Sigmar Polke and photography 2/2
with Diane Dufour et Florian Ebner
19h-20h15
Second focus on Sigmar Polke’s photographic work with Diane Dufour, Florian Ebner and Bice Curiger.
The discussion will address the tactile poetry of his practice, shaped by orchestrated accidents and experimental freedoms, recalling his painting.
A practice that inspires today’s artists.
Speakers:
Diane Dufour
Co-founder and co-director of LE BAL in Paris, Diane Dufour is a leading figure in contemporary photography and visual culture. She also directs the series Les Carnets du BAL, a dialogue between artists and scholars reflecting on today’s visual society. She is currently presenting the exhibition We Others (20 June – 16 November 2025) at LE BAL, and in September she will take part in the Festival des Sciences Sociales in Marseillewith a talk on “Images in Information.”
Florian Ebner
Art historian and director of the Photography Department at the Centre Pompidou, Florian Ebner explores the dialogue between photography and contemporary art. He is currently curator of Wolfgang Tillmans’s exhibition, on view at the Centre Pompidou until 22 September 2025.
Sigmar Polke, Paris, 1971
Collection Hesta AG
Vue de l’exposition : Sigmar Polke
Paris 1971, 1971
Sélection de 30 tirages gélatino-argentiques uniques issus d’un ensemble de 41, 23,5 × 17,8 cm chaque
Collection Hesta AG, Suisse