Clair-obscur, the exhibition takes its title from the famous chiaroscuro technique, which has been a feature of painting since the 16th century, through Mannerism and the Baroque period, illustrated by the work of Caravaggio, who took its use to new heights.

A selection of around a hundred works from the Pinault Collection—featuring contemporary art as well as, for the first time, modern art—offers a journey through the legacy of chiaroscuro today.

This contrast between light and darkness emerges as a renewed visual and symbolic language, a narrative device, and a philosophical principle, expressing both the materiality of light and the shadow areas of our unconscious.

With : Frank Bowling / James Lee Byars / Bruce Conner / Trisha Donnelly / Jean Dubuffet / Alberto Giacometti / Robert Gober / Pierre Huyghe / Saodat Ismaïlova / Laura Lamiel / Victor Man / Maria Martins / Jean-Luc Moulène / Fujiko Nakaya / Bruce Nauman / Philippe Parreno / Sigmar Polke / Carol Rama / Germaine Richier / Louis Soutter / Alina Szapocznikow / Yves Tanguy / Wolfgang Tillmans / Rosemarie Trockel / Bill Viola / Danh Vo / Mary Wigman

Practical information:
• Bilingual Exhibition catalogue Clair-obscur – Collection Pinault, Bourse de Commerce, published by Dilecta
• Bourse de Commerce: 2 Rue de Viarmes, Paris 1st arrondissement.
• Open Monday to Sunday from 11am to 7pm. Closed on Tuesdays and 1 May. Late opening on Fridays until 9pm. On the first Saturday of the month, free late opening from 5pm to 9pm.
• Admission: €15 / €10

Exhibition curator : Emma Lavigne, Director and Chief Curator of the Pinault Collection. Curator for Victor Man: Jean-Marie Gallais, Curator, Pinault Collection. Curator for Laura Lamiel: Alexandra Bordes, Head of Curatorial Projects, Pinault Collection.