clément Cogitore explores the ephemeral irruption of a volcanic island in the Mediterranean through videos, 3D simulations, and historical documents.

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Initium Maris
Solo exhibition by Nicolas Floc’h
Galerie Maubert, Paris
Until December, 20 2025

Entirely dedicated to the Breton coastline, Initium Maris (2018-2021) is an artistic expedition led by the artist aboard the ketch OAO, covering 65 sites from Saint-Nazaire to Saint-Malo. These images compose a unique collection of panoramic views of underwater landscapes at a given moment, in a context marked by climate change.

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Sensing
Exhibition by Allora & Calzadilla
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Until January, 15 2026

The famous artists duo crosses here the porous border between the organic perception of living beings and technological measurement systems, often externalized and digital.

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Grottesco
Solo exhibition by Eva Jospin
Grand Palais, Paris
Until March, 15 2026

This exhibition by Eva Jospin explores a universe blending caves, forests, sculptures and tapestries, inspired by the legend of a young Roman discovering forgotten frescoes of the Domus Aurea.

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Baigné de vos langueurs
Solo exhibition by Duke Riley
Galerie Vallois, Paris
Until December, 20 2025

The ocean, once a symbol of adventure and freedom, is now an overexploited and polluted space. Duke Riley creates a modern and activist mythology blending maritime legends, sailors’ tattoos, mistreated mermaids, and a degraded environment. The artist, a tattoo artist by training, uses a variety of surfaces (bottles, flasks, cassettes) for his creations and mosaics.

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Alluvions
Solo exhibition by Clémence Vazard
Anne Clergue Galerie, Arles
Until February, 21 2026

Clémence Vazard presents her new series of works that collect water samples from around the world to create a map of colors and emotions. Kaaron Studio, for its part, complements this exhibition with innovative installations that engage in a dialogue with Vazard’s works, creating a space for reflection on our relationship with the natural environment.

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Lupina
Solo exhibition by Guillaume Greff
Halle Verrière, Meisenthal
Until January, 4 2026

Guillaume Greff’s exhibition “Lupina” explores human traces through the invasive Alaskan lupin plant. It documents the transformations of landscapes under the influence of human activity, blending scientific rigor with a sensitive perspective. This photographic project originated during an artist residency in Finland in 2015 and was further developed during travels to Iceland, Greenland, Scandinavia, Finland, and the United States.

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Permanence des éléments
Group Show
With: Arina  Essipowitsch, Julie Calbert, Anne‑Valérie Gasc, Caroline Le Méhauté, Lou Motin, Coline Jourdan
Galerie Eponyme, Bordeaux
Until December, 24 2025

This project brings together several artists who explore the question of human presence and its imprint on the Earth’s surface.

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Voir la mer
Group Show
With: Duke Riley, Emeric Lhuisset, Hypercomf, Jacques Perconte, Latent Community, Ugo Schiavi…
MAIF Social Club, Paris 
Until July, 25 2026

This exhibition presents works centered around the theme of the sea, a powerful yet fragile ecosystem, a mirror of our beings and our civilizations, from its abysses to its gentle shores, from its human inhabitants to other non-human beings. It is characterized by the defense and struggle, through art, against all that threatens it.

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Huit propositions de paysages
Solo exhibition by Yuhsin U Chang
Galerie Duchamp, Yvetot
Until March, 8 2026

Eight sculptures by the artist are presented, most of them created specifically for this exhibition. Yuhsin U Chang explores in his work the moment when gesture interacts with matter, sometimes in struggle, sometimes in submission. The sculptures are made from materials often perceived as humble or marginal, giving rise to new forms.

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D’une branche sur laquelle j’avais grimpé
Solo exhibition by Jonathan Bréchignac
Nouvel Institut Franco‑Chinois, Lyon
Until December, 20 2025

Jonathan Bréchignac presents at the New Franco-Chinese Institute a work begun during his spring residency at the Beijing Arts Center – Yishu 8. He worked with pollen in Beijing to explore the inherent intelligence that governs the transformations of living things. He was able to obtain (on the Taobao website) significant quantities of bright yellow pine pollen, which he uses as a pigment.

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Bifurcations végétales
Group Show
With: Maria Thereza Alves, Denilson Baniwa,  Étienne de France,  Eduardo Góes Neves…
Centre d’art contemporain La Traverse, Alfortville
Until December, 13 2025

This exhibition challenges intensive, capitalist and patriarchal agriculture, drawing on recent research in archaeology, anthropology and history.

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Selection coordinated by Pauline Lisowski and Alice Audouin
Texts by Juliette Soulez
Editing Nina Laffont

Art of Change 21 Journal
(ex Impact Art News)

December 2025

Cover : FELIPE VASQUEZ, RASPBERRY TREE, 2024