Exhibitions
In memory of Gérard Gasiorowski
A Fondation Maeght retrospective that revisits the irreverent and radical work of the French artist.
From February 6 to June 14, 2026, the Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght is dedicating an exhibition in tribute to Gérard Gasiorowski (1930–1986), French painter and photographer, coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of his death. The exhibition, installed in the Salle de la Mairie, offers a journey through an essential part of his artistic production through ten works from the foundation's permanent collection.
Among the outstanding pieces is Hommage à Manet (1983), a monumental ten-meter-long painting, as well as Ida , Cossom’s or Croûte – Arc de Triomphe . The tour is completed with smaller-format works such as La Ruelle , Le Village and Les Étendues , where Gasiorowski reinterprets the motif of Giacometti’s L’Homme qui marche , reaffirming his constant dialogue with art history.
Much of this set was donated by Adrien Maeght, a close collaborator of the artist at the Galerie Maeght, the space where Gasiorowski held his first exhibition in 1982. This relationship with the gallery was key in the public consolidation of his pictorial language.
His career is also remembered for his important retrospective at the ARC – Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1983, as well as for the exhibition at the Center Pompidou in 1995, curated by Jean de Loisy, and the 2012 exhibition at the Fondation Maeght under the provocative title Vous êtes fou Gasiorowski, il faut vous ressaisir... .
Gasiorowski remains a singular figure in French contemporary art, recognized for series such as Les Fleurs , Les Chapeaux , Les Amalgames and Les Croûtes , where irony, criticism and a certain intellectual irreverence run through all his work. This exhibition once again highlights an artist who made provocation and creative freedom the center of his language.
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