Nuit blanche 2026 - Opening of the Robert Burley exhibition
Opening of the Robert Burley exhibition, Great Lakes – The Common Horizon of the Inland Seas on the occasion of Nuit Blanche with a special opening on Saturday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. FREE ENTRANCE.
Event information
Time: 2026-06-06 19:00 UTC – 2026-06-07 00:00 UTC
Place: Centre culturel canadien à Paris, 130 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008, Paris
Price: Free
Tags: Exhibition · Photo
About this event
Opening on June 6, 2026, as part of Nuit Blanche
Spanding the border between Canada and the United States, making it disappear in its colossal fluid mass, the Great Lakes basin brings together millions of inhabitants around its edges, including Indigenous people from many Canadian First Nations and American tribes. Extraordinary surface drinking water resource (among the largest in the world); place of circulation and exchange, commerce, work, leisure, travel, meditation, but also exploitation, danger, vulnerability; this immense basin was observed from the diversity of its banks by Robert Burley, one of the most important Canadian photographers of our time.
The artist creates here a body of work as unique as it is exceptional, where the grandiose beauty of this elusive ensemble, sometimes soothing, sometimes disturbing, is transformed into a reflection on the power of the contemporary image. Stripped of any anecdotal diversion, returning the Great Lakes to their original grandeur, Robert Burley's photographs call the viewer like captivating sirens.
In partnership with Biinaagami, Swim Drink Fish and Canadian Geographic
This project is labeled Bicentenary of Photography by the Ministry of Culture and is part of the official Bicentennial program from September 1, 2026 to September 30 2027.
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