Otobong Nkanga. I dreamt of you in colours
10 Oct 2025 — 23 Aug 2026 at Musée d'art moderne de Paris
· Paris
This temporary contemporary art exhibition brings together the work of Nigerian-born, Antwerp-based artist Otobong Nkanga across two landmark European institutions: the musée d'art moderne de Paris and the musée cantonal des beaux-arts de Lausanne. Presented over 2025 and 2026, the show offers an expansive look at Nkanga's multidisciplinary practice, which weaves together sculpture, textile, performance, and drawing to explore themes of land, resource extraction, ecology, and collective memory.
Titled "I dreamt of you in colours", the exhibition invites visitors into a world where the personal and the political intersect, and where material and metaphor are inseparable. Nkanga's work consistently asks how we relate to the earth and to one another, making this a timely and resonant presentation at two of Europe's most respected modern and contemporary art museums.
Titled "I dreamt of you in colours", the exhibition invites visitors into a world where the personal and the political intersect, and where material and metaphor are inseparable. Nkanga's work consistently asks how we relate to the earth and to one another, making this a timely and resonant presentation at two of Europe's most respected modern and contemporary art museums.
About the artist
Otobong Nkanga
1974
Otobong Nkanga (born 1974) is a Nigerian-born visual artist, tapestry maker and performance artist, based in Antwerp, Belgium. In 2015, she won the Yanghyun Prize.
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Musée d'art moderne de Paris
· Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris or MAM Paris, is a major municipal museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries, including monumental murals by Raoul Dufy, Gaston Suisse, and Henri Matisse. It is located at 11, Avenue du Président Wilson in the 16th arrondissement of…
