In 2026, the Lambert Collection will present a program featuring almost exclusively female artists. We recall that the 2013 exhibition *Les Papesses* already served as an opportunity to highlight major figures and to implicitly address the historical inequalities that have long limited women’s visibility in the art world. The 2026 exhibition program aims to enrich our collective perspective by opening the space to diverse, situated, and engaged narratives from international artists.

During the summer season, titled Le Murmure des Libres, three solo exhibitions will highlight the voices of artists from Asia and the Middle East whose personal histories have particularly strong ties to these regions at the heart of global upheaval. Thus, the Indian artist Shilpa Gupta, the Korean artist Geumhyung Jeong, and the Palestinian artist Jumana Manna express their faith in the power of poetry for individual and collective freedom in the face of the vicissitudes of this world.

Through a variety of forms and media—videos, installations, sculptures, paintings, photographs, sound works, and performances—as well as contemplative and immersive experiences, the works produced or presented in the three monographs unfold like a series of narratives and songs. Like so many sidesteps unfolding within the historic rooms of the Hôtel de Montfaucon at the Collection Lambert, they accompany us through the vicissitudes of a world whose darkness we must counter with poetry.

@Shilpa Gupta, I want to live with no fear, 2010, interactive performance, photographs on paper