Galerie Nathalie Obadia

Explore the vibrant and expressive works of John Doe in his upcoming exhibition at Nathalie Obadia Gallery. Featuring a diverse range of paintings, this show showcases the artist's unique perspective and mastery of color.

Galerie Nathalie Obadia is pleased to present in Paris La Rupture, a solo exhibition by Texan-born American artist Rosson Crow, featuring nine previously unseen works. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York (2005) and the University of Yale (2006), Rosson Crow now lives in Los Angeles.

Galerie Nathalie Obadia is pleased to present VEIN! VAIN! VANE!, Romana Londi's first solo exhibition in the gallery's Paris space. Bringing together seven new paintings, this presentation explores the contemporary condition of the body, subjected as it is to the rhythm of a world dominated by ever-sophisticated technologies, frenetic... Read more

Galerie Nathalie Obadia is pleased to present an exhibition devoted to some thirty works on paper by Shirley Jaffe, produced between 1955 and 2012. Ten years after the American artist's death, this presentation carries particular resonance in the wake of the recent passing of her brother, Jerome Sternstein,...

All About Love is a monographic exhibition by the American artist Mickalene Thomas (1971, New York), the first African-American artist to be honoured with a major solo exhibition at the Grand Palais. Recognized worldwide for her bold, multidimensional practice, Thomas explores the visibility and representation of Black women in art, history, and popular culture. Through a vibrant synthesis of painting, collage, photography, video, and installation, she reimagines classical portraiture with a distinctly queer and Black feminist perspective. At the core of Thomas's work is love - as a force of liberation, self-affirmation, and joy. Drawing inspiration from bell hooks's seminal text All About Love: New Visions (1999), the exhibition celebrates love's power to transform both personal and collective life. Featuring more than 70 works spanning over two decades, All About Love honors the agency, beauty, and resilience of Black women. Thomas's subjects - friends, family, lovers, and cultural icons - are depicted with confidence, sensuality, and grace, reclaiming the spaces from which they have historically been excluded. Her lush, rhinestone-studded compositions invite viewers into worlds where pleasure becomes political and representation becomes radical. Thomas's practice often reinterprets and disrupts of canonical moments in European - and particularly French - art history. Works referencing masterpieces such as Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1863) and Ingres's La Grande Odalisque (1814) are reimagined through a contemporary lens of empowerment, positioning Black women at the center of the narrative All About Love, invites audiences to enter a universe of love, leisure, and liberation - spaces where beauty, intimacy, and self-possession redefine the art historical gaze. Following acclaimed exhibitions at The Broad (Los Angeles), The Barnes Foundation (Philadelphia), Hayward Gallery (London), and Les Abattoirs (Toulouse), this retrospective is the most ambitious presentation of Mickalene Thomas's work in Paris. "I am deeply humbled and profoundly honored to present my work at the Grand Palais - an institution that holds such an important place in the history of art. To stand here as a Black queer woman, and to share All About Love in this space, is both a personal and collective moment of triumph. This exhibition is a testament to the power of representation, resilience, and love." Mickalene Thomas - Exhibition produced by GrandPalaisRmn, Hayward Gallery, London, and Les Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie Toulouse Curators : Rachel Thomas,Chief Curator, Hayward Gallery ; Lauriane Gricourt, Director at the Musée des Abattoirs de Toulouse and Erin Gilbert, independent curator Scenography : Scénografiá, Nicolas Groult et Valentina Dodi