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French Institute Alliance Française - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for French Institute Alliance Française. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

Jean-Jacques Sempé “Signature Sempé”
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- Media: Drawing - Film
- 2023-01-27 - 2023-04-07
FIAF Gallery FIAF is thrilled to present, in partnership with the Société de Lecture in Geneva, Switzerland, Signature Sempé, a selection of Jean-Jacques Sempé’s most iconic works in the FIAF Gallery. The...More »
Pierre Huyghe “The Host and the Cloud”
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- Media: Video installation
- 2019-09-12 - 2019-10-12
FIAF Gallery A former ethnographic museum outside of Paris provides the setting for French artist Pierre Huyghe’s investigation into the nature of ritual. Centering on three separate days—the Day of...More »
Guillaume Bresson “Momentum”
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- Media: Photography - Installation
- 2019-03-06 - 2019-04-17
The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) presents Momentum, the first solo show in the US by French artist Guillaume Bresson. Organized in collaboration with the Galerie Nathalie Obadia, the exhibition...More »
“Taming Nature: Animated Perspectives” Exhibition
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- Media: Film - Other
- 2019-01-16 - 2019-02-23
Featuring video art by three female artists: Vergine Keaton, Françoise Pétrovitch, and Christine Rebet This video art exhibition features recent works by three female artists from France who each...More »
Alain Willaume “Vulnerable”
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- Media: Photography
- 2017-09-15 - 2017-10-28
The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York’s premiere French cultural center, is pleased to present VULNERABLE, the first-ever U.S. solo exhibition of work by French photographer Alain Willaume,...More »
Raymond Depardon “Correspondance New-Yorkaise 2017”
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- Media: Photography
- 2017-05-12 - 2017-07-01
The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York’s premiere French cultural center, presents Correspondance New-Yorkaise 2017 by Pulitzer prize-winning photographer and director Raymond Depardon....More »
Patrick Swirc “Visual Arts”
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- Media: Photography
- 2016-04-15 - 2016-06-04
The troubled and touching turmoil that overflows from Patrick Swirc is undoubtedly what allows him to take portraits differently, particularly when his subjects are personalities who are accustomed to...More »
Roger Bezombes “La vie autour du monde”
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- Media: Graphics - Photography
- 2015-11-20 - 2016-01-06
In the early 1970s, Air France commissioned Roger Bezombes, famous for his sculptures and paintings, to create original artworks capturing Air France’s spirit. He produced a series of 16 colorful photo...More »
Grégoire Alexandre Exhibition
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- Media: Photography
- 2015-05-01 - 2015-06-17
For visionary fashion photographer Grégoire Alexandre the subject of his work is the studio itself. Alexandre’s nonchalant sense of humor is revealed in playful uses of artificial lighting or transformations...More »
Joyce Kozloff “Social Studies”
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- Media: Painting - Other
- 2015-02-25 - 2015-04-25
Colorful, commanding, and detailed, the captivating pieces in Social Studies tell histories not taught in classrooms. Layering collaged images and textured paint onto mid-century classroom maps, Joyce...More »
Jean-Daniel Lorieux “Seducing the Lens”
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- Media: Photography
- 2014-10-30 - 2014-12-06
The Art of Sex and Seduction enters the gallery with striking portraits that are as erotic as they are sleek. A master of his craft, Jean-Daniel Lorieux’s work for the likes of Vogue, Dior, andLanvin has...More »
Julie Béna “T&T Consortium: You’re Already Elsewhere”
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- Media: Installation
- 2014-09-17 - 2014-10-18
French artist Julie Béna invites gallery visitors to enter a transitional space on the threshold of science fiction and reality. This site-specific installation of sculptures, sound, images, and videos...More »
Stéphane Kossmann “Black & White Carpet”
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- Media: Photography
- 2014-04-09 - 2014-06-14
For more than 26 years, photographer Stéphane Kossmann has captured the stars as they ascend the steps of the Palais des Festivals at the Cannes Film Festival. Kossmann’s images differ dramatically...More »
Nature Theater of Oklahoma “10fps”
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- Media: Drawing - Film
- 2013-09-21 - 2013-11-02
View the 1,343 hand-colored drawings by Nature Theater of Oklahoma, comprising the three-minute animated film shown in Times Square, on display in the FIAF Gallery.More »
Gabriele Basilico “Mythical Monte-Carlo: 150 Years in the Making”
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- Media: Photography - Film
- 2013-06-20 - 2013-08-23
To celebrate the fabled history of Monte Carlo, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York’s premier French cultural center, joins the Consulate General of Monaco and the Monaco Government...More »
"Manifesto" exhibition
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- Media: Fashion
- 2013-03-08 - 2013-04-20
Inspired by the article "Inside the Studios of Five New York Artists," by Vogue Style Editor-at-Large Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis, Manifesto is co-curated by von Thurn und Taxis and Antoine Guerrero,...More »
Brigitte NaHoN "Haim Shelley Part Two: Works from New York to Tel Aviv"
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- Media: Sculpture
- 2012-11-28 - 2013-01-12
Born in Nice and based in Israel, Brigitte NaHoN creates small and large-scale sculptures that explore the elusive possibility of balance between tradition and modernity. Using an unlimited variety of...More »
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot "Portraits"
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- Media: Photography - Installation - Video installation
- 2012-09-14 - 2012-11-10
Co-presented with the Paula Cooper Gallery Céleste Boursier-Mougenot explores the realms of the musical and the visual in portraits, a site-specific video and sound installation that opens the FIAF...More »
Nick van Woert "Terra Amata"
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- Media: Sculpture - Installation
- 2011-09-17 - 2011-10-29
Van Woert creates sculptures that draw on his architectural background—especially in their treatment of materials—while simultaneously, as he puts it, "hijacking" the art historical past. Known for transforming...More »
"Paris / New York: Crisscross Views" Exhibition
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- Media: Photography
- 2010-11-04 - 2011-01-29
FIAF’s Gallery and La Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) proudly present—for the first time in New York—a collection of MEP’s important archival works. Paris / New York will provide a preview...More »
Ryoji Ikeda "The Transcendental”
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- Media: Media Arts
- 2010-09-11 - 2010-10-16
Renowned artist/composer Ryoji Ikeda presents a special installation designed for the FIAF Gallery featuring computer-generated imagery and sound. For this solo exhibition, Ikeda will show a selection...More »
Ariane Lopez-Huici and Marilia Destot "Fragmented Body"
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- Media: Photography
- 2010-06-10 - 2010-07-03
In a special joint exhibition, French-born and New York-based photographers Ariane Lopez-Huici and Marilia Destot present a visual dialogue exploring the fragmentation of the human body from two different...More »
Nabil Nahas "Cedrus Libani: Roots & Memory"
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- Media: Painting
- 2010-05-01 - 2010-05-29
Nahas will present five large-scale works that reflect a personal vision of his homeland and showcase a deep connection to his Lebanese roots. It was while visiting Lebanon twelve years ago that Nahas...More »
Odon "Weaver of Dreams"
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- Media: Sculpture - Installation
- 2010-03-17 - 2010-04-24
FIAF presents an exhibition reflecting the art world’s new interest in paper as a creative medium. Acclaimed French artist Odon’s thrilling, luminous spiral paper works employ this traditional material...More »
Greg Lauren "Counter Couture"
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- Media: Other - Installation
- 2010-02-04 - 2010-03-06
Artist Greg Lauren, who first achieved success as a painter, presents a site-specific installation of striking sculptures of clothing made from paper. Inspired by the idea of fashion as an art and medium...More »
"Crossing the Line 2009: Alice Guy Blaché Film Score Project" Performance
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- Media: Film - Performance Art
- 2009-09-29 - 2009-09-29
In collaboration with Whitney Live, Crossing the Line presents four contemporary composers “in dialogue” with pioneering filmmaker Alice Guy Blaché (1873–1968) as part of the Whitney’s upcoming retrospective...More »
"Crossing the Line 2009 Bettina Atala Season 1 episode 2" Performance
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- Media: Digital - Performance Art
- 2009-09-22 - 2009-09-22
Part film, part theater, part reality television… Bettina Atala’s Season 1 episode 2 examines its own production process step by step, as it is being created in front of the audience. The hilarious and...More »
"Crossing the Line 2009: Visual System A Digital Experience.. ." Exhibition
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- Media: Video installation - Digital
- 2009-09-16 - 2009-10-24
Visual System (VS) is a collective created in 2007 whose projects explore the role of digital media in the city of the future. Straight from Paris and Shanghai, the FIAF Gallery hosts A Digital Experience.....More »