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Jean Dubuffet & Niki de Saint Phalle
Monumental through the test of time
ADAGP, 11 rue Duguay Trouin, Paris 6e, From 9h30 to 17h
11-02-2026
To mark the exhibition ‘Jean Dubuffet & Niki de Saint Phalle, Chassés croisés’ on display until 13 February 2026, the Dubuffet Foundation and the Niki Charitable Art Foundation are organising a symposium entitled ‘Jean Dubuffet & Niki de Saint Phalle: monumental through the test of time," in partnership with ADAGP. The event will take place on 11 February 2026 at ADAGP, as part of the exhibition's closing.
Jean Dubuffet and Niki de Saint Phalle were both multifaceted artists who worked in the fields of architecture and monumental sculpture. They created 32 and 45 works in public spaces around the world, 19 of which are located in France (11 by Dubuffet and 8 by Niki de Saint Phalle). Subject to the effects of time and environmental conditions, many of these works are now undergoing restoration.
Produced in close collaboration with official sculpture reproducers, these works reveal a paradox between creation and restoration. The practitioner's perspective, nourished by expertise forged in close collaboration with the artist, can today come into conflict with the approach and ethics of the restorer. How can this intimate knowledge of materials and experimental artistic processes be reconciled with contemporary restoration requirements? How can we restore without betraying, preserve without sanctifying? How can we intervene without altering the artist's original intention? This seminar aims to open up a space for reflection, addressing the place of technical memories and the role of artists' foundations in the preservation strategies for this extraordinary heritage.
The day will begin at 9:30 a.m. A visit of the exhibition ‘Jean Dubuffet & Niki de Saint Phalle, Chassés croisés’ at the Dubuffet Foundation will conclude the seminar at 5:30 p.m. The Foundation is located about a 15-minute walk from the ADAGP.
Event
Jean Dubuffet & Niki de Saint Phalle in dialogue
Interview with Catherine Francblin and Déborah Lehot-Couette
Catherine Francblin et Déborah Lehot-Couette
ADAGP, 11 rue Duguay Trouin, Paris 6e, 7pm
20-01-2026
As part of the exhibition ‘Jean Dubuffet & Niki de Saint Phalle, Chassés croisés’, on display until 13 February 2026, the Dubuffet Foundation is organising a conference entitled ‘Jean Dubuffet and Niki de Saint Phalle in dialogue: an interview with Catherine Francblin and Déborah Lehot-Couette’. The event will take place on 20 January in the ADAGP auditorium.
Art critic and biographer of Niki de Saint Phalle, Catherine Francblin, author of 'Niki de Saint Phalle. La révolte à l'œuvre', published by Hazan in 2013, and more recently 'Niki de Saint Phalle. Un héros au féminin', published by Éditions courtes et longues in 2025, will share her perspective on the connections between the works of Jean Dubuffet and Niki de Saint Phalle. This discussion with Catherine Francblin will be an opportunity to explore the artistic and philosophical links between these two artists.
Event
Seminar
Slavko Kopac - Il tesoro nascosto
Déborah Lehot-Couette
Firenze, Italy, 9am-8pm
17-10-2025
On Friday 17 October 2025, the seminar 'KOPAC, DUBUFFET, FALZONI, BRETON… Un’avventura internazionale tra Surrealismo, Arte Informale e Art Brut' will be taking place at the Museo Novecento and at the French Institute in Firenze, Italy, from 9 am to 8 pm.
This seminar is being organised to accompany the exhibition ‘Slavko Kopac, il tesoro nascosto’ currently on display at the Accademia del Disegno in Firenze.
Déborah Lehot-Couette, director of scientific program and collections at the Dubuffet Foundation and Art Brut specialist, will give a presentation about the links between Jean Dubuffet and Slavko Kopac. United by a close friendship, the two artists were also bound by Jean Dubuffet's Art Brut collection, of which Slavko Kopac was the curator for several years.
Event
Writing workshops
Scribulations Hourloupéennes
Fondation Dubuffet, Paris
As part of the exhibition “Dubuffet Monumental”, the Fondation Dubuffet organizes a series of writing workshops. Hosted by Etienne Orsini and in partnership with Espace Andrée Chedid, a series of stimulating propositions and writing challenges will allow you to sharpen your eye and your writing skills while exploring the in-and-outs of Jean Dubuffet’s universe. Your writing will be shared in the second half of the session.
The workshop will be preceded by a guided visit of the exhibition.
Event
Visit-workshop for families (children aged 3-6 / 7-10)
Le monde s'hourloupe!
Fondation Dubuffet, Paris, 9h-10h
On the occasion of « Dubuffet Monumental”, the Fondation Dubuffet is launching a series of visits-workshops for families to discover the exhibition with their children. The workshop will offer a playful tour of the rooms around the theme of the “Hourloupe”, the parallel world created by Jean Dubuffet in 1962 from a series of Bic pen doodles.
Two visits are proposed: for children aged 3-6 and children aged 7-10.
Event
Conférence #2 - Dubuffet vu par Manuelle Gautrand
Regard d'un architecte sur un autre architecte
Manuelle Gautrand, architecte
ADAGP, 11 rue Duguay Trouin, Paris 6e, 7 p.m.
21-05-2025
The Fondation Dubuffet continues its series of conferences in collaboration with ADAGP. On this second appointment, architect Manuelle Gautrand, creator of several large-scale projects in France and abroad, will take us on an architectural walk through the work of Jean Dubuffet. This conference is part of the exhibition program for “Dubuffet Monumental”.
Event
Dubuffet Monumental
Dans les coulisses des ateliers
Sophie Webel (co-commissaire de l'exposition "Dubuffet Monumental"), Pierre Girard et Martin Guyot (Atelier Revery), Clémentine Bollard (Conservateur-Restaurateur, Doctorante à l’université de Cergy)
ADAGP, 11 rue Duguay Trouin, Paris 6e, 7 p.m.
24-04-2025
The Fondation Dubuffet presents a series of conferences in collaboration with ADAGP. The first conference in this series is titled “Dubuffet Monumental. Dans les coulisses des atelier” and it was created in relation to our current exhibition at the Fondation Dubuffet, “Dubuffet Monumental”.
Sophie Webel, previous director of the Fondation Dubuffet, Pierre Girard and Martin Guyot of Atelier Revery, and Clémentin Bollard, Curator-Restorer and PhD at Cergy University, will unveil the behind-the-scenes of Jean Dubuffet’s studios, from 1970 until today.
This event will take place in the auditorium of ADAGP Thursday 24th, April at 7 p.m. Admission to the conference is free and must be booked in advance via the link below.