From 1 April to 19 July 2026, Lafayette Anticipations in Paris hosts two major exhibitions that rethink how stories are told through images and objects.
Italian artist Diego Marcon (b. 1985) is known for films and installations that mix the emotional pull of popular cinema with a cool, analytical approach to structure. Working with loops, animatronics and hyper‑crafted sets, he builds intimate chamber dramas where children, puppets and almost‑human figures replay the same gestures, shifting between tenderness and discomfort. At Lafayette Anticipations, he turns the building into a cinema-like environment, screening four works – including his new film Krapfen – alongside the prosthetics, props and mechanical devices that usually remain hidden behind the camera
French‑Malian artist Ladji Diaby (born 2000) comes from a different angle, building large installations from found objects, family belongings, images and video. Raised in Ivry‑sur‑Seine, he treats things gathered from the street and from home as carriers of memory and power, allowing them to dictate how each work takes shape. His practice blends political awareness with what he calls a kind of “magical” chance, sampling pop culture, spirituality and everyday debris to question how identity is formed under the pressures of racism, class and the afterlives of colonialism.
In this double programme, Marcon’s meticulously staged moving images and Diaby’s charged material constellations offer two distinct but resonant perspectives on contemporary life.
Entry to both exhibitions is free at Lafayette Anticipations, 9 rue du Plâtre (Marais), from Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00–19:00.
